Max Gold Dwares

Not a day goes by without thoughts of Max.....Max used to help me decide what shoes looked good, or what outfit went with what...his humor and insight were always interesting. Jake carries on this legacy in his own way.
Max would be proud of his brother for many reasons, just as we are.
We miss your presence Max but know that you are with us.

We miss Max always and forever. Someday we will meet again.
I love you Max and miss all that you were and would have become

We re thinking of you all today...love, Debbie and Alan

I miss you Max and your potential....what could have been and what should be, but isn't. Loved .. Always and Forever.

You were always a brave soul...never complained., despite the hand you were dealt. I wish I was as strong as you. I miss you, I cry and I love you
Always in my heart...now and forever
mom...with love

You are in our thought today
Debbie, Alan and Ben

Zichrono liv´ rachah.
Debbie, Alan and Ben

We love and miss him very much
Kevin, Barbara and Jake

i am Glad that Keith and Max were friends. I know it is hard. I am going through the same path as you. 9 1/2 years for Jennifer. At times, I think of Max . My prayers are with you and your family.

Monique Morin (23 Packard St,)

I miss Max all day....every day. His life is in my heart and I treasure the years we all had together. Every day is hard...but remembering his kindness and good deeds keeps me going.
Life is not fair...he was gone too soon

Alav ha-Shalom , always

Almost 16 years. The hole in my heart never heals. We continue your legacy of helping others and your desire to make the world a better place. You are loved and cared about and you are missed

I do think of your Max often...may his memory be a blessing and some comfort to you

It's hard to believe you will been gone for 16 yrs on Feb 18, 2020. We miss you and think of you always. We continue to do good deeds in your memory. Love Mom and Dad

Hard to believe you have been gone almost 15years. Miss you Max every day. Love Dad

Happy Birthday Max, from Keith Morin

Happy birthday we love and miss you every single day of our lives. Always in our minds and never forgotten. Love you to the Max!!! Susan, Steven, Joshua and Shoshana

Max: As i sit here and think of you i realize how much you did in your life to make the world a better place to be in. Your mom and Jake, Maria and Maya are doing things to remember you and continue your legacy. As i promised you many years ago i am working with Lev Poplow to continue your book and when it is completed everyone will know more about you. I love you...dad

even after ten years, I don't have the words to say how I feel each day. it is still hard to believe, and sometimes I don't actually believe that you are not here with us. sometimes I think that you will come around the corner or up the stairs--I let myself think that. missing you always. love, mom

My sadness is still the same after all these years. I do think of Max often and the wonderful person he was. My heart is with you all.

max,
10 years have come and gone and you have not faded from memory one bit.....i think of you often and can still see your smiling handsome face....as i read peoples thoughts here im reminded of all the good you did and the positive impact you had on so many peoples lives..that makes you my hero today and always...know that you are missed.
uncle bob

Hi, I was just writing to you again to se how you are doing. I wanted to stop in and see you, but I wasn't sure if you still live on Packard St. It is so hard, Jennifer is now been gone 15 months now and it hurts. I am sure you want to just go and bring Max back and give him a hug. I want to do that in the most worst way for Jennifer. Here is my email address [email protected] and maybe we can get together sometime.
Monique Morin Maybe I can get Keith to come and visit too.

my dearest max,
every day i miss you so much...time does not make it any better....time passing just means that you are not here longer. i can't believe that soon it will be 9 years of missing you and living without you. you led the best life you could and we try to follow and continue on your path. love you always max. your mom forever

Max,

February 18th is going to be here soon and it is so hard to believe you will be gone 8 years. You continue to inspire all of us each and every day. We can't begin to tell you that your legacy is one that legends are made of. Thank you for walking a path that Steven and I are proud to have Joshua and Shoshana follow.

We love and adore you.

Susan, Steven, Joshua and Shoshana

To Barbara, Kevin and Jake - not a week goes by where I don't think of Max at least twice. He was by far my best friend at Bain and had a lasting positive impact on my early years and my current perspective in life. I can't imagine the pain you endure but please know there are many people out there who have been positively touched by his presence. Congrats to you for Maya being born. I will continue to think of all of you always. Be at peace. -Dave DeSimone

HI,
I am sorry for your lost. I don't know if you remember me and my son Keith.Morin, We lived at 23 Packard St. , I think of Max at times, and I saw you on the news that he needed a bone marrow transplant.
I got to thinking of him again today and went on facebook to see if he was on there. That how I found out about his death. Well, I know what you wnet through. You remember Jennifer my daughter. She just passed away this Oct 1st. It is 3 months now. It is very tough and hard.to except it. But, they are in a special place with no worries and no pain. They are free. So, they both will FLY LIKE AN EAGLE and soar free.
Monique Morin

max, as i am sure you know, maya was born and named after you. she is beautiful and adorable. you have a wonderful namesake....wish you could be here with us. i know you are in spirit. i love you always. mom

i miss you max....wish i could see you and talk to you and hug you again...more than just in my prayers. love you always......your mom

yesterday is and always was, a special day for us--november 4th---your birthday. although we are not all together physically, we still celebrate your special day and remember with love you and all that you accomplished in your life. we miss you terribly and only wish that you could be here with us to celebrate your birthday and the birth of your niece, maya, in israel. she is named for you, but i am sure you know that already. we love you and miss you...mom and now savta b

Max:

Today is your 28th birthday. I miss you and think of you all of the time. I want to share some news with you. You became an uncle on 25 Oct 2011 as Jake's girlfriend Maria gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Maya. Jake and Maria have lived in Israel for the last two years. I will make sure that when Maya gets older that she will know you and follow in your foot-steps to work to make a better world for everyone. Jake and Mom say hello.

Love dad

In high school Max was a few grades ahead of my class. We never knew one another yet, I recognized him in the summer of 2000 at the Cranston Public Library. Once each few weeks of that summer I needed to fill a community service requirement in order to be confirmed at church. I remember Max being there amongst the volunteers. At the library other folks, Max and I would read and discuss short books with little kids.

It's strange how the thought of Max popped into my head 11yrs after that summer at the library. I randomly thought of "googling" his name and this webpage came up.

max, i think about you all of the time and wonder what you would be doing had you been here. what i do know is that you would have been a kind and decent human being who cared very much about other people and believed in helping anyone and everyone. shoshana's bat mitzvah projects are modeled after you and what you did to help others. i am sure that you would be and are very proud of her--just as we are. we love you now, always and forever. i miss you terribly. love, mom

You are never far from my thoughts. Anytime I attend temple or attend a Jewish celebration I think of you. I am grateful for the years you were my pen pal.

Always will remember Max when he was just a tiny tot. Enjoyed taking care of him when Kevin and Barbara went out. He was a cute little boy and grew up to be a wonderful guy.
Love,
Dianne

Max, as your anniversary nears, I'm thinking of you (as I always do), and I just want you to know what a Mensch you were and how many people's lives you touched including mine. You are truly an inspiration to me as you fought so hard you taught me how to fight hard also. It is because of you that I had the strength to change things in my life as well. Your legacy has inspired so many and continues to do so. We all LOVE you and MISS you so very much. Love, Bethy

max, i see you in my heart and in my thoughts i wish i could see you in my dreams your loving mom--forever

love always, and always, and always, and forever--your best mom

Max:

We went to Temple Am David on Friday night and said Kaddish in your memory. We then went to the Chinese restaurent in East Providence with friends as you liked to do. I miss you daily and love you. Jake and Mom are doing well and we always think of you and are doing good deeds to honor your life. Love dad

Max, we just observed your "anniversary" and rather than be sad, we celebrated your life--which we do every day and every time we do something to help others. This is nothing different than what you used to do and what you would've done had you had more time. We miss you always, and forever. Some dau we will be together again. love Momoo

Max,
I still see your smiling face like we were together just yesterday. miss you and love you.
Uncle Bob

Thank You to all of our friends who have been our support these last seven years. While Max is gone he still lives on in all of us when we do good deeds and charitable work. I know that Max is looking down upon us while eating dinner at the Big Chinese Buffet in the sky along with my dad and family friends who have passed to soon. Thanks for the entry again. Kevin

Our thoughts are with you, Barb, Kevin and Jake. Debbie, Alan and Ben Weinstein

It's hard to believe that seven years has passed already. I know you are looking down on your family and friends and watching out for them. As a testament of this guest book, you are loved and missed greatly.

Dear Max,

We remember you forever and draw strength from your courage. The Jew Crew is still close and you are loved and missed.

love you Max

max, i love you and i miss you so much i miss talking to you, i miss worrying about you, i miss our lunches together after work, i miss you helping me with my shoes in the morning, i miss your kind caring ways and mostly i just miss having you here you are always in my heart and i am always your mom

Whomever wrote the last entry on Oct 30, 2009, we appreciate your generosity and your kindness and would love to communicate with you if you would like to. You may not know but Max's 26 birthday is Wed Nov 04, 2009. Please contact us at [email protected].

Thank You

kevin, barbara and jake dwares

After Max got sick, I signed up as a bone marrow donor. Just this morning I got a call saying I'm a match for someone.

All these years later, Max, and you're still doing so much good.

dear max,

i've been thinking of you a lot lately - maybe it's the timing, around your birthday. i can't believe you'd be 25. i wish so much you were here to celebrate it.

maybe it's the fact that i'm now in israel studying talmud for the first time since you and i and the rest of the jew crew would go on saturday afternoons to study with rabbi franklin. i remember your ambition to learn about judaism - you talked about maybe becoming a rabbi. i wonder how we would talk about what i'm learning here, what you'd be learning about, what you'd think of all the changes in our group of friends. i wonder how you would've changed.

i wish i could tell you of this memory i have of you, an incredibly powerful memory that's remained vividly with me for years. at ellen white's funeral, you and i sat together, and i seem to remember driving with you to the cemetery. it was a freezing cold day, and slippery, but it was less for those reasons than for comfort that i held onto your arm that day as we walked towards ellen's burial site. i remember you reaching out to take my hand, and how reassuring it felt.

i was amazed that in that moment, during such a difficult time in such a difficult year for us both, you would know that i needed support. that you would know how, and be able, to give it.

i miss your sense of humor. i miss the way my brother looked up to you, and was always making bids for your attention. i miss the way you'd look at me over your glasses sometimes, when maybe you thought i was behaving in an unusually ridiculous manner - though we were all pretty ridiculous, pretty much all time. i wish i could've had the chance to grow into our lives together.

know that you are in my heart.

love,
anna

Max

happy birthday. We went to the Chinese Buffet in your honor on Tuesday. In attendance were mom and Jake, the Adlers, Mark Lake, Gary Zeeman and Mark Lake. We toasted your life and we all miss you.

Love Dad

dear max, i thought that i was o.k. today thinking about you and your birthday. i was remembering your actual birth day--25 years ago and how it warm it was just like today is, and how nice it was when we brought you home. we were so excited to have you, that we took you everywhere and showed you off. now we have those memories of you and of all the wonderful things that you did in a life cut short. we love you always, miss you always and keep you in our hearts always. i love you max, Mom

It's so hard to believe how much time has passed. You are thought about daily which is just one way that you have effected our lives. Jake is in college and you would have been on your way to making such a big mark on this earth with your contributions. Instead you've left that mark and we smile every time we see it working on someone or something.

You are missed and remembered by so many. We were privilaged to know you. Your memory will be with us until our last breath.

Steven

P.S. or as your dad considers me Mr. Peeps.

Max
May you look down on your family and know they love you forever.

Max,

You would have been 25 today and that is so hard to believe. We are so proud of you and your legacy. Shoshana and Joshua have learned so many valuable lessons from you.

We are all so blessed to call you our family and friend.

We miss you beyond words.

Love,

Susan, Steven, Joshua and Shoshana

Happy 25th Birthday Max. i love you and miss you.

We will be going to a Chinese Buffet tonight in your honor.

Love Dad

Max

We continue to learn from you each day. Shoshana and Joshua think of you every day. You are still and always will be a big brother to them.

You still guide us to do all the right things. We will have a coke and a smile for you later.

We love and miss you.

Susan, Steven, Joshua and Shoshana

Max,
The "Jew Crew" still lives in the memories of all of us that were privileged to watch it grow and develop. Many young Jews of this community are still impacted by your dedication.

max,
i just read what others wrote and it is so true. Even tho you are not here
with us, i am proud of you for all that you did and for all that is still
being done in your name you left this world with a good name and a good
reputation and that is what counts i love you always your mother

Dear Kevin,

I watched you grow up. What a man you have become. I loved your Dad, and remember him fondly. He would be very proud of you. I never met Max, but from your messages, I feel I got to know him. He was a fighter.

We unfortunately never knew Max, but for someone who died so young, he certainly left a great legacy. From others we've learned that Max understood the importance of giving back to his community. The mitzvah he performed of feeding the hungry is an inspiration to all of us. Max's Lunch Bunch is a great tribute to his memory. So, even though we never knew Max, from his family and his actions, we know he was a special person.

Max

I think of you often and miss you

Love Dad

max, i miss you every day i wish you were here love always mom

Dear Barbara, Kevin and Jake,
This past month, the members of Temple Emanu-El once again threw their hearts into Max's Lunch Bunch. Every Sunday in May well over 200 sandwiches were donated to Crossroads to honor Max's special legacy of kindness. Max' love continues to remind me us all of what is really important. Regards to you all.
Barbara Simon-Olsen

Hi Max. Today is March 17, 2007. I wanted you to know that I wrote an essay about your for a teaching certification class that I am taking. It was about the power of positive thinking. I was basically a pesimist before you got sick, but you taught me a lesson, and I have been better off since. I think about you often, although I left Rhode Island almost 8 years ago and missed your whole illness. I felt like I was there through it in some ways, but when I came to your funeral I realized how long I had been gone and how awkward it was for me because of all the people I did not know and the lack of personal communication I had with your parents by then. It was hard to know what to say. But I can say that you did a lot more than you probably realized for people, and I am one of them. Funny how some people can continue to teach others even when they are gone.
Thanks Max.
Marcia Lome
Valrico, Florida

Barbara, Kevin and Jake,
I think of Max often at many different moments. Now that my house is quiet on Shabbat afternoons, I remember the Jew Crew and Max, the ringleader, sitting in the green leather chair maybe eating a tofutti cutie. I can never forget his abiding interest in Fight Club and The Godfather movies among others. Out of curiosity, I had to rent Fight Club to see what all the fuss was about and ended up using it for one of my library school projects. Max and his agile mind always seemed to win at Risk and no one could figure out how. And my debt of gratitude to him for tutoring me in html so I could finally earn my MLIS. And tutoring us all in loving kindness with hundreds of pb&j sandwiches for the homeless.
Although his loss makes me so sad, there are so many memories that make me smile. May his memory be a blessing.
Max, smile down at us from Gan Eden.
Love,

Dear Barb,Kevin and Jake,
Max z"l is in our thoughts always. I wear the jade bracelet and it always feels warm.The rest of my thoughts are in my heart-I can't type them-.Hugs to you.
Love,Sheryl and gang

Dear Barbara, Kevin and Jake,
This is the first time we have seen this site. The letters are such a wonderful tribute to Max and the people he loved and the ideals he valued in his life. While we did not get to know Max very well, we feel that in some way we know him through our friendship with all of you and the experiences we've shared over the past few years, going to Israel, the boys going on the Philadelphia trip to help the homeless, and numerous times just getting together. Adam recalls the time Max took time out of his busy life to take him and Jake out to breakfast, a very kind older-brother thing to do!At this time honoring Max's yahrzeit, we send our love and prayers to you and Max.

Max,

We can't begin to thank you for helping us out while I went through my cancer treatment. Your ways of coping showed us the way. I thought of you every day and what it must have been like for you. I along with Steven, Shoshana and Joshua can never thank you enough for the guidance you have given us. You will truly never know how much we love and miss you. We feel that loss as Joshua's Bar Mitzvah approaches. You would have been a proud older brother. I know that Jacob will represent well. You would be very proud of him.

We miss you every day.

L' Chaim, L'Chaim.

Susan, Steven, Joshua and Shoshana

There isn’t a day that goes past where we are not reminded of the power of memory. Max’s Lunch Bunch – and so many other good things that continue on earth to remind us of Max Dwares z’l’ who lived and united so many of us to do good. His memory is for a blessing and will always serve as an inspiration to this community who will continue to do the kind of work Max z’l’ would be proud of. As we remember Max Dwares z’l’ on his Yahzeit day we pray to God the EL MOLEH RACHAMIM Prayer - O, God, full of compassion, Who dwellest on high, grant perfect rest beneath the shelter of Your divine presence among the holy and pure who shine as the brightness of the firmament to the soul of Chaim Ben Natan Moshe V’ Fruma Rickley who is at peace in his eternal home.

May You, O God of Mercy, shelter him forever under the wings of Your presence, May his soul be bound up in the bond of life eternal, and grant that the memories of life inspire us always to noble and consecrated living. Amen.

Dear Max,
This is uncle Eddy.I'm just about 48 years old now, yet i still cry like a baby every time i think about how much i miss you. I say Hi to you every day,as i drive by your new home. I'm sorry if i've misspelled some words,it's hard to see with tears in my eyes. I'll Love you always, Uncle Eddy

Dear Max

Today is the three year (jewish) anniversary of your leaving us. I miss you and think of you daily. I keep your picture on my desk at work and talk to you and seek your counsel when i need to. I miss you and hope you are ok wherever you are.

Love Dad

hi max its jake again ihavent talked to u in a while but i am just telling u that i love u and miss u and think about u all the time. i wish u were still here so i could talk to u. love jake

max it is the first day of rosh hashana and i am missing you terribly we have a new dog named ozzie who we got about 3 weeks ago, before cookie got sick cookie is with you now--in a peaceful place i love you always mom

Hi Max,

Five years ago today when you were in the hospital after the transplant, you called me to ask if I knew what had happened in New York. Every year on this day especially I think of you calling me that day and I remember again how incredible it was that you thought of calling me when you were in the hospital. I can still here your voice on the phone asking if I knew what had happend.



Remembering you always,

Auntie Nancy

I got up early this AM and was thinking about life and just how fast the days go by. I look up to the skys every once and a while and think of you and I know your looking over all of us. Susie is getting better every day from her treatments and I know she gets the strength from people like yourself who looked out for others even when they needed the looking out for.



All the Adlers here miss you!





With Love,



Steven

My thoughts and prayers are always with you. I drove by Angelo's on The Hill yesterday and remembered the last time I saw Max was at a Tomorrow Fund meeting for The Stroll.

KEVIN, BARBARA AND JAKE,

REST ASSURED THAT DAVID IS TAKING EXCELLENT CARE OF MAX. THEY'RE MAKING MANY AND FAST FRIENDS. KNOW THAT THEY'RE AT PEACE.



LOVE ALWAYS, JUDI AND "THE BOYZ"

Max:



It is hard to believe that it will be two years since you have been gone. We miss you every day and when Joshua does his prayers every night he mentions you.



We love you always.



Susan, Steven, Joshua and Shoshana

I've been thinking about Max and the countless others that we have lost from the Tomorrow Fund and just wanted to let you know that I always think of you all

Love

Shannon Lund

(tomorrow Fund)

Max had the unique ability to remember every star in every movie I ever asked him. As much as I tried, I couldn't stump him. When he came over we watched movies together. I miss that and I miss him.

good morning max i was just reading some of the other entries and knew that i had to write to you again sometimes this helps you would've been 22 years old now having just had your birthday we went to cousin matt's bar mitzvah on nov. 4th which was a better way of spending the day rather than moping he did a really nice job on his haftorah and other blessings to me, you were noticeably absent from this family event, but, you are always with me in my mind and in my heart i think of you always and all that you did in your short but busy life we will continue to help the poor and homeless and that will beyour legacy--too soon, but a good one nevertheless i love you always mom

Max was a very special person to all of us who knew him and took the time to speak with him. He was very intellegent and caring and was an inspiration in the way in which he handled his afflictions. He showed all of us what true courage is really made of and we will never forget him.

Not a day goes past that we do not remember Max z'l' - His memory is and will alway be for a blessing!

Max



I am thinking of you today as tommorow is your 22 birthday. I miss you and think of you every day. Its hard to believe that you aren't here with us. I know that you are ok with us adopting Ariel and she will be moving in with us on Nov 18,2005 in a few short weeks. We will try and teach her some of your ideals, like helping out the poor and needy and raise her properly. Thanks for sending us the signs (pennies) and we miss you. Happy 22nd birthday



Love dad

max today is september 11, 2005 as i was getting ready for the first day of sunday school this morning, i saw the clock and noticed that it was 8:46 am nearly the exact time of the crashes i thought of you and how well you were recovering from your transplant on that day i went for a walk around boston that morning only to come back to hear about the terrorist attacks you were doing well those days, and now these days i miss you so much it is still hard to believe that you are not here with us i hope you know that we are adopting a little 8 yr. old girl i hope that you are ok with that she makes me happy for the first time since you've been gone--i even sometimes feel peaceful and i know that you are as well i love you max mom

Thinking of you as always and missing you. Love forever, Bethy

max, i love you always and miss talking to you every day i still need help deciding which shoes to wear, but i have gotten better about it imiss you so much nothing can change that love always your best mom

Hi Max



Yesterday we had your unveiling at the Lincoln Cemetary. Mom, Jake and I were there and we drank a few bottles of coke in your memory and left the rest of them there. While Cantor Perlman said his prayers for you , 2 trains went by and i thought of all the travel that you loved to do. I miss you and think of you daily. I hope you are well and behaving yourself and not eating to much chinese food and watching to many movies. I love you



Dad

Max,

I missed you alot today so I am just saying "hi".

Love forever,

Auntie Nancy

max, we are keeping your dream alive and feeding the hungry--here with p,b and j sandwiches just like you did and next week a fund raiser dinner to help the homeless and hungry in israel i love you always Mom

Max



Thinking of you



dad

Max went throgh more in his shortened life than many go through in a lifetime -- he probably confronted his mortality more than people twice or thrice his age -- he was an old soul who taught many lessons to those around him -- I am sure that the things he taught, his life and presence will be remembered for many years to come -- I pray that he is out of his pain and has found peace in heaven -- I hope he will hold a place for the rest of us 'up there' and I pray for his family to find peace in the love of their family and friends though nothing can ever really console them for the loss of their Max...... B'shalom, Steph

Dear Max,



As this Passover approaches, we miss you deeply and pray that you are in a good place. Your friendship was a blessing that we will always cherish. You brought such warmth and fun every time you came to our home. G-d bless you and comfort Kevin, Barbara and Jake.



Love,

The Greenbergs - Barbara, David, Daniel and Yoda

Dear Chaim Max Of Blessed Memory.

May it be G-d's will that you and your family know no more pain and distress. May you find true comfort in the eternal goals and ideals that you stand for, and may you look down from Gan Eden and derive true nachas from family.

Hey Max - you made quite an impression here at Hasbro Childrens Hospital - Not a day goes by that I'm here at work and someone comes up to me and talks about you - even nursing instructors. By the way, I worked with your friend Shannon (the blond nurse) the other night. Uncle Frank and I miss you and love you.



Love, Bethy

Max



saw Miriam, Daniel, Jane, Kathryun and Cory tonight. They all miss you.



Love Dad

Hi Max



I miss you and think of you and all of the fun that we had and of course all of your help regarding computers etc. By the way you have a great younger brother (Jake) and you two were lucky to have the relationship that you have. See you, when i see you.



Love Dad

hi max i love u i will never stop thinking of u