David Charles Hay

David Charles Hay was born March 30, 1971 in Fontana, Ca. He died on July 24, 2024. He was 53 years of age. His parents were John C. Hay and Maris Elaine Jensen Hay Wooden.
David grew up in Fontana. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was baptized at the age of eight and became a Cub Scout. He achieved the rank of Life. He attended Elementary, Jr High and graduated from Fontana Senior High School. While there he excelled in fashion design and art. He liked to write poetry and loved making home movies with his friends. He adored his older brother Kenneth and liked to be with him as much as he could.
David was easy going, respectful and helpful to his mother, and was loved by the members at church. He was his younger sisters protector in all situations.
After High School Graduation, After High School Graduation, David worked at Fuddruckers in San Bernardino, Ca. He won the first place money prize at the restaurant for being dressed as Darth Vader during their Halloween event.
David joined the Navy and graduated from the Naval Academy in San Diego, Ca. His home station was Seattle, Washington. While in the Navy he traveled to the Philippines, Guam and other port sites. He served on the Naval replenishment ship, The USS Sacramento. He was in Kuwait during the short war there. His job on the flight deck of the ship was signaling the supply helicopters to land and take off. He had the opportunity to go on shore while in Kuwait. He received a Gold Medal of Honor from the King of Kuwait for his Naval service to Kuwait.
After being honorably discharged from the Navy, David applied as a fireman but found the Navy degree of fireman wasnt honored. He worked a graveyard shift at UPS. He took a job with Red Robin first as a waiter, then a chef. He rode his bike to the Red Robin interview and was on the 10 overpass when he was hit by a car. He was scratched, up on his hands, elbow and knee- and dirty. He got up and went onto the interview and got the job.He moved up to Northern Ca and took a job as a trainer at Golds Gym and attempted to go to college there.
It was during this time, that he developed Szchophrenia. He seen and heard things. David was terrorized by what was happening to him. He tried to drive back down to So Ca. On the way He was in a solo pole accident and was injured severely. It took him months to recover.
After recovery, he entered and studied at a trade school to become an EMT. He was an intern at St. Bernardines Hospital. His ill mind started overriding his reasonable thinking making it impossible for him to stay focused and on task. He was hired at many different jobs over time but he would lose them.
He fought valiantly to overcome the disease by taking medication and tried to live a normal life. He attended San Jacinto College and Chaffee College where he took classes in art. He painted a picture of Mireya Carrey and took 2nd in a magazine contest and his painted picture was put into the magazine.
He loved the sound of the bass guitar and bought two and tried to learn how to play them. He loved all kinds of music. Symphony and classical music became his sleep music in the past year to help calm the noise in his head.
The disease robbed him of his lifes goals that he had wanted to do. Over time the disease robbed him of himself. He fought to continue painting, writing journal pages and he wrote and finished three books which were hard for normal people to decipher. He built over 50 wooden boxes with locks and a large treasure chest. He found each and every little thing precious. He thought he could fix it or create something with it. At the last, his writing was illegible and his drawings became scribbling.
David topped out on V.A. Medication and it no longer worked for him and he refused to go back to see the doctors for fear of being locked up. He became non compliant. He self medicated himself trying to quiet the voices that plagued him 24/7.
David was lonely and often realized he wouldnt have a wife or family so his mind created one for him. He bought and made things for them. One by one his friends abandoned him by not knowing how or what to do. He was very lonely even though living at his mothers home. He needed friends of his own.
He died at home in his room. Cause of death is unknown at this time.
He leaves behind his parents, his siblings, Kenneth E. Hay, Katherine M. Vaden, Patricia L. Embrey, and Janice E. Stoddard. Sister in law Cassie Cloud Hay and brother in law, Ronald J. Stoddard. Also, Many nieces and nephews and g nieces and g nephews, as well as many first and second cousins.
He was preceded in death by his Grandparents Allen and Iris Jensen, Grandparents John and Evelyn Hay, Uncles Toby A. Jensen, G. Terrance Hay, Donald F. Hay, James Dooley, Aunt Janice Hay, and 2nd cousin Mikayla Bonner.
After 30 years of living with szchophrenia, David suffers no more-his mind is his again. He is in his perfect form and back to our Heavenly home, he is free.
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