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for Don Lafreniere
Fran
March 26, 2025
It´s been 16 years. Oh Don how my heart still hurts. Some days unbearable. The joy I do have is in our Granddaughter Aria. She is so beautiful and more than that a blessing. I know that you know her and watch over her, you are her angel. Our son has grown into such a good man. He now has a family of his own whom he cherishes and they all share the love of our Lord and Saviour Jesus.
It just feels like you just left B. I have remarried and Mike loves me and takes good care of me and for that I love him and am very grateful and I know that pleases you.
I am so glad that you had found your your way back to God and left in friendship and love as you were called home. I know that when I am called home I will see your face again and we will spend eternity together with God.
I love you B. Always, I love you..
Dalton Lafreniere
January 29, 2021
Hi dad, it’s been almost 12 years since you passed now and I still miss you just as much as day one. As the years have gone by I have tried to make you proud with each day and I have stumbled more times than I can count. Growing up without you has been very hard on me and I would have given anything to have grown up with you here.
Now at 23 years old I have finally gotten closer to being even a fraction of the man you were. I finally found my way back to God and put myself on a path that i can be proud of. I really hope you are proud of me too. I miss you so much to this day. I have so much regret in this life and I wish I would have had you to set me straight. It has been so hard growing up without a father physically here. I know you have been with me since May 10, 2009 trying to help me up. Like you, I am very stubborn though so it has taken a very long time for me to realize that I need to be the man that my father wanted me to be.
I am so close to graduating Pima Community College just like you did, I have a good job, a beautiful girlfriend, and I am a man of God just like you were. I really hope that when I see you again that you will tell me that I succeeded in life. I continue to grow each and every day and I thank you for the very few years we had together and for all the lessons I learned.
Since you left us I have learned to drive, had my first girlfriend, graduated high school, lived on my own, worked my first job, been out of the country, and so many other things that I wished you could have seen me do in person.
For the rest of my life I will look to you for guidance and strength. You are the man I want to mold myself to be like. I love you dad and I think about you so often. Losing you made me numb to pain and death and looking back on it I need to let that go. I know you are with all the people that loved you that passed before and after you. You instilled respect, pride, and love into me and I will always thank you for that. Rest with God Dad, I love you always
Your Son
May 5, 2010
Hi Honey, Happy Cinco de Mayo,13 years ago we were expecting Dalton to be born today and we thought it was so funny that he would be a cinco de mayo baby but he waited until the 11th. We miss you so very much Don and it just seems especially painful now. We love you B.
~Fran
April 19, 2010
Missing you so much, It's coming up on a year and the pain and sadnes is as deep today as the day you left.
~Fran
fran
April 3, 2010
Hi Honey B, Thank you for the most beautiful gift you gave to US on YOUR Birthday. The Red Rose was absoultely perfect and beautiful. Last Easter was the last Holiday we celebrated together, we had such a great time at the weird park with our family. We will never forget that along with all of our precious Holidays together. Happy Easter my love and we rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
~Fran
April 1, 2010
happy birthday
dalton
April 1, 2010
happy birthday dad I think of you a lot and miss you.
fran lafreniere
April 1, 2010
Happy Birthday my Beloved B. We love and miss you. You are always in our hearts and we carry the beautiful memories we have of you every day. Be at Peace my Love,
~Fran and Dalton
Patti Kerr
March 26, 2010
Don, I have been thinking of you as we near the end of March and your birthday is just next week. I still remember your surprise and kind words when I called you last year on your birthday. (I had to get your cell number from Fran to be able to call you) They say as we look back over our lives we should not have regrets, but I do. My regret is that I didn't have (or take) more time to get to know you and your loving family. Be at peace, Don.
March 9, 2010
My Hone B,
It's now been 10 months since you left.
We miss you so much, Some days are so hard emotinally for Dalton and I but we have each other and manage to get through it. You are always a part of our everyday lives. Tonight Dalton and I were having dinner at Chili's and we were talking about the upcoming baseball season and we decided that the 1st game the Red Sox play I am going to put on your jersey and he's going to wear his and we are gonna watch the game in your memory. We use to have so much fun watching the games didn't we! I love you my sweet and Dalton said to tell you he loves and misses you. I know that you are in the arms of the angels and that you are at peace and that's what comforts us. Until we meet again.
We love You, Fran and Dalton
February 13, 2010
Happy Valentines Day My Love,
We love you, Fran and Dalton
February 11, 2010
Hey daddy,
I miss you so much. It starting to feel like your gone now and thats the hardest part. I love you daddy all keeping talking to you in my prayers.
February 10, 2010
B, It's been 9 months since you left us to be with God and even though I know that your are watching over us it is still so painful and hard. It seems that just yesterday you left and the void I feel in my heart will only be filled when I am someday with you again. Dalton has his ups and down but we have to continue on with our lives as you would have wanted. Be at Peace my love for you are deserving.
With all My Love,
Your Wife, Fran
January 9, 2010
missing and loving you.
~Fran
December 31, 2009
I know that you are in Heaven and that this year will be your most glorious New Year ever. Missing and Loving you,
~Fran
December 25, 2009
B, Don't know why the poem didn't show up but I know that you spent your 1st Christmas in Heaven but that you were also with us. This has been the hardest Holiday for us since you left. The sadness and pain Dalton and I felt yesterday and today was almost unbearable. I am most grateful and thankful for all the years that we had together and also yesterday for a most beautiful and sincere letter I received in the mail. What a beautiful Christmas you must be having with Jesus and all the angels and saints of heaven. Someday we will be together again but until then I will always hold you close in my heart and I know that you will always be with us in a most special way.
Merry Christmas my love,
~Fran
Sandra Lafreniere- Staats
December 25, 2009
Don- just thinking about you and wanting to wish you a Merry Christmas. Though we know you are happy and with our Lord, I have to say that the holidays are just not the same without you. It is so terribly hard and painful trying to go on and celebrate without you here, especially for Brittany, Dalton and Fran. They need you so very much Don! I'm trying my hardest to make it a little easier for them, but there's nothing I can say or do to make it better, there is no substitute for you. Please give them and all of us peace and strength in our hearts. You are always in our hearts! --With all our love, Sandra, Troy and Christopher
December 10, 2009
B, It's been 7 months since you left and I feel so sad. I Thank God everyday for our beautiful son that God gave to us. God works in mysterious ways. Dalton had his Drama play today and so I left work early to be there. I know that he's been missing you so much and one of the things that he had said that if you were here you would have definitely been there to see him because you always went to everything of his. I thought of you sitting right next to me watching him and was very proud of him. We love and miss you honey, but know that you are with God and that you are at peace and know that we will someday be with you. I love you,B
~Fran~
November 25, 2009
B, Thank you for always giving me the right answers and for always giving me strength when I most need it. Though some things are very hard to deal with I will always remember the things that you told me and not to stress over the things that we couldn't change. Dalton and I went to a movie tonight and all our family will be with us tomorrow to give us strength and to help us get through the day. Holidays will never be the same for us but we will hold onto and remember all the precious memories we have of years past. I love you my sweet B, Fran
Brittany Lafreniere
November 12, 2009
love u daddy. last night i was telling john how you always had those few words in spanish u never said in english :) like listos haha you would get mad if i said huh??? cuz u knew i understood you. I miss you my daddy & love you!
November 10, 2009
B, It's been 6 months since you left us to be with God and everyday it hurts just as much as the day you left.
I know that you would be proud of all of us. I tell that to Dalton everyday. He misses you so very much and cried so much last night. His heart is still so very much broken as is mine. I know that you are with us every day and you come and visit in dreams and sometimes Dalton giggles in his sleep and I know that you are with him. Sandra and I have become very close and I am so grateful for that. We have the most beautiful gifts from you, your children. Our beautiful Brittany and our funny, handsome Dalton. I will always try and make you proud as you always made me proud of you in the life that we shared. May you always rest in peace and know that you are loved and missed so much by so many.
With all My Love,
Fran
Sandra Lafreniere- Staats
November 10, 2009
Don- Today is 6 months since you went to be with our Lord. I cant believe its been that long, as sometimes it seems like only yesterday. The pain we all feel is still so very real. I can say though that we are trying to cope and go on as best as we can. Fran and I have been beading and we have a blast and time just flies! It's comforting because we are so open with each other and can joke, laugh and cry together- it helps. We talk about you often with the fondest of memories. Your presence and the signs you send us are awesome! You were so strong in life and continue to show that strength even now. Brittany is doing good and trying to keep busy with school, she is so incredibly beautiful and it just amazes us how much she looks like you, its like looking in a mirror sometimes and it makes us happy! Dalton is doing so well in school, loves that skateboard and is just such a wonderful boy- he makes us laugh as he can be such a character! Fran, what can I say, she's amazing and just keeps going no matter what, trying to keep things as normal as possible for the kids. We enjoy our time together so much. I know you are with us and see everything that is going on, so I take comfort in knowing that we are all making you proud and that your legacy lives on. We love and miss you so very much!
October 29, 2009
I love you honey. B.
October 10, 2009
Hi B, I woke up feeling numb today. I miss you so much. It's been 5 months today that God called you home. I sit out in the evenings just looking out at heaven and talking to you. I know that you are always watching over us. Someday we will be together again. I love you B. Fran,
Ps. The Red Sox aren't doing so hot. I was yelling for you.
Brittany Lafreniere
October 1, 2009
love you daddy i hope you help me tomorrow im really excited but a little scared you know how much I want this so please stay with me tomorrow daddy I love you so much gardian angel and im glad i had that talk with you at church on sunday i felt so much better what a releif i hope this meeting tomorrow in a sighn from you of what im supposed to do
September 22, 2009
Hi B, Missing and Loving you. B.
Brittany Lafreniere
September 11, 2009
Hi daddy just listing to our song I hope you are too was such a hard day yesterday I miss you so much angel!
Our song'
means so much now its like you gave me song that goes perfectly to let me know your still with me you so amazing dad
On my knees all ask last chance for one last dance cause with you id withstand all of it to hold you hand
Id give it all id give for us give anything but i wount give up
cuz you know you know
i love you ive loved you all along and i miss you far away for far to long i keep dreaming ul be with me and ul never go stop breathing if i dont see you anymore
but you know you know i wanted i wanted you to stay cuz i needed you to say
Ilove you ilove you i love you all along i forgive you for being away for far to long so keep brathing cuz im not leaving you anymore
beleive it
hold on to me and never let me go
September 10, 2009
four months today B. I bought you a dozen beautful roses and put them next to your picture. I'm still numb about your death and pray for you to be at peace every night. I still don't understand why this had to happen to you. Brittany and Dalton are doing good and carry your memory with them always as I do and so many others that love you. I love you, B.
Sandra Lafreniere-Staats
September 6, 2009
Don- I cant believe we are going on 4 months without you, the numbness is wearing off and the pain of reality and life without your physical presence is unbearable. Even though we know you are with us in spirit and give us signs all the time, there isn't anything we wouldnt do to have you back. Fran, Brittany and Dalton need you so much! Though they continue to go on and make you proud, I have to say,it is with a very heavy heart. The same goes for me and everyone else. Don, please give us all strength and peace in our hearts- it hurts so bad! Fran came to my work to bring me a beautiful bracelet she made me for my birthday, its my favorite gift and it has a heart charm on it- I love it and her so very much. We gain strength through each other and the kids. Thank you for helping her find your ring, she wears it on a chain around her neck and it falls right by her heart where it belongs. Brittany is doing real good in school- her goal being to make you proud. She's so beautiful and kind, she looks exactly like you and reminds me of you so much! Thank you for our precious baby! Dalton is such a strong young man, you can tell he is his fathers son! He too does everything with you in mind, and Fran, there are no words to describe how incredible your lovely wife is, her faith, strength and generosity have no limits! We will always take care of each other and the beautiful children you gave us- they are your legacy, we will always keep you in our hearts and strive to make you proud, and more than anything we will always love you so very much! ------Sandra----
August 18, 2009
missing you more than ever. B.
Brittany Lafreniere
August 8, 2009
So I received an email dad from a friend. Jaime we both had a class with him dad he used to see me talking with you after class and saw we had the same last name and asked if we were related. He always joked about how you looked like a man from the military or a cop and I was like well he was a cop lol. You always had that cop look :) but anyways I havent talked to Jaime for about a year or more and Im sure you hadent in longer. He said that the other day he was in combat training for the mariens when he got a vision of you walking into class. Then a few days later he went on to my myspace page and saw that you had passed away I thought that it was amazing that you came through to him. He said you helped him write a paper and that you were a great man.!!! which you are I love you daddy
Brittany Alicia Lafreniere
August 8, 2009
Hey dad been awhile since I wrote you but I just wanted to tell you I did it I finished summer school to get ahead. But, you already knew that huh? because you were right there helping me get those A's huh. Well dad in a couple days it will be three months I can't beleive it. God I miss you so much. I can't beleive we never went to lunch like we planned and I can't beleive I never got to tell you all I want to. You mean so much to me Dad I cant beleive how strong you are coming to everyone your amazing. God is lucky to have an angel like you because you cant imagine what we would do to have you back. I kept thinking yesterday about all the things you wount be at I still can't beleive im one of those kids who have lost a parent I never thought this could really happen to me. I really dont beleive it. I don't understand it at all how you realy arent coming back Daddy. I wante to thank you for all your signs lately how Dalton found my rosery at a time where i was wondering if you were happy i was spending time with him. How you came to Jaime someone you knew would tell me and that dream with the rosary braclet and so many others oh and I cant forget you helping fran find her sunglasses lol! Oh and thanks for giving dalton and fran the strenghth to get back to work and school. Man dad your just so amazing now more then ever. Im so lucky that I had these last two years with you when you truly showed me that you cared. Please continue to show yourself and guide me through this life I love you with all my heart God bless you my angel
July 27, 2009
Hi B, we just got back from Greer. We missed you so very much. Dalton fished but didn't catch anything. He was pretty dissapointed and I know that all he wanted was for you to be there with him. When we were coming back from Big Lake we were hoping to see some deer and or elk. Dalton kept looking but nothing, I asked you to please show us some and from that moment on we just saw deer left and right. Dalton saw a Mother deer with her tiny little fawn and so we stopped and it was so beautiful. Today on our way home we saw herds and twice 2 deer ran in front of the car. It was incredible. I know that you were with us. I had gotten a letter from Rosie V. today and she wrote "Just because we cannot see the air does not mean it is not there". Wow. I know that you are always close to us and watch over us. Rest in Peace my love. I love you forever. B-sting
Brittany (kido) Lafreniere
July 21, 2009
Dad it's another night I cant sleep because all i can do is think of you. I cant beleive its really hiting me now i cant even breath right now im so overwelmed i never felt this pain i just always wana be alone my heart is so broken i wish you could give me a sign i think im losing my faith its just so hard i dont know why god would take my dad. I kept being drawn to this song dad i finnaly looked it up and reliased it was from that movie city of angels i hope it was a sign from you. I wish you would just come back you finaly were at a point in your life where you showed me love like you never had before i needed that longer but i guess i will just cheerish that small time with you. I love you so much daddy so much I cant beleive your gone
Brittany Lafreniere`
July 8, 2009
Hey Daddy, I started school this week man I just wanted to call you so bad today in class I just can't grasp that I can't so I thought I would write to you. I remember ever since we started college together we would always talk about how are finals went or first day of class. I'm trying to get motivated again dad it's so hard I just don't want to be there because all I can think about is how we used to meet outside our classes because they were next to each other and to make things worse im in that old class were we used to meet. I just hate walking out and knowing you woun't be there. Man its been so hard I just want to stay home I hate it dad I can barely get out of bed to go and then I just want to go home and lay back in bed. I used to love school so much before you were gone please give me the motivation to go again I want to finish for you please help me daddy. I love you daddy my angel come visit me in my dreams today.
B
July 4, 2009
Hi B, Remember last 4th? You, me and Bubba at our spot listening to music. And I'll never forget how much fun we had in New York City watching the Macy fireworks along the East River. I will hold these and all memories in my heart and mind forever. Happy Fourth Of July. I Luv U, B-sting
Don and Bubba Wild Anim. Park 3-09
June 26, 2009
Don and Fran
June 26, 2009
My Honey B
June 26, 2009
My Handsome Don and Bubba
June 26, 2009
Red Sox Game 6-6-2009 In Loving Memory
June 26, 2009
Don teaching Dalton how to shoot
June 26, 2009
Brittany, Daddy and Bubba
June 26, 2009
Roxy McKee (Magnuson)
June 23, 2009
Don I can't believe you left without saying goodbye. I wish I had the opportunity to spend time with you. You never left my thoughts nor my prayers. Your presence will be missed! Without you here, the world is not a safer place. You saved my life 11 years ago and I will always be greatful. Please have a safe journey and rest in God's hands! May Peace be with you and your family!
Cheryl Magnuson
June 23, 2009
I am so sorry to just hear about your loss. Your dad/husband was an amazing man and he will always have a special place in my heart for saving my daughter, Roxanne (Magnuson) McKee life 11 years ago almost to the day of his death. May God bless you and continue to give you strength.
Sandra Lafreniere- Staats
June 22, 2009
Don- Just wanted to wish you a Happy Fathers Day! Though it is so very hard and terribly painful for us to be happy without you here, we take great comfort knowing that you are in the glory with our Lord. Not a day goes by without thoughts of you. Fran, Brittany and Dalton, though heart broken, continue to handle things and honor you with great pride, poise and love- its such a beautiful thing! So on this day, we thank the Lord for our memories and time we had with you. We will all continue to make you proud as well as love, honor and cherish you as the wonderful father you are and always will be. With much love today and always! -----Sandra, Troy & Christopher
June 21, 2009
Hey daddy,
Happy fathers day. I miss and love you so much I went to your favorite mass and resturant today it didnt really feel like fathers day without you. I woke up today and decided to do something in your honor i became an organ donor just like you and encouraged people to do the same I shared our story daddy. so far three people also signed up. I am happy to know you saved three peoples life with your donation. I love you daddy
fran lafreniere
May 29, 2009
B, here Dalton and I are in Maine. This is so hard being without you. I am trying so hard to make this trip nice for Dalton. He's been pointing out places you guys had been when you came up together and I'm glad that I too can see these places. Diane is having a memorial for you done at the Red Sox game on Saturday. I was so excited and happy to hear about that. I know you'd love it. I will always carry the memories I have of you in my heart and you will always be my love. LUV YOU BABY, Fran
Brittany Lafreniere
May 28, 2009
Hi daddy, If you only knew how much we miss you. I need you so much. I love you daddy I wake up everyday with the hope that it was all a dream. I love you daddy
laurie farnsworth(Lafreniere)
May 27, 2009
Aunt Pat,Shelly,Fran and kids,
so sorry to hear about donnies passing,it was quite a shock to all of us when we heard,your all in our hearts and prayers here in vermont,well just know that i believe that donnie,uncle roger and my dad are all up there doin what they all loved doin best hunting.
Shari Brown
May 25, 2009
I am so sorry for the loss of Don. I worked with him at TPD. May the wonderful memories comfort you during this time. Rest in Peace.
May 22, 2009
I sit here this afternoon and reflect on the past six weeks and my heart cries out because although I do not truly know their pain, I understand the hurt and pain people I care about are going through and I can empathize with them. It was just over a month ago that I called my friend Don Lafreniere to tell him that my Mom had passed away suddenly and we would be holding her services at St. Augustine’s Cathedral. Although he could not attend, he took time to talk with me on the phone and comfort me. As he always did to his friends, he offered his help in any way possible. And now less than a month later I have just arrived home from attending the funeral Mass for my good friend Don Lafreniere, himself at Most Holy Trinity Church. This was the culmination of several emotional gatherings with the Lafreniere family over the past week. From visits at their home, to the rosary and celebration of life, to the Pima College Graduation, to today.
As I sat in the back of the church and listened to the Priest deliver the eulogy, a Priest, who not only was Don’s pastor, but also a friend I heard the words of someone who had been given a chance to see Don’s inner spirit. A man who became a friend, who saw Don through one of the toughest times in his life and helped him to emerge through the valley of darkness renewed and full of love for his God and his family. Don’s family and friends also were blessed by this new person he had become, for they had the chance to see his loving and kinder self. The eulogy wove Bible Scripture with the story of Don’s life experiences from a young man as a cross country runner through his law enforcement career, his life’s trials, hardships, and suffering as well as his accomplishments up to his graduation from Pima Community College – receiving a degree, with honors that his wife Fran accepted, because Don had already been called Home to be with our Lord and could not be there to receive it himself.
The church was beautiful with bouquets of colorful gladiolas and Don's favorite flower, roses. The urn, placed at the front, was a beautiful bronze and deep red with a rose in the center. A photo of Don in a white shirt and tie, smiling back at you as you looked at him was placed on a table below the urn. His smile and look in his eyes gave you the sense that he was (and is) indeed happy and wants us to be. The photo of Don was the Don I had come to know. He was a person who cared deeply about his family and friends, a person who was kind and enjoyed laughing, but always had a twinkle of teasing in his eyes. It was a photo that truly showed his inner spirit. Four large poster boards filled with photos were also at the front of the church, all showing Don with the same look - smiling, happy and with his wife and children. The “Don” many people who worked with him never had the chance to see, unless you were fortunate enough to gain his trust and he let you in.
Two friends of Don’s spoke at the end of the service to add their remembrances of their good friend. One had served as a police officer with Don for many years and today, 25 years later, they were still best friends. The other man had known Don for just two years while they went through classes at Pima College together, but had developed a great friendship. Their words, although difficult for each of them to say, brought both tears and smiles to the faces of those who knew Don. One of the final songs was one of the same songs we had chosen for my Mom’s services. It was called, “On Eagles Wings” and the words to the refrain are “And he will raise you up on eagle’s wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of His Hand.” This is how I like to think of my mom and Don. In the Palm of God’s Hand.
Don, you were not just a co-worker to me, you were a friend. I am honored to have been one of your friends and I thank you for the laughter, your kindness and your friendship. May God Bless you and your family always.
~Patti Kerr
Don and Brittany
May 21, 2009
Brittany Lafreniere
May 21, 2009
Hi Daddy, I’m so proud of your graduation today. You worked so hard for it am sad you won’t be there in body but I know you will be there in spirit. I love you daddy congratulations.
David and Rachel Bixby
May 20, 2009
Dear Aunt Patty, Fran, Dalton and Brittany:
We are so very saddened by your great loss. Though we were not privileged to spend time with Donny, we know how very much he was loved and respected by our parents -- Pat and Don Bixby. They held him in such high regard and spoke of him often and with great love.
Please know that your Florida-based family extends deepest sympathies. We know Donny would be proud of your courage.
Love,
Colin Peabody
May 20, 2009
May 20, 2009
I was a Compliance Specialist with the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board and Don was my contact at the Sahuarita Police Department. I always found his record keeping to be top notch and professional. Rest in Peace my friend and fellow officer.
Colin Peabody
Arizona POST,
Arizona DPS Retired.
Brittany Alicia Lafreniere
May 20, 2009
Daddy, I love you so mush my heart is broken. I still don't believe you’re gone but I promise you we will stay strong. We've already been trying for you daddy. I love you so much my angel. I hope you’re proud of us.
fran lafreniere
May 20, 2009
I will always love and miss you. I thank God for the time that we had together,though it was short, and for Gods beautiful gift to us, our son Dalton. I will always love and cherish your beautiful baby girl Brittany. I know that someday we will be together again. My heart is so broken B. I love you, Fran
Donny and Bubba
May 20, 2009
My handsome Don
May 20, 2009
Daddy, Mom and Dalton
May 20, 2009
Daddy, Mom and Bubba
May 20, 2009
val (rouille) Patten
May 19, 2009
Remember when she was dancing to the song wipe out at a wedding and all the others around her tried to keep up with her, the only one one that could was Lorie.
May 19, 2009
Frances, Dalton & Brittany --
We are so very sorry for your loss. We will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
--Gerry, Candi & Gabbi LaFreniere
May 16, 2009
We love you so much Don and will see you again.
Love Mom and Shelley
Sean and Jackie Hennessy
May 15, 2009
I met in 1999 when I was a new police officer. Don teached me ways to become a better police officer. When I left the Tucson area I was never able to tell him thank you for everything that he had done for me. Ten years later I am a police officer in the Phoenix area and I still remembered everything that he has taught me. I will never forget all of the training I did with Don and Bren, hiding in places, getting into the bite suit and taking from Bren. Well Don here is the thank you that I owe you for everything that you have done for me.
To Fran, Dalton and Brittany I am so sorry for you loss. Don will be missed but never for gotten.
May 15, 2009
To Fran, Dalton and the entire Lafreniere family; I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Please know that you can call me if you need anything, just as I was able to call you and Don in the past.
I met Don 6 years ago and feel honored to have been a friend of his. He was the type of friend a person could call on if they needed to talk and he wouldn't turn you away. I know. I called him after my father passed away in 2007 and Don sat on the phone and talked with me. I called him again just 3 weeks ago when my Mother passed away suddenly and again, he sat on the phone and comforted me. I called him at various times in between just to talk and he never rushed my calls or told me he had to go. He was a good friend. I know he was a great father and husband and loved all of you dearly, because he loved to tell me about his family. Many times when we worked together he used to tell me about special places you had gone together or special vacations you had taken in the past. His face would light up when he spoke of his wife and family. The light I would see in his face is the light you see only with true love. So I hope you will hold this light and love in your hearts along with all of his memories and keep him close to you. Talk with him often and know that he can hear you. Remember that he will be looking out for you now in a very special way that he couldn't when he was here on earth. Don will be missed by many, but I pray his kindness, friendship and love of his family will never be forgotten. Love to you all, Patti Kerr
Susan Pritchett
May 14, 2009
I met Don about a year ago and consider him to be one of the nicest people I have met. He worked diligently on projects, even managing to create graphics on the computer one-handed when he broke his arm. I know he will be missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Sandra Staats
May 14, 2009
Don- our hearts are broken, no words to express how much you mean to us. Thank you for our beautiful Brittany, she is truly the greatest gift, and thank you for our extended family and love with Fran and Dalton-also a wonderful gift. We will miss you dearly but you will always be in our hearts. Fran and Dalton- know that we will always be here for you and love you with all our hearts, we will make it together as a family and draw strength from each other. All our love-- Sandra, Troy & Christopher
May 14, 2009
i love you daddy and i will make you proud your son dalton
Brittany Lafreniere
May 14, 2009
I love you daddy. I promise to stay strong for you. Love, Your baby Brittany
Angela LeBeau
May 14, 2009
Though I only meet Don a very short time ago, he has touched my heart and my life.
Don’s family: wife, son, mother and sister will be in my prayers.
Classmate: Angela LeBeau
Erika Martinez
May 14, 2009
Fran, I am truly sorry for your loss. Don was a wonderful man. He will be greatly missed. I am here for you and your family for anything you may need. I love you.
Art and Letty Martinez
May 14, 2009
May Heaven and Our Lord smile upon you. You are greatly missed.
Debbie Osollo
May 14, 2009
Frances, I am so sorry to hear of the loss of Don. May God Bless you. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
May 14, 2009
B, Though my heart is broken I know that you will watch over Dalton, Brittany and I from above. I will always treasure all of the memories I have of us. Rest in Peace my love, your wife, Fran
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