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Words cannot describe the pain and loss I am feeling without you. I pray that one day we will understand God's will. I will miss you immensely and look forward to the day we meet again, for my heart to be whole again. I know I always told you, but you have no idea how much you were truly loved. My heart breaks all over again, each morning I open my eyes and once again realize that you're not here. Take care of each other up there & I know you will always be watching over us down here. Once we are all united again, God's gonna be sorry because it's gonna be one heck of a party!! I love you my brother!!!
It hurts so much since you have left us, oh how I miss your phone calls and your text messages. I recall our last conversation on Superbowl Sunday and you asked me if Ray was gonna watch the Superbowl and I said, "No." And then you said, "What, not even to watch Katie Perry at half time?" And then we both started to laugh. I never knew you liked Katie Perry until that day when you mentioned it. You were the best a brother a sister could ever ask for. You always put yourself before others no matter how tired you were. You just worked so hard to provide for your family; you were the best father, brother, friend, husband, uncle that anyone could ever ask for. I just want to thank you for always being there for me and being so wonderful to me. I will always cherish the last text message you sent me. But I just want you to know that I was the one that was blessed to have you as my brother and to have you in my life. Rest In Peace Derek. I love and miss you so much.
We love you Uncle Derek and will miss you dearly. Our prayers go out to you Ryan , Anthony and Alex during this unfortunate time. May God give you the same strength today that he provided your father throughout his life as the hard working man he was on earth. Remember he will always be watching over you. RIP Uncle Derek.
I met Derek working, along side of him, at Dominick's. There were many times work was overbearing, but he always seem to find a comical way to make the night crew laugh and make work enjoyable. He also found time to lend a hand with, not only my car problems, but other friends as well. He was a hard worker and will truely be missed by all. My thoughts and prayers to your family.
He Only Takes the Best
God saw that he was getting tired,
A cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around him
and whispered, "Come with Me."
With tearful eyes, we watched him suffer,
And saw him fade away.
Although we loved him dearly,
We could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes "the best".
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Derek,
Was one of the few people I called a friend. I know many people but call very few friends. He always did car repairs for me. We met at Dominick's and he always spoke of his wife and sons. I will miss him very much. My thoughts and prayers to his loving family,
Our hearts are with Uncle Derek and his family. He was a private, gentle man who would give anyone the shirt off his back. He will be truly missed. We love you.
We played together as children, got in mischief together as teens, and became parents together at about the same age. We shared a whole lifetime together and we will miss you so very much. But you have so many angels to look over you now as I know you will look over all of us. Rest in Peace, Derek.
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