Our sweet Matthew Joseph was born 3/3/1999 and was taken from us just 3 weeks after his 24th birthday on 3/22/2023. Matthew was a kind, loving and handsome young man with so much life ahead of him. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and a member of ATO fraternity, with a major in Finance and had recently joined the adult world in corporate America. Matthew always made us so proud through his school…
At the time of my son’s death, we lived in Concord, NC, where I am at present. Garrett H Terrell died on 9-22-03 at the age of 11. He died 6 days before his 12th birthday, which became his memorial service date. Garrett was in the 7th grade and a typical boy of the time. He enjoyed playing chess, listening to music, riding his skateboard, and playing video games. His passion was art. He was…
His baby blue eyes captivated the hearts of everyone that encountered him. Throughout his childhood, his proved to be quite a handful-100% boy!! As he grew older, his love for sports became apparent. Basketball and football were his favorite! He then developed this amazing sense of humor, and he had an infectious laugh! EVERYONE loved to be around him because he was SO funny. It didn’t matter what kind of mood you were in, when…
I was born on November 26th, 1968 to Doris and Eric Thirtle. Growing up, I did not have much of a relationship with my father. Mom was the backbone of the family. In 1992, my father was diagnosed with a kidney disease called IGA Neuropathy which progressed to the point where he needed to start dialysis 3 times a week, in November 1997. After being on dialysis for 3 years, he was told he either…
November 12th, 2010 we got the call…they had lungs for Savara. She had just come out of foot surgery when we got the call. Savara had suffered from a condition called dermatomyositis, which caused her to develop pulmonary hypertension. She was so calm as she waited for the lung transplant…after a sleepless night, they told us she had successfully made it through the surgery and we got see our princess with her new lungs. After…
August 25, 2009, Luis “Louie” Tijerina, a 21 year old Odessa man, was lost in an accident in Odessa. His ten day ordeal in ICU at the Medical Center Hospital began on August 16, 2009. Louie was admitted into the hospital as a John Doe as his clothes and wallet had been ripped away after being ejected from the vehicle in which he rode, making it hard to ID him at the time of admittance….
William Austin Todd was born February 17, 1988, in Escondido, CA. Willie grew up in Oceanside, CA, and then moved to Leander, Texas. Our “Willie” is deeply missed by long time friends and family from these areas that he grew up in. He was a brilliant student, and received many honors for excellent grades and achievements. He played football, baseball, and loved to ride his skateboard. When he got really good on his skateboard he…
Monica Tooth Studzinski 7.25.24 17 years ago, I received my miracle of life, a kidney from my amazing, beautiful, loving, caring, compassionate, and courageous daughter, Monica! At the time, she was 22 years young! Her selfless love shines so brightly. My champion of life, saved my life by donating one of her kidneys to me! Her amazing gift of life has given me 17 beautiful years of life, which has allowed me to do so…
“Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you…” — these are the lyrics to a song that my daughter, Annette and I used to laugh at when it was popular in the nineties. Now, we laugh at it for its literal meaning, because, in August, 2009, she gave me the best birthday present I ever got – her healthy right kidney. For several years, my kidney failure from Type 1…
Sylvia and Abe Torres lost their son, Zachary when he was 11years-old. He passed away on Jan. 3, 2005. Zachary was able to save the lives of others because he was a compassionate young man that wanted to be a hero in all facets of his young life. Zachary dreamed of leaving the little town of Slaton, Texas and making it big to be the next Julius Jones or Roy Williams, both National Football League…