There are no words to express how much you are missed. You touched so many lives in the short time that God gave you to us. Always willing to go above and beyond to help others. You never could pass up a chance to help the elderly or a child. Because of his gift, you gave something wonderful to so many. You gave your heart unconditionally. Only you and God know just how many were helped, but we all know you were always there when we needed you!

Growing up with a house full of girls couldn't have been easy. If it wasn't "Mom, tell Rodney to get out of the bathroom we need to curl our hair." It was "Why does Rodney always get to ride up front?" we can still see your little grin when you thought you had won! We are not sure how you put up with all of us, but we are glad you did.

Over the past few days, we have remembered the good times we had as children. Like the time that Mom and Dad could not for the life of them figure out where all the pop was going. Little did they know that you and Connie decided to give the dog next door a pop bath! They always wondered why that dog hated you two! We always had fun playing hide and seek with the neighborhood kids. It's a good thing that Hawkeye didn't need to leave base to find the hiders, because if she had Mom would have gotten us on the porch light 3 blinks and you out rule. How about going to Raymond Hill to go sledding, Michelle fell into the creek on the way, you pulled her out and we kept going. We figured snow turns to water anyway. Michelle just got a head start on us! We must have lost the family brain that day, because none of us had enough sense to turn around and go home before Michelle turned to ice!

Over the past several months, we all watched you go through more then any one person should in a lifetime. You never complained or said, "Why me?" You always had a joke to lighten our hearts when you saw we were struggling to understand "Why you". You have given us all the strength we will need to get through the hardest time of our lives. Your words of encouragement will always be a source of strength for the kids to pull from. We know you are no longer in pain, and you no longer suffer, but it is hard to let you go. You were the best brother any sister could have asked for. Your love, wisdom, courage and humor will never be lost; the three of us and our children will carry them on forever. We all have great memories of you. You will never be forgotten; you will live in our hearts forever. We love you.