December 30,1963 ~ July 25,2008MY ONE TRUE LOVE FOR NINETEEN YEARS
THROUGHT THICK AND THIN AND ALL MY FEARSHE MADE ME MAD AND HAPPY TOO
BUT ENDED THE DAY WITH "I LOVE YOU"HE HELPED ME IN MY PERSONAL LIFE
MY BEST FRIEND, MY LIFENO ONE WILL EVER TAKE HIS PLACE
OR THE SMILE THAT LIED UPON HIS FACEUP FOR AN ADVENTURE HE ALWAYS WAS
WAS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING JUST BECAUSEA HARD WORKER AND A TRIBAL MEMBER
HIS JOYFUL SPIRIT WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBERJUST A MAN FROM HAT CREEK LOVED BY ALL
IF YOU NEEDED SOMETHING DONE JUST GIVE HIM A CALLALWAYS FAITHFUL TO TRIBAL MEETINGS
AND ALWAYS HELPED AT HAT CREEK CAMPMEETINGHE WOULD HELP THOSE WHO WERE IN NEED
IF YOU WERE HUNGRY HE WOULD BE SURE TO FEEDALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HIS ELDERS AND FOES
HOW MUCH WE WILL MISS HIM ONLY GOD KNOWSYOU WOULD ALWAYS SEEM HIM WITH A SMILE
HIS LOVE FOR OTHERS GREW WILDDEEP IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL ALWAYS BE
BUT I STILL WISH HE WAS HERE WITH MEFOR WHAT WE HAVE WAS NOT ENOUGH
WE LOVED EACHOTHER NO MATTER WHATI STAYED WITH HIM AS LONG AS I COULD
IF I COULD HAVE STAYED TILL THE END I SURLEY WOULDI LOVE YOU ANG NO MATTER WHAT
FOR WHAT WE HAD WAS REAL AND TUFFNO ONE KNOWS HOW WE MADE EACHOTHER FEEL
DEEP IN MY HEART I KNOW OUR LOVE WAS REALI MISS YOU SO MUCH MY HEARTS TORN
BUT I WILL HOLD MY HEAD UP AND NOT MOURNBECAUSE I KNOW YOU MADE IT TO THAT SPECIAL PLACE
AND NOW YOU CAN LOOK UPON THE FATHERS FACE
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