jonathan t. blunk
“You didn’t have to look over your shoulder to know Jon had your back. You knew it like you knew the sun was going to come up the next day.”Kyle Dawson, Navy buddy
AJ boik
“He was willing to do anything to make someone laugh. What he really brought to the world was goodness.”
John Hoover, uncle
jesse childress
“He always thought of others over himself. He was very special.”
Shannon Childress, mother
gordon cowden
“I just miss him being my dad. He was just so present in our lives that growing up, the idea that one of my parents dying wasn’t something I ever even considered. I just miss him being there.”
Cierra Cowden, daughter
jessica ghawi
“We don’t plan on a future anymore. She was a little whirlwind. Lots of energy.”
Sandy Phillips, mother, said of herself and her husband
john larimer
“I don’t think we’ll ever do a family picture again, because when you look at them, it just jumps out at you who’s not in that picture.”
Kathleen Larimer, mother
matt mcquinn
“He was the first person I know who you would call if you needed something.”
Micaella Clay, longtime family friend
micayla medek
“She was young. She never fell in love. She never got to have a family.”
Amanda Medek, sister
veronica moser-sullivan
“I don’t know who I am anymore. I was a mom when I was 18, and that’s all I knew how to be. And now I’m not a mom.”
Ashley Moser, mother
alex matthew sullivan
“He’d give me a big hug. And, I don’t know, it just made everything better.”
Megan Sullivan, sister
alexander teves
“He made you feel good about yourself. Whenever you left him, you wanted to be a better person.”
Caren Teves, mother
rebecca wingo
“Fearless and wild, yet cultured and intelligent.”
Robert Wingo, ex-husband
