Happy 36th birthday David, thinking of you today and always. Dad

Another anniversary of that dreadful day. The world is going crazy. Your humor would always help. RIP... dad

Merry Christmas David, love and miss you...Dad

Another birthday has passed, we celebrate it because we miss you. Love dad

Thought about you today, a lot has changed lately. I wish you were here. Dad

Happy New Year it's been a struggle lately...dad

Thought about you today, another birthday has past.

Thought about you today, miss you buddie love dad

Thought about you today, you was the best friend I ever had

Again the anniversary of losing you is here, I think about you everyday. 
I've never gotten over it. 
I'm still angry and heartbroken at the same time.
Soon I'll be retiring. 
Maybe I'll go crazy with so much time to think, about all we were cheated out of when we lost you.

Dad

thought about you today, my health is not very good. love and miss you. Dad

Thought about you today, where coming up on Thanksgiving. We had so much fun at Joe's house every year. It hasn't been the same since we lost you. I've been very sick, I don't know how much longer I'll be here.
 love dad

Another birthday we a missed celebrating. But celebrate it in our hearts. I miss you so much.

It's been another year since we lost you, it doesn't get any easier. Miss you dad

We lost Tony, your cousin. I remember him asking about you, he had worried about your condition. His loss, has brought back all the sorrow I've had since losing you. I miss you so much. Dad

thought of you today, it has been really cold out, and how you never dressed properly for the frigid weather. Rest easy david. dad

I am missing you again today, as every day. It's not just the holiday season that brings me here. I wish I were really talking with you David. My life is just not the same without you. Someday, we'll be side by side. I love you so very much :,(

RIP David, been a rough time lately. Miss you; dad

Missed your birthday, haven't been feeling well.Miss your smiles. Dad

It has taken 6 years for me to even look at your pictures, much less accept that your gone. I hurt everyday and wanted to wake up from this bad dream. You have been visiting me in my dreams lately. I can't stand the pain. I am going through something's that is painful so painful. I love you

I miss you so much. A piece of me is gone. I wish heaven had visiting hours. I lost my best friend. Dad needs you right now too. Most of the greatest memories I have had they all involved you. Since you have been gone i was blessed with a beautiful baby girl you never will get to meet. She was a great gift. Besides her I don't have any great memories. Well, Blake will be graduating this year. That will be a great memory. I love you so much

My dear son
you are dearly missed
every morning, every night
out of nowhere 
you consume my thoughts
29 is a sad number this year
so much lost
we'll never know
where you'd be today
but fate decided to take you
and leave a mother's broken heart
It's only when I dream
do I see your face
& I still cry
Thank you David
for the wonderful years we shared
You are remembered
every single day
for as long as I live

I'm not doing to well, so I just thought how I could of done things much better. Sorry David.

here we are again. Noreason just thought I'd say hi, and that I miss you.

Six years ago today
& I still long for my David
You should still be here
& I'm distressed that you're not.
I miss your smile
I miss your eyes
I miss your compassion
I miss seeing you everyday
I miss hearing your music
I miss cooking for you
I still clean your room
as if you'll be back soon
I spritz the last bottle of your cologne
& close my tear filled eyes 
There's so much to miss
Memories stopped at 22
along with my heartbeat.

Today was 5 years since we lost you, it's still very difficult.RIP. son

David, you will always be alive in my heart, with every memory I have. I've missed you every day since you left us and always will, until I'm with you again. I'm so proud to be your mom. I wish you were here. My life will never be the same. I love everything about you so very much. I miss you David.

I forgot to wish you a Merry Christmas David, I miss you.

Happy Birthday David, you should turned 27.We all miss you, Dad

I was looking at your pictures today, I still haven't organized them. So once in a while I'll find one that I don't remember seeing. I like those the best, I miss you David.

I will never forget the day we lost your smile. The day we lost the love you gave. I want to think of the happiness and laughter you gave instead. I want to look at picture's of you again. I want to remember times when you were here with us. I want to smother the sadness.                                     Missing you always. Love you David.

The New Year is approaching and you're not physically here to share it with me. Just when I think my heart can't break anymore, it proves me wrong. I've yet to learn to live with you being gone. It's a vicious 4-stage circle of denial - anger- bargaining - depression, in no particular order. Somehow, I find comfort in having your ashes, your hair & pieces of an orchid inside a gold teardrop necklace that I always wear around my neck. I still cry myself to sleep thinking of you, often holding tight to your urn. There's pictures and millions of memories but there's no you walking through the front door with your Louis Vuitton on your shoulder, Versace jeans and Gucci sandals with a bag of take-out food, movies & books in your hand. I desperately miss your beautiful, handsome face, your perseverance, the way you understood people and how very caring and loving you always were.  I miss the jokester side of you, your witty and slap-happy sense of humor that sometimes only I understood. I cherish our talks, morning coffee rides to school & doctor appointments, the knowledge you so generously shared, never making anyone feel stupid. There is so very much to miss about you.  While I enjoy the memories, I can't bear the loss. I talk to you every day and I miss you David. I wish you could come back. I simply adored being your mom &, given the chance, would do it all over again in a heartbeat. I love you David. Sweet Dreams. See you in the morning. Blow-kiss. Got it. <3

Merry Christmas David, I spent it with your nephews and nieces you would have liked them...dad

Happy Birthday David you would have been 26 years old. Miss You Dad

Wish you were here to celebrate your birthday. We all miss you so much. Stay close to your Mom,Dad and sisters especially today. Love always

Missing you still. Wish you were here as always. Praying for your dad,mom and sisters mostly. So many years we had left with you on earth. Now your an angel watching over us. A very sad day for family today. I love you.

Tomorrow it will have been three years since I talked to you in person, I speak to you in Spirit nearly everyday. Rest in peace David. Dad

I was thinking of you today and realized I had not wished you a merry christmas or a happy new year. Dad

David, I still remember our conversations over the phone after I left Ohio. And I only just barely spoke to you before I heard the news. I think of you every day. I pray that you are at peace.

~Gabi Idowu

9/24 
I think of you everyday and today all day. This is your Happy Birthday! Even though your gone from us, today is rememberance of the joys you brought to the ones who love and miss you.
I love you and miss you so much David!

David, you are the first thing on my mind each morning, the last on my mind each night and throughout each day. I long to see your beautiful face, your comforting words and hear your voice. My heart is so broken - time only seems to make it worse. I treasure the times you visit me in my dreams because I always hold you, hug you tight, kiss you & tell you how much I love you. I miss you David. Wish it were a Happy 25th Birthday.

Tomorrow would have been your 25th birthday I think of you everyday, dad

Sometimes I wonder what you would be doing if you were here with us. I was so proud of you. Going to school and on the right track. You were headed for success in life. I miss you. 
I always knew when I did get to visit with you I would be laughing. We always had good visits. Just sitting and talking about whatever subject came up. I think of those times.
I miss you especially at family get togethers. No matter how many are there or what occasion it is there is still an emptiness because your gone.
Once in awhile I feel the need to look up to the stars wondering which star you are. Where are you now?
Missing you. 
I hurt most of all for your Dad,Mom and sisters. I pray for them because they will never be the same. You were taken from them too soon.
I know they cry for you.
March 15th will be a sad day for our family.
Its been two years but memories of you are as clear as yesterday. 
I love and miss you David.

I thought you you today, but that is nothing new. I thought of you yesterday, every single day I'm blue. I think of you in silence, I often cry your name. All I have are memories and pictures in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake from which I'll never part. I want you in my arms but can only hold you in my heart. I am having a very difficult time living without you David. I miss you so unbearably much!

David when we hung out it was like we were best friends. You made me laugh even when I didn't want to. You always believed in me even when I didn't believe in myself. The world truly is a sadder place without you. I consider it both an honor and privilege to have been a part of your life!! I miss you and love you buddy forever! Keep those SHOES! Ready for me when I see you on the other side! Love you!

I so long for you to come back to me. I can't stand living without you David. I wish you were here so I could wish you a happy 24th & hold you & hug you & tell you how very much I love you. Your time on earth wasn't long enough! My heart continues to break more & more each day. Every day & night I still cry and the pain is unbearable. I miss my treasured son. I miss my treasured son.

Thinking of you always & forever - Wishing you were here on earth.

Memories are not enough and there's nothing I can do about it. I have yet to move on. I miss you so much David & my heart aches endlessly to have you back.

David. I miss you so much. Its hard to think a year ago you were still here. You were my bestfriend. I love you so much.

I talk to you every morning and every night, I still save my quarters for you.It's been a year since we lost you, for me everyday seems like a year.

  When I think of David I think of his silliness,making everyone around him laugh,his genius & his generousity. When my boys were very young & loved the Spongebob cartoon David called them on the phone pretending to be Spongebob. He talked to them for a long time in all the voices from the cartoon. He sounded just like the cartoon characters too! David told them they could ask any questions they wanted! Shane & Travis were so excited that day! They talked about it for months how Spongebob called THEM! 
  There's another memory I'll never forget when David & I were riding home from a restaraunt. At the corner holding a sign saying "WILL WORK FOR FOOD" was a tired looking man that was on hard times. I had gave to him when I seen him. The man always stood on that paticular corner. We were sitting at a red light where the man was. David didnt say a thing. He just got his money out,rolled down his window & handed the man his money. Many people just pass someone like the man up without a glance.
   Whenever I think of David I smile with memories. 
    I will always love and miss David very much! It hurts so bad knowing that I will never hear or see him again in this life.
     Rita,David,Erika and Damiyon....I know your heart is in pain and I pray that someday you will have comfort in knowing David is with you in spirit.
      Our family will never be complete without our David!
            R.I.P. David
              love,
             Aunt Kathy

I still Miss you ...you were taken from us all way to early. I love you darling (: Hope to see you again someday!

Hi David, it is Gabi. I just wanted to let you know that you will be greatly missed, by those who knew and loved you. We will see you in heaven.

David, you really were an angel sent to Heaven because God needed you back so soon. Miss you and cant wait to meet you in the big blue sky :) We'll have a foot race first thing!

unbelievable, i wish id had found out sooner so i could have came to the service, all my condolences...

david,
 i love you and miss you so much me and you had a amazing time getting close to eachother you became one of my favorite cousin's you made me laugh when i didnt want me to and made me stop crying when i couldnt i got dumped and we went for ice cream and i was fine 10 minutes later lol you was defently my favorite eatting partner :)and something that was touching at your service was when your friend was talking about you staying up for 3 days in a role and said "david you should get sleep" and you said "i will sleep when i die" that was so true for you i noticed you can stay up for days you was so out-going your goal was to make people laugh not caring what other may think of you and that was the best part of you<3 you no what sucks i'll never get to hear you say uh uh honey you best pump them breaks while your snapping your fingers lol ahhh you will be missed gone but never ever forgotten love you
Love, Your Cousin Ashley

A bright light taken too soon...
I pray for David's family, he will be truely missed.

I can't say anything else but I'm sorry.  My deepest sympathy to your family.

I wasn’t there to protect you
As done countless times before
We both believed in a higher power
I attest I’m no longer sure
I fought effortlessly to save you
Though I knew that you had passed
The etched picture of your lifeless face
I’ll forever long to mask
If it weren’t for your sisters
I’d be following close behind
& we would travel side-by-side
With the eternal ties that bind
The smell of your room
Your smile that lit my winters
Dreams we always longed to share
To sail the Alaskan valley glaciers
Countless years we’ll never spend
Childhood keepsakes have no where to go
My heart will never be revived
My soul immortally burrowed
You are there for a reason 
I am here for awhile
So once upon a star my dear 
Please send a kiss and smile

MOM

I was so sorry to hear of David’s death.  He was such a compassionate and vivacious person. I know that he has a lot of friends who join me in sending sympathy to your family.

I was so sorry to hear of David’s death. He was such a compassionate and vivacious person that I had the pleasure of getting to know. I know that he has a lot of friends who join me in sending sympathy to your family.

Gone too soon... My deepest sympathies go out to the Melendez family. You had raised a hospitable, intelligent, fun-loving & handsome young man. I will forever cherish the times he and I spent together. He will be missed dearly.

~ John Mendez

To David and his dear family,

  I don't know what else to say except I am so saddened by this. So unexpected; at least for me. I don't pray often, but your whole family will certainly be in my prayers. I'm so sorry. I knew David since we were juniors in highschool, and I can honestly say that I never had a moment when I didn't enjoy his company. He was one of the most quirky and intelligent people I've ever met. Way too young for this sort of tragedy. Love you always "Christina Melendez." xoxo  RIP  Dios Bendiga.

I haven't spoken to David over the past couple years. We had went in our own directions as most kids do. I do remember the time we shared together. David was a person who could always make me smile by doing something goofy. David was the only person I knew who could have a full conversation and send a text with only one hand and never look at his phone. I could always count on David to be my wingman when we would go out. David was my confidant, my wingman, and my friend. He will be missed.

I feel blessed to have had the chance to get to know David even if we interacted for only brief periods at a time. His attitude and smile were infectious and you just could not help but feeling better about the world around you.There were times at our office when he was helping out there that  i would catch myself with 'WOW" this kid is really smart. Damiyon, Viv, the love i saw you share about David is something to cherish, cannot be taken from you and will be for forever.

My heartfelt sympathies go out to David's family and friends.  I have known David for a few years. We didn't see each other often, but when we did it was such a great time.  David was a sweet and caring person and I will miss him always.  RIP sweet David. I will see you again I'm sure!

Although I had known David only a short time, I had come to appreciate his great sense of humor, generous spirit and boundless potential.  He will be missed.  May all who knew him find comfort in their memories of this talented young man.  My thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

David-
I cannot even believe this. It still hasn't sunk in for me yet. I keep remembering the time we all went downtown and were walking around in fur coats and talking in english accents. lol AND the time u whistled like a cop siren in the back seat of my car, and scared the CRAP outta me!! Your mom, dad, and sisters are missing you like crazy. I hope you're up there keeping an eye on them. I know that you're in a better place... and like my Dad said... probably "yakkin'" on one of 4 of your blackberry's up there!! Gone but not forgotten...

<3,
Ashley

Words cannot express the sadness that will be felt with the loss of David, I first met him in 4th grade when we were both crazy hyper children and I remember David screaming and running across the stage in our gym with his transformers. Years later we reconnected and created some of the fondest memories I have ever had. David will always have a special place in my heart as well as his entire family, one of my favorite memories of david was driving down to georgia just to meet his sister Damiyon and drive he and his sister erika back up to ohio. David you will be sorely missed. My Love and Sympathy goes out to your entire family. I hope to meet you again some day in a better place and catch up on all the good times you have had in heaven.

David,
Even though I haven't seen you in a couple years, we are still friends and I will miss you! I know you are somewhere safe and my heart is with you and your family.

  Hope in Heaven's Day 

Grief be mine, I ask you so, 
If not for you, I wouldn't know, 
How life once was and then be still, 
How so precious, that death do steal. 
Because that grief, won't go away, 
Learn to let it have its way.
The link to love, a precious one, 
Is met with grief and still not done.
The days do come, and nights do go, 
Grief will stay as time is so.
And so a loved one passes on, 
And grief comes in and carries on.
Does grief get better, I will ask, 
It's hard to say, while at its task.
There is grief to help us cope, 
There is God to give us hope.
Grief will surely go away, 
On that glorious heaven's day.
But while its here, there's just one thing, 
Pray our Lord, for peace he'll bring. 


I ? U cousin and will forever miss you, untill we meet again... Aaron,Nicole,Jacob,Jeremiah&Alyssa

David you will be missed, I have great memories of our times together... See you in the next world :)

David,

I will always remember your smile and your wonderful sense of humor.  The time we spent as friends will be held in my memories and heart forever.  May your family be comforted by their beautiful memories of you.

David "porcupine" !  Have a wonderful journey to where ever it is you may be..you are missed more than words can describe. take care and it's been a pleasure to have known you here on earth. I'm sure wherever you are you are already yakkin' on a blackberry and fixing someone's computer! take care kid- love, Mike, Ashley, Holly & Jake.

David,

I will miss you very much and I hope your family and friends find peace.  I will always remember your kindness, good heart, charm, good humor, and even your piano playing.  I only met you in person once, but such was your character that you managed to stay in touch over the years.  I remember how occasionally you would call me for extended conversations, entirely in character (with characters and accents you invented) and this would bring such unexpected delight to my day.  May you rest in peace, and may the lives you touched carry something of your beautiful spirit.

Love,
Zsolt Bognar

David and I were acquaintances, I would see him out sometimes or whenever we kept in contact online. He had a great, fun personality that will be missed by many people. My thoughts are with David's family during their time of loss.

We love you guys and are praying for you. Let us know if there is anything we can do.
Ron, Lisa, Cameron, & Delaney Smith

I am sitting here at your computer trying to breath! A piece of my heart has been ripped out. I know that you are in a better place but I am selfish.... I want you here. Words can not express how much I will miss you and how much I love you<3 You are my best friend and a piece of me died. The memories that we have shared will be the first thing I remember every morning when I wake up. David you were the best brother and friend I could ask for. I will never be the same. RIP I will meet you again in the after life. I love you my baby brother. My sweet pea.

You and Erika are in my thoughts and prayers. I will miss David and his wonderful charm and humor. He will be missed.

My thoughts and prayers are with you guys god bless. Leon

My heart goes out to all of you, David will be missed dearly. He always put a smile on my face. Although we all live so far apart, you are all close in my heart. I pray you all have the srength to get through this. May David rest in peace now, but never be forgotten. We love you and will miss you dearly.  With Love  Laura, Jay, Tanisha & Jessica. (Dearborn Hts, MI)

Dear Dave:
Please accept my deepest sympathy and my condolences to you and your family.  My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief.  May your memories bring you confort now and through your difficult days ahead.

God Speed,
Shari Neff
TMP

Rita, Erika and family,

My favorite memory of David was when I saw him and Erika playing dress up on Lorain Rd in the middle of summer at lunch time (I think he was about 13).  He was in a suit and Erika in a dress (Rita told me he would also talk in an accent while he played with Erika).

I am so sorry for your loss.

Love,

Laurie, Samantha & Sydnie

David was a great young man.  Very kind and always willing to help anyone.  He will be greatly missed.  Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

Love,
Joleen & Gary

OBITUARY

David W. Melendez

September 24, 1987 – March 15, 2010

Corrigan Craciun Funeral Home

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