BE GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY YOU GET TO SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. LIFE 🧬 GOES BY SO QUICKLY, AND LIFE 🧬 IS SO VERY PRECIOUS. PRAYERS TO THE YOERGER FAMILY 🕊️💫🕊️ CJ AND SCOTT

This horrible tragedy that has befallen my sweet, baby boy, Elias, will be less of a waste if some good can come of it. If we can learn on a deeply personal level just how short our time in this world is. Literally a vapor. May we all understand this truth now and not waste one more precious moment being angry or unforgiving with each other. May LOVE reign supreme in all of our hearts & lives. 

May the rest of you, my sweet, beautiful children, come to realize just how much I have, do and always will love you, no matter what and no matter how imperfect I was as a parent. I honestly loved you and only wanted what was best for you, mistakes and all.

There  isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss you all to the very core of my being. That I cry myself to sleep so many nights, as Keturah can probably attest to, from missing you all so much it physically hurts. 

My heart, just like yours, will never, ever get over the brokenness of losing my sweet, precious, baby boy. It's so wrong and unnatural for a parent to outlive one of their babies. I hope Elias now knows, if he didn’t before, just how much I love him and always will.

My fervent, heartfelt prayer is that none of you ever, EVER  have to experience the excruciating pain of being estranged from one of your precious children, let alone losing them to death😭

I would have gladly died in Elias' place. God how I wish I could have gone instead of him! That would have been the proper order of things.

I'd give anything to be there to mourn with you all. Hug you, love on you, sob uncontrollably with you.

But as that was apparently not your wish, please know that as your mother you are all in my thoughts and prayers constantly. My love for you all will never, ever die. I will carry it in my heart forever, even when I leave this world.

"Who is to say what love is? 

From the fluttering heart that sees a face long missed, to the tearful,  breathless wrench of a love only ever found in the moment. Or a love that speaks of a blood shared...of a bond that can't be broken...of a light that can never be dimmed by adversity. 

Who is to say what love is, because love seeks no favour, nor does it seek permission. It seeks no title, no praise, or reward. 

Love simply is.

Love never blames, always forgives, and cannot be diminished by distance or weakened by time. 

Love is what is left when everything else deserts you.

Who is to say what love is?

Only you, because only you know."

My heart will never get over the brokenness of losing you my sweet, precious, baby boy. I hope you now know, if you didn’t before just how much I love you.

I’m so sorry we never had the chance to meet and get to know each other. I truly wish we had. My heart goes out to your parents, your brothers and sisters, and everyone who knew and loved you.

Rest in peace.

Elias was one of the smartest, hardest working, and kindest people I have ever met. Like many others, I have an abundance of memories from the time we shared together that I’ll think back on for the rest of my life. His ambition was contagious, and his character was truly admirable. He will truly be missed.

OBITUARY

Elias King Yoerger

January 14, 2000 – August 27, 2026

Young's Funeral Home

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