FOR SHANE
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One of our own has fallen.
He died in service to each of us.
No one can understand why.
We will always remember him as young and full of life.
He will never grow old.
He will never be ill again.
He is at peace now.
Never again to suffer.
All that knew him will carry a part of him forever.
It will be a memory of times spent together.
It will bring both a smile and a tear to those that hold these memories.
The sadness will fade with time, even as his memory continues.
Even though his life was short, it was important to us.
He has made each of us smile at times;
Now we weep because we will miss him.
Yet through all of this he remains in our hearts.
Today we lost a comrade and a friend.
Our hearts are heavy with sadness,
Yet even in our grief we remember him fondly.
One of our own has fallen and today has earned a new set of wings in heaven.
John Armintrout