LEFT: "He was my conscience. My sibling, my brother, my gentle giant. You didn't have to pretend to be something different; say things to entertain him. To be in his presence was to be at peace." Delbert Young was 59. | RIGHT: "To this day, when a Cubs game is on, it's my impulse to call him, and I can't do it anymore, sadly. ... He was just a wonderful father. He really was." Stan Patrick was 85.
“She called her lemon meringue [pie] her ‘never-fail’ recipe and said, ‘Oh, anybody can do it.' But if you don't do it quite right, and you bake it, it’ll get weepy.” Dorothy 'Dot' Thompson was 105.
LEFT: Hobbyist musician and professional football player Bryce Wilson started playing drums at age 3, memorizing Ice Cube’s 'It was a Good Day' shortly after. “He might have been 5 years old and he could rap it. ... He would always say, ‘What's up, Unc?’, and I'd just smile." Bryce Wilson was 31. | RIGHT: "The thing that struck me about Kathy is that she didn't want to be front-and-center. ... She was a very soft-spoken, kind-hearted individual that would do anything for anyone, at any time." Kathy Everett was 60.
"When we met, it all happened really quick. But I liked him right away. He liked to talk a lot; he could tell good stories. He was a people person. He just really brightened up everybody that he came in contact with.” Brent 'Ben' Newton was 50.
"He just didn't like to sit — he never knew if his finds were worth anything, but he had fun getting them. ... I think he taught us a lot about how to treat other people. He was just generally a very kind man." Marvin Clark was 84.
"There wasn’t a dog that didn’t like him. Pretty much any sport he played, he was good at. He was a quiet man — but he showed his emotions by helping, and by being there." Daryle Jass was 84.
The family of Stan Patrick (1935-2020).
"She was the most giving and caring person, to a fault. If you were her friend, you were her friend for life. ... She was black and white. You either told the truth or you didn't — she didn't want anything to do with the gray area." Abbie Eichman was 36.
"He could talk about anything. It didn't matter if it was a black hole — one day after a football game, one of his former students was there and they were talking about physics. Or, just a normal day. ... He was very thoughtful when you weren't expecting anything." Edward McCliment was 86.
LEFT: "Jose, to me, was like Superman. If I could see him again, I'd tell him not to worry about anything. ... You raised me fair enough to where I think I know what I need to do from now on." Jose Martinez was 58. | MIDDLE: “She called her lemon meringue [pie] her ‘never-fail’ recipe and said, ‘Oh, anybody can do it.' But if you don't do it quite right, and you bake it, it’ll get weepy.” Dorothy 'Dot' Thompson was 105. | RIGHT: "She was one of a kind. She was the yin to my yang." Her final words to her big sister were, 'Take care of mom. I'm proud of you.' "She was back to herself again." Geanell Latimore was 39.