Katelyn Kerns

Angels Info

Name: Katelyn Kerns
Age: 28
Location: Perryville, Maryland
DOD: November 10, 2017

Angels Obituary:

Katelyn Marie Eaton Kerns, 28 years, of Perryville, MD, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017 at home. Born March 17, 1989 in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of Anthony and Amy Eaton Bustillos.
Katie was a Registered Nurse, a very kind, caring person who loved everyone and was loved by everyone she encountered. She has gone home to be with the Lord after a long struggle. She had stated “recovery is not pass or fail, it’s life or death”. Katie lost that battle with addiction, will be missed by many, and would pray that her friends in recovery would battle on.
Katie is survived by children who were the light of her life, Janessa Kerns age 10 and Myles Kerns age 5; parents, Anthony and Amy Eaton Bustillos; brothers, James Siebecker, Benjamin Kelly ll, and Andrew Kelly; sisters, Brittany Krauss and Amber Anderson; grandparents, Dorothy Crabbe Eaton and Carl Eaton, Jr.; father, David Walter, and wife; numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins, and especially her cousin and best friend, Kerri Kerns.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a memorial contribution to Ashley Addiction Treatment, 800 Tydings Lane, Havre de Grace, MD 21078 and/or Caron Treatment Centers, 243 North Galena Road, Wernersville, PA 19565.
Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, November16, 2017, 1 PM, at the Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD. Visitation for family and friends will be held Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 6 PM until 8 PM, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Asbury Cemetery, Port Deposit, MD.
Arrangements By Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD
www.pattersonfuneralhomemd.com

Published in The Cecil Whig on Nov. 13, 2017

November 25, 2017

Lynn Brady

Angels Info

Name: Lynn Brady
Age: 51
Location: Windsor, Connecticut
DOD: August 28, 2017

Angels Bio:

Lynn Brady, 51, of Windsor, CT died suddenly on August 28, 2017. Lynn was born in Hartford, CT to Robert W. Brady and Gertrude J. (Rogers) Brady. She was predeceased by her mother. Lynn is survived by her father Robert W. Brady and his wife Patricia, her brother Robert W. Brady, Jr., her niece Jennifer Lee Brady and her nephew Robert W. Brady III. She also leaves many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Lynn was a beautiful person with a great sense of accomplishment and with love and caring for her family and friends. Her early years were filled with happiness, fun, love and success. Unfortunately the evils of addiction consumed her in later years and led to a tragic and unfortunate end. Hopefully she will now find the peace that she was desperately seeking. Rest in peace, Suzie, rest in peace. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at the Congregational Church of South Glastonbury, 949 Main Street (corner of High Street), South Glastonbury, CT. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Youth Mission, Congregational Church of South Glastonbury, P.O. Box 187, South Glastonbury, CT 06073. For online condolences please visit www.mulryanfh.com.

Published in The Hartford Courant on Sept. 1, 2017

November 25, 2017

Michael John Burkhart

Angels Info

Name: Michael John Burkhart
Age: 26
Location: York, Pennsylvania
DOD: November 16, 2017

Angels Bio:

Michael John Burkhart, age 26, of York, PA, formerly of Exton, PA, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the WellSpan York Hospital. Born in Voorhees, NJ, he was the son of Martin J. & Priscilla Hurley Burkhart of Exton. Michael was a man with an outreaching heart and a vivacious personality. Michael had a great effect on people, always knowing how to make you smile. His laugh and joy were infectious. As a youth he enjoyed camping with the Boy Scouts of Troop 216; playing soccer and lacrosse; and skateboarding and snowboarding. In middle school and high school he participated in musical theatrical productions. He liked cooking. However, his true passion has always been music. He started playing the drums in grade school. Then he transitioned to guitar and singing. He formed bands with his friends. Michael wrote his own songs, which in the end was his way of communicating the struggles with the demon that lead to his death. Michael was a 2011 graduate of Downingtown East High School. Michael is survived and will be lovingly missed by his parents, his brother Eric Charles Burkhart, his girl friend Kaci Sudano and their baby daughter, his uncle Donald Burkhart and his aunts Donna McGannon and Laura Mercer, his extended family and many friends. He is also survived and missed by his birthmother Jane Draper, his birth grandparents Earnest and Mary Draper, half sisters Ashley Gravley, Diana Mikheal, and Brittney Sutphin, half brother Broderick Hall, and nieces and nephews. A funeral service for Michael will be held on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 11 am from the James J. Terry Funeral Home, 736 E. Lancaster Ave., Downingtown where friends may visit from 9:30 to 10:45 am. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Michael’s memory may be made to Center for Studies of Addiction Attention: Linda Mangino, 3535 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19104. To send on line condolence please visit www.jamesterryfuneralhome.com

Published in The Daily Local on Nov. 22, 2017

November 24, 2017

Desiree Eslick

Angels Info

Name: Desiree Eslick
Age: 40
Location: West Pittston, Pennsylvania
DOD: November 11, 2017

Angels Bio:

Desiree M. Alhum Eslick, 40, of West Pittston, passed away Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, after losing her battle to the disease of addiction.

Born in Abington on Nov. 15, 1976, Desiree was the daughter of Bernadette Dellago-Gately, King of Prussia, and Robert Alhum, Mason, Ohio.

Desiree was a member of Corpus Christi Parish in West Pittston.

She was a graduate of Bishop O’Reilly High School, Class of 1994, and then continued her education by attending Drexel University, majoring in chemistry.

Desiree was employed by multiple large corporations as an analytical chemist for over 15 years.

Desiree’s struggle with addiction has ended and she is finally at peace. This disease is cunning, baffling and powerful. Let us honor her memory and reach out to those struggling. Let them know there is help available.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Grace Eslick, on Oct. 29, and her son, Joseph Eslick, on June 13, 2008.

Desiree was a loving mom and she was most proud of her children, whom she loved dearly. Her children meant the world to her.

Desiree will be deeply missed but forever in our hearts.

In addition to her parents, Desiree, is survived by her husband, James Eslick; her sons, James and Shane Eslick; her brother, William Joseph Gately, Shavertown; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at noon Thursday in Corpus Christi Parish, 605 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, with Monsignor John J. Sempa officiating. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to service time.

Interment with a committal service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Lake Park Cemetery, 701 Park Ave., Swedesboro, N.J.

The family requests that floral tributes be omitted.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Bednarski Funeral Home, 168 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, PA 18644.

November 21, 2017April 15, 2018

Andrew Braden

Angels Info

Name: Andrew Braden
Age: 30
Location: Norwalk, Ohio
DOD: August 17, 2017

Angels Bio:

I will miss everything about my little brother Andrew. His goofy, hilarious and irresistible personality. His need to torment all of his sisters for his own amusement. Watching him be an incredible and loving father. He was my little brother, number 4 out of the 6 of us. He was one of our absolute best friends. That’s not always the “normal” when there are 6 kids for them all to go throughout life as best friends and hang out together all the time, running around like our own little gang. You didn’t dare mess with one of us, cuz you’d be forced to deal with all 6 of us coming at you full force. Andrew was our biggest protector and we couldn’t help but be laughing when we were around him. Never mattered how bad your day was going, your week, just a few minutes around Andrew and you were automatically put into a better mood. He had a one of a kind personality. There was not a single person who had met or gotten to know Andrew at some point in life that he didn’t touch in some way, or a single person who was not heart broken and devastated with losing him. We were at the 3 month mark a few days ago and none of us have even begun to heal or show signs of coping with his loss. I will never in my life forget the phone call to say he was gone. My entire world stopped, I lost complete control of myself. I couldn’t help it. He took a huge piece of my heart with him. He had been doing so well in his sobriety, and was getting back to the Andrew we had missed. Our brother we grew up knowing. Losing him was the last thing we would have expected, we were all totally, utterly unprepared. Not that knowing he was going to use again would have prepared us for this pain, but it would have been less of a shock with his sudden loss. We buried him exactly one month before my wedding day. He was so excited about seeing me get married, the first of his 4 sisters. Up until I was planning my wedding, Andrew had been the only one of the six of us who had gotten married. It was devastating to lose my best friend right before one of the biggest days of my life. He always knew exactly how many days we had left in our countdown, sometimes more than even I knew. I think he was almost as excited as I was. None of us will ever be quite the same without him.
I’m thankful for the 30 years I did get to have him as my little brother. I’m so beyond thankful that even with his struggles, he had gotten to experience his once in a lifetime love. His wife loved him through all of his troubles and slip ups, and he loved her like he could have never loved another woman again. I’m happy she never gave up on him, even when she had reason to doubt. He had been doing well and working hard to show his love that he wanted to live clean and sober, with her and their 2 little boys. He hadn’t used in several months, but apparently, he made a choice to do it once more. He chose it not knowing it was going to be his last time, and we would never see him again. Not knowing that his wife would come after work to wake him only to be the one to find he was gone. That through the tears she couldn’t give up CPR attempts. His wife was the first to administer CPR and the last, she climbed on the table in the emergency room, after the doctors had given up and tried again, willing him to wake up. He would have never knowingly put her through something so painful, or be willing to leave his sons behind, to go on without him. He was such an incredible dad, even as an addict. He loved his boys with a fierceness. You just don’t fully know loss, until you lose a sibling, especially at such a young age and in such a tragic way. At this point, I can’t ever imagine healing from this, not hurting as badly, or missing him any less. There are 5 of us left. We are all broken and lost. So broken we haven’t even been able to band together and give eachother strength or lean on eachother enough to begin to cope with the fact that this awful drug, that was so powerful our best friend couldn’t get out of the grips of it. He couldn’t win his fight, no matter how badly he wanted it. We had to bury our sibling, our parents their child and it’s the hardest thing I’ve dealt with in my entire 33 years. I have an empty feeling now that I can’t fill, at least I have finally been able to let go of the anger. I was so beyond angry with him after the initial shock wore off, and so was one of my other sisters. We were angry that he’d be so selfish as to go back to his drugs and furious that his choice left the rest of us shattered. It did no good to be angry, it was draining and exhausted me. I had to let my selfish feelings go and realize that he wasn’t ready to give up his battle. He would have continued in his fight had he made it through that last relapse. He wasn’t a sad and depressed person who was trying to use to mask his pain. He was happy for the first time in a long time. Really truly happy. Everything was going well for him, all of his hard work was paying off and he was slowly starting to regain all of the things he lost with his addiction. My brother had the twinkle back in his eyes, the joy back in his heart and he was ready to work hard and support his family the way he had up until this drug got it’s tight grips on his life. He had gone from a supervisor at 23 years old making $25 an hour to living back at home, separate from his wife and kids, needing rides everywhere he went, bumming cigarettes and money to get something to eat. But he was coming back up, he secured a good job, gained the trust back with his wife and our family, he was looking for a new family home and couldn’t wait to be able to have his family back together under the same roof. He was going back uphill full force, but the addict in him took over and his trigger, having money, was much more powerful than he was and that last dose took him away. I’ll never get to see my little brother again.
We have now become proactive in this fight to help other addicts from meeting the same fate. We are all slowly finding a voice in this fight and I feel if I help even one person from leaving their family in the state mine is, and from losing their battle, I will be victorious

Goodbye Message from Terra Hinckley:

Andrew, I love you so much little brother. I am missing you beyond words. It’s hard to accept you’re gone. You will forever be our angel. And though I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy, I can’t help but wish it hadn’t been you. We are lost, please look over us and if at all possible, let us know you are with us somehow.

Obituary:

NORWALK — Andrew Braden, 30, of Norwalk passed away Thursday evening, Aug. 17, 2017 at Fisher-Titus Medical Center.

Andrew was born on May 8, 1987 in Norwalk, Ohio. He was a graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School in West Columbia, South Carolina.

Andrew was a loving husband and father. His sons were his whole world. He loved spending time with them and his loving wife of 10 years. He was an avid Gamecocks and Buckeyes fan and enjoyed watching the games with his family. He was a bright, beautiful and kind man that left this world far too soon.

He worked many places over the years, including New Horizons Bakery, American Italia Pasta Company in South Carolina and most recently Borger. Everyone who met Andrew was affected by him in a good way; he had a personality that touched everyone and a laugh you couldn’t resist.

Andrew loved life and he loved everyone that was a apart of his. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten.

“If you love something, love it completely, cherish it, say it, but more importantly show it. Life is finite and fragile, and just because something is there one day, it might not be the next. Never take that for granted. Say what you need to say, then say a little more. Say too much. Show too much. Love too much. Everything is temporary but love. Love outlives it all.” – R. Queen.

He is survived by the love of his life, Lexi (Risner) Braden, to whom he married April 19, 2012; children Mason O. Braden and Dawson Z. Braden, both at home; parents, Dale E. Braden Jr. and Kimberly (James) George; siblings, Brittany (Jeremy Plemmons) Braden, Halle (David Smith) Braden, Richard Pomerleau, Terra (Tyler Hinckley) Howard and Elisha (Kimani Gipson) Roswell; 12 nieces and nephews; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins; father-in-law, Thom (Jenna) Risner and mother-in-law, Laura (Jarrett) Gouch; maternal grandmother, Mary (Michael) Hornsby; paternal grandparents, Dale Sr. and Irene Baden.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Joe Duncan.

Friends may call on Tuesday, Aug. 22 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Evans Funeral Home, 314 E. Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with Rev. Roger George officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetry. Condolences may be shared at norwalkfuneral.com.

*original publishing located HERE

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017

Jonathan Kerlin

Angels Info

Name: Jonathan Kerlin
Age: 34
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
DOD: September 22, 2017

Angels Bio:

Jon was the love of my life… He was my ONE from the moment I met him… Over 18 years… I had no idea that he’d relapsed, so I was completely blindsided by the call telling me he was gone… Life’s never gonna be the same without him before with us… I love you baby, ALWAYS

November 18, 2017

Bobby Carlson

Angels Info

Name: Bobby Carlson
Age: 23
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
DOD: June 5, 2017

Angels Bio:

Bobby had a heart of gold. He lived life to the fullest and was loved by all that knew him. He is missed everyday.

OBITUARY

Robert “Bobby” J. Carlson, III, 23, found peace Monday, June 5, 2017.

Bobby had an infectious smile and a kind heart. He enjoyed working on cars or anything mechanical, spending time with his family and friends and living life to the fullest. Bobby wanted to live. He had dreams of a future career, children of his own and fought hard all the way to the end, but couldn’t break the chains of this demon that is wiping out a generation. Addiction doesn’t discriminate, it will take hold and destroy anyone in its’ path, including the families and friends that love them. Bobby isn’t just another statistic, or just another one gone too soon, he had a great heart with a bright future and was a gift that the world lost.

He is survived by his father, Robert J. Carlson, Jr.; mother, Jessica Plavic (Corbin); step-father, Robert Plavic II; brothers, Austin and Justin Carlson, Braeden Plavic; sister, Jayden Thompson; paternal grandparents, Robert J. Carlson, Sr. and Eileen Carlson; maternal grandmother, Kathryn Corbin; two aunts, Theresa Svigel and Marie Corbin; three uncles, Shaun and Kris Carlson, Nick Corbin and several other family members.

Family will receive friends Thursday, June 8, 2017 from 4 P.M. until time of Parlor Service at 7 P.M., at the Misencik Funeral Home, 36363 Detroit Rd., Avon. Interment will be private.

*Obituary originally posted HERE