Alyssa-

I am so sorry for loss. Find strength in your love that the two of you shared. Hold that close to your heart to get you through these times. I wish I could be there for you. If there is anything I can do for you please call me. I may be in Arizona but I am only a phone call away.

Again, I am sorry for your loss.

Love,

Cherri Lindquist

My prayers go out to Andrew’s family, fiance and friends.

Andrew and I were in the same graduating class. Although we ran in different groups, Andrew was always friendly to me. When we graduated, Andrew and I sat next to eachother. While he was calm and collected I was a mess. I have always said if it wasn’t for Andrew I probably would have not made it through graduation. I was so nervous and he helped me keep it together. When I think of that day I always think of Andrew.

I would bump into him after graduating and I was always happy to see him. Andrew was an incredible person, someone everyone liked right from the start. Although I didn’t know him well, I am truely happy to have known him.

I pray during this difficult time, everyone who knew Andrew can find joy in the wonderful memories you have.

Love and prayers to you Sharon, Alan and Alyssa. The loss of Andrew is beyond any words of sympathy that I might compose. My heart goes out to all of you.

Sharon,Alan and family. I’m very sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I know that Andrew will be missed very much.

Andrew you will be missed by me. Your in a better place now!

I will always remember Andrew as one of Larry’s my son NICEST friends, whose smile could light up a room. He will be missed deeply by all who knew him.

Andrew was my cousin, my best friend, and another older brother to me. My favorite memories are of us going on random errands and just laughing or going to concerts. Andrew showed me so much about music, love, and life. He always had a smile on his face and he always cheered me up. I will miss Andrew more than I can put in words, but I have hundreds of memories to make me smile. Andrew embraced every new person he met and all my friends adored him. Most of all I will miss the random phone messages of him yelling “Ejaine” into the phone and demanding I call him back. I love you Andrew.

I remember the first time I met you. It was in Rockaway, OR. and we all had a blast. Thanks for the good times & great smiles laughs included. You will be missed & remembered always.

I had the pleasure of meeting Andrew through his cousin Elaine. I will always remember what a kind, funny, and generous person he was. I feel fortunate to have met Andrew, and know he will be missed by all. My heart and thoughts are with his family.

Alyssa,

We hope you know our thoughts are with you. We know that the many wonderful and happy times you and Andrew shared will stay with you forever.

Take care and remember we are here if there is any way we may be of help.

trudi and jay

Thank you all for your kind words. It has brought me such comfort to know that Andrew was loved.

My beloved Dude, how hard it is to know I will never hear your voice again, to hear you say I love you, to feel your touch. I never had doubt that you were meant for me and I for you. You once said that my love was like a warm sweater that you never had to take off. I wear your sweater always and know it will always keep me warm even in my coldest moments. I’ll remember for both of us.

The babies miss you.

I miss you.

Andrew……Today is your birthday and I miss you more each day. 27 years ago you came into this world and you were the greatest gift anyone could ever recieve. You were supposed to be in my life forever. I miss what was and what will never be. You are in my thoughts and heart always. I love you to the moon and the stars and beyond…Mom

Andrew….Today is one year and we miss you so much. We love you….to the moon and the stars.

Love Mom & Dad

I still miss you almost everyday. I wish you could have met the baby. Markus Andrew. For you. I still haven’t been able to go see you. It is still so hard to stand there and know that you are so close and still so far away. If I could just hear you call me Awsh again. I am still surprised at how much it can hurt when I think of you. I will always remember how I broke my wrist trying to be cool like you. I wish our kids could have grown up together. Your mom and Dad are so great with my boys that it breaks my heart how they will never have anyone to call them Grandma and Grandpa instead of just Aunt Sharon Grandma like Logan calls your mom. I will miss you and love you forever.

Andrew,

You’ve been gone 5 years today. We miss you each and every day. You are always in our thoughts. Love you to the moon and the stars and beyond.

Love,

Mom and Dad

Andrew,

Today is your birthday and you would be 31. It is a bright and sunny day…just like the day you were born. We miss you and love you to the moon and stars and beyond.

Love always,

Mom & Dad

Andrew, you will be truly missed by many; keep smilin’ it was so becoming of you!

Andrew,

Another Christmas without you and we missed you terribly, but we miss you every hour of every day. We love you to the moon and the stars and beyond always.

Mom & Dad

I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of your beloved Andrew. He was truly a son to be proud of.

This is obviously a huge loss to our family, Andrew was one of the good people in this world and my brother and Sharon should be very proud of the job they did raising him. We will miss Andrew…

My heart goes out to all of Andrew’s family and friends and loved ones. I haven’t seen Andrew in years – since John & Heidi’s wedding, probably, when he was just a young tyke, but I’ve stayed in touch with what was going on in his life through John & Heidi.

That life was certainly cut short far too early. May your memories of him burn brightly enough to help you through the long nights of this difficult time.

Ramona

Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone during this difficult time. Andrew was and will always be a bright light for everyone.

Thank you Andrew for all of the great memories that I share of you.

Andrew is a positive influence on my life. I took solace in his strength and calm during my hardest times. He has a capacity for love that was boundless, and I was lucky to be his friend.

I cannot express how sorry I am to see him gone.

I will miss him every day for the rest of my life. I am proud to have had the opportunity to know this gentle and kind man. I love you, Andrew.

Erik Wilson

I hadn’t seen andrew in several years, but my heart broke when i heard about this. He was a great guy, no doubt. We met in high school and had some of the same friends. We both started at UW at about the same time and would run into each other at the most random times. We often discussed how nice it was to see a familiar face in such a large place and i look back at those talks now and remember the comfort they brough me in my first few months away from the city i grew up in. I wish i had known him now as i did back then, but i can only imagine that he was just as great as i remember. My heart goes out to his family, his fiance and his friends for this loss…

RIP Andrew.

Don’t Wait For Tomorrow

If I knew it would be the last time

That I’d see you fall asleep

I would tuck you in more tightly

And pray the Lord your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time

That I would see you walk out the door

I would give you a hug and kiss

And call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time

I could spare an extra minute or two

To stop and say, “I love you,”

Instead of assuming you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time

I would be there to share your day,

Well I’m sure you’ll have so many more

So I can just let this one slip away.

For surely there’s always tomorrow

To make up for an oversight,

And we always get a second chance

To make everything right.

But just in case I might be wrong

And today is all I get,

I’d like to say how much I love you

And I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not a promise to anyone,

Young or old alike,

And today may be the last chance

You get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow,

Why not do it today?

For if tomorrow never comes,

You’ll surely regret the day.

So hold your loved ones close today

And whisper in their ear,

Tell them how much you love them

And that you’ll always hold them dear.

Take time to say, “I’m sorry,”

“Please forgive me,”

“Thank you,” or “It’s okay.”

And if tomorrow never comes

You’ll have no regrets about today.

-Author Unknown

I love you Andrew

AL & Sharon:

I knew Andrew best through the eyes and words of his Father. I was told of Andrew’s intellegence, kindness, and great sense of humor, by his proud father, nearly everyday at work. I also knew Andrew was caring and unselfish as he happily let my son borrow toys or movies frequently.

Al and Sharon I know you both were loving and devoted parents, so I know Andrew felt your love everyday of his life, as you will feel his everyday.

My thoughts and preyers are with you.

God Bless,

Connie Coleman

Al, Sharon and Alyssa:

The last time we had the opportunity to spend time with Andrew was at his home in Seattle with Alyssa. We had a mini family reunion at their home and Andrew was a gracious host. Mike and Andrew enjoyed jamming together on the guitars. It is a good memory and we will cherish it.

Our daughter, Misha, said she has always felt a special connection with Andrew…they had birthdays a few days apart, they enjoyed the same music, both were “only’s” and of course they both adored Alyssa.

Words cannot express the sorrow we feel for you in losing Andrew. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and words. They have brought comfort to us in our darkest hours.

Al & Sharon Gottschalk

Andrew…You were our shining star, you brought us more joy in 26 years than some people know in a lifetime. We love you to the moon and the stars and beyond.

Dad and Mom

I loved Andrew from the day he was born and I will love him forever. Love is beyond death. I will miss him until the day I die and look forward to seeing him again someday. I am a better person for having known him.

Andrew –

A year has passed and I still don’t even know how to say goodbye. I can close my eyes and I still see your smiling face and hear your voice saying “SQUUEEGGEE”! I can remember every summer, spring break, holiday, vacation and WSU visit we ever had growing up together. You were my cousin, little brother and friend. I miss you, we all miss you. Losing you has taken the breath out of all of us. Nothing is, or ever will be the same without you here. You were the shininig star in the family. So, as each day passes without you here, we can take comfort in knowing that it’s one day closer to seeing you in heaven. I love you. I miss you. I may never be able to say goodbye because I know that I will see you again one day. SQUEEGE

Hi Andrew,

I miss you so much. I had almost got to the point where I could say your name without tearing up, but today I find myself back at square one. Your impact on my life is never ending and I will never forget all of the things we did together and all the times we just sat around giggling and being siblings/cousins/best friends. I love you.

Dude,

I haven’t been able to bring myself to write before now. It has been too difficult. I really don’t think that there are words to express the impact that you had on my life and shaping who I became. You were always and will always be the only friend that I have called the best. We had so many good times together that it is hard to share my fondest memories. I miss the days where we would swim together at lincoln park. I miss the JUCO games we would see in the summer. I wish that we had become the genetecists that we always swore that we would become. I wish that we had built our band the “spontaneous combustions” in the second grade. We would have been the best cereal box and rubber-band band that ever existed. I wish we could have discovered flight with Garrette Forsgren in the third grade. I miss making strange sales ladies sing to us so that we would buy their products that we really didn’t need. I miss the go-kart rides at Rockaway Beach wearing our silly hats. There are so many things that I wish we could have done. I always thought that we would have kids at the same time who would become friends as we were. I miss you every day my friend. I hope to meet again one day. You were always the best of them and I miss your smiling face and friendship. Perhaps in heaven we can go to zips and get a tub of fries with lots of condiments for the good old times. I still can’t bring myself to admit that you are gone. You and your family were always more like family than my own and should be credited with the man I became. I keep thinking that it is unreal like the time that you and Alan pranked me from the hotel when you came to Grand Junction. Just know that you are missed and loved like a brother. I love you and miss you terribly every day. Take care my friend and rest in peace.

To Andrew’s friends and family, I was going through old files and found my 1997 homecoming photo. Andrew was cool enough to take me even though he hated dancing! So I thought I’d look him up and see what he was up to. I’m saddened that I came across this entry and my heart goes out to you and Alyssa. As a new parent I can’t imagine the loss of a child. I’d be more than happy to send you the photo (970-581-2650). I will miss those summer nights watching X-Files and cruising in our mustangs.

I still miss you. Everything still hurts. I know that you are still with me, and I am very thankful for that. I love you.

Erik

Andrew,

Another Christmas, another New Year without you. Miss you more everyday…Love You to the moon and the stars.

Love, Mom