In loving memory of our beloved Randy Stroup who passed away 35 years ago November 8.

Another year has gone by and even though it’s been 35 years since the evening you walked out the door to go to a school dance and never came home, it sometimes seems like yesterday.

Our family circle was broken and has never been the same since that night. You were gone before we could tell you goodbye and how much we love you.

As years go by and we remember you, we often think of what might have been, but those dreams are so empty now. You never had a chance to really live your life or follow your dreams.

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone. Part of us went with you when God took you home.

You have so many nieces and nephews now that never got to know you and we wish so much they could have known their Uncle Randy.

We can’t bring back the days when you were here with us, but we’ll always have our memories of you. Time has eased our sadness, but the pain and heartache of losing you never goes away.

You are very sadly missed along life’s way and quietly remembered every day by the ones who love you.

No longer in our lives to share, but in our hearts you will always be with us and we thank God for the sixteen years we had with you.