Shane Allen Roger Schaben

IT HAPPENED SO FAST,

ON THAT CURSED NIGHT,

TWO CARS WERE COMING,

EACH OUT OF EACH OTHERS SIGHT.

THOSE TWO CARS,

THEIR PATHS WERE DESTINED TO MEET,

BUT NOT THAT WAY,

NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

THE SIGN SAID STOP,

BUT THEY KEPT GOING,

WOULD THEY DO IT AGAIN,

IF THEY HAD BEEN KNOWING?

WHEN THEY CRASHED,

WHEN THE TWO CARS MET,

BODIES WERE FLUNG,

WAS THERE A REGRET?

ONE OF THOSE VICTIMS,

WHO WAS FLUNG FROM THE CAR,

HE WASN’T LUCKY,

HE WAS FLUNG AWFUL FAR.

THE STREET THAT NIGHT WAS RUTHLESS,

IT TOOK HIS LIFE AWAY,

THE CRASH IS THE REASON,

HE’S NOT WITH US TODAY.

TEARS WERE SHED,

HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY DID CRY,

BUT THAT’S NOT HOW IT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED,

HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DIE.

HIS FUTURE LAYED BEFORE HIM,

A BOOK WAITING TO BE WRITTEN DOWN,

AND NOW THAT IT CAN’T BE HELPED,

ALL WE DO IS CRY AND FROWN.

NOW HE IS GONE,

BUT WE REMEMBER HIS FACE,

WE ALL TRY TO REMEMBER,

HE’S GONE TO A BETTER PLACE.

YES HE IS GONE,

WE WILL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN,

HE WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF ME,

GOOD-BYE TO SHANE SCHABEN.

                       CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

                       WAS HIS TREAT

                       THE GIRLS HE THOUGHT

                       WERE SO NEAT.

                       DON’T FORGET

                                HIS SUNFLOWER SEEDS

                                THAT MET ALL HIS

                                BASEBALL NEEDS.

                                LITTLE SHANE

                                RAN A GOOD RACE.

                                WITH ALL HIS LOVE

                                AND SMILING FACE.

                                SHANE ALLEN ROGER SCHABEN

                                EVEN THOUGH HE’S GONE

                                OUR MEMORIES OF HIM

                                WILL ALWAYS REMAIN STRONG.

LOVE, BETH SWEEDEN

LOVE IS VERY PATIENT AND KIND,

NEVER BOASTFUL OR RUDE,

LOVE DOES NOT DEMAND IT’S OWN WAY.

IT’S NOT IRRITABLE OR TOUCHY,

AND NEVER HOLDS A GRUDGE.

IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE,

YOU WILL BE LOYAL TO HIM.

NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.

YOU WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE IN HIM,

AND KNOW THE BEST OF HIM,

AND WHEN ALL YOU HAVE LEFT TO LOVE

IS HIS MEMORY, YOUR LOVE WILL NEVER DIE.

I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. IT SEEMS

THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF PEOPLE.

IT IS SO HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE YOU ARE GONE.

THE EVER SMILING SHANE THAT I HAVE GROWN UP WITH.

THE SUN HASEN’T SEEMED TO SHINE ON NAPA SINCE THE

DAY WE ALL FOUND OUT, AND THE TEARS RUSH OUT

UNTIL WE HAVE NONE LEFT TO CRY. PEOPLE ALWAYS

SAY THAT YOU REMEMBER THE BEST OF PEOPLE WHEN

THEY ARE GONE, BUT YOU WERE ALWAYS GREAT.

YOU WERE FUNNY, OUT GOING, LOVING, AND YOUR

FACE, ALWAYS SO WARM. TOMORROW IS THURSDAY.

THE DAY WE ARE ALL SOPOSED TO SAY OUR LAST

GOODBYES. IT DOESN’T SEEM FAIR TO HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD BOY, SO FULL OF ENERGY AND LIFE.

SO, LOVED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

THIS MIGHT BE THE HARDEST GOODBYE I’VE EVER HAD TO MAKE, BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE. SO, GOODBYE SHANE.

REST IN PEACE AND KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN

FROM HEAVEN YOU WILL ALWAYS SEE YOUR MEMORY

ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS.

LOVE FOREVER AND ALWAYS,

CARMEN JARRELL

             THAT NIGHT IT HAPPENED,

             I HEARD THE SIRENS SOUND.

             NEVER DID I THINK,

             YOU’D BE THE ONE THEY FOUND.

             YOU JUST LAYED THERE,

             SO HELPLESS AND SO STILL.

             I NEED TO REALIZE,

             YOU HAVE MOVED ON TO THE BETTER HILL.

             YOU ALWAYS ASKED,

             JUST HOW I WOULD FEEL.

             BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE,

             YOUR LIFE THAT HE WOULD STEAL.

             THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK,

             IS WHY’D IT HAPPEN TO YOU.

             WHEN IT CAME TO FRIENDSHIPS,

             YOU WERE ALWAYS SO TRUE.

             MY PAIN IS TEMPORARY,

             BUT OUR MEMORIES ARE FOREVER.

             WHEN MY TIME COMES,

             WE WILL BE TOGETHER.

WRITTEN BY: NICOLE RASMUSEN

          YOUR TIME ARRIVED- IT DREW SO NEAR,

          APON MY FACE THERE FORMED A TEAR,

          MEMORIES FLASHED WITHIN MY MIND,

          FOR THOUGHTS OF YOU I SEEMED TO FINED,

          SIMPLE TIMES I’D SEE YOU THERE,

          WALKED RIGHT BY- I WOULDN’T CARE,

          TO SAY HELLO- JUST GAVE A GLANCE,

          NOT GIVING FRIENDSHIP MUCH OF A CHANCE,

          AT TIMES WE’D TALK AS TIME PASSED BY,

          WE’D SAY HELLO OR SAY GOODBYE,

          I NEVER THOUGHT YOU’D BE THE ONE,

          YOUR PRECIOUS LIFE HAD JUST BEGUN,

          YOU’VE LEFT US HERE- ALONE TO STAND,

          WITH SADDENED EYES AND AN EMPTY HAND,

          YOUR LIFE GONE- WITH A BLINK OF AN EYE,

          WE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE YOU WHO DIE,

          JUST REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE ALL DO CARE,

          AND ALL THE TIMES, WE ALL DID SHARE,

          AS WE SAY OUR LAST GOODBYES,

          AND SOME BEGIN TO DRY THERE EYES,

          IN OUR MIND AND THOUGHTS YOU WILL STAY,

          UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN SOME DAY,

          IN HEAVEN- UNTIL THEN- YOU WILL REMAIN,

          FOR YOU ARE NOW GONE….ETERNALLY…SHANE.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF SHANE SCHABEN

                 1981 - 1996

ANGELES ZARAGOZA

SEP 11, 1996