The National Addiction Memorial honors the loved ones we’ve lost.

Absolutely could light up a room with that smile!

Her bright smile and laugh!

Charlie was Distinct. deeply interesting,wise, and a beautiful vessle to have great thought provoking conversations. had a thirst for knowledge, open view on life & the world. A deep person mind body, & soul. knew who he was. absolutly BELOVED SOUL.

So many! The moment we met as young kids, priceless gatherings growing up together and growing closer, the anticipation of getting together during "back home" visits the years our life's path put distence between us.Barely scrapping resources together but just making it- So that we could take a trip to try and peice together a enjoyable afternoon/evening together. coming together after a long time apart.

ABSOLUTLY EVERYTHING. His aura, his essence, his pressence. His eyes,his easy nature and composed calm. his grounded assuredness, his work ethic. his focus and dedication to the ones he loved and cared for. his engineer type of mind. his gentlness toward his pets. his dermination to live a good life and be a good man. I will forever long for and miss him making me LAUGH hard as hell, his kisses goodbye before work in the mornings, our projects together, listening to music and doing us at home.

How we all knew him in life- As the wonderful, one of a kind, cut from a different cloth type of person that he was. He would want people to remember the good times, the times that we spent with him good and bad because it shaped us, and has taught us things and made us who we are, they've created the bonds that he shared with everyone.

He was a family oriented man.Lived and loved to socialize,and have fun.He loved his family.

Cook outs family reunion with Uncle Ellis was always a blast!

Matt is my son, but he was also my friend. He battled addiction.but was more than an addict. He loved his family and was fiercely protective. He was fun,funny, unique, loving protective,and always open and honest. He was a good kid that made a bad choice. We love him and miss him dearly.

There are so many. One of the favorites was when his younger sister and him decided to talk in a exaggerated Italian accent for 3 days!

His laughter, his smile. His heart.

Just as he was.

Mark was talented master carpenter and artist. He was know for his big bright smile.

Taylor was a beautiful strong woman who lost her fighting battle to fentanyl. She was a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, & friend to many who loved her dearly. LLT

I miss my bestfriend

Keeping her name alive

He was so smart, funny and witty. I could be so mad at him and yet he could always stop and make me laugh! His fun personality always left friends and family smiling.

After he returned from 6 1/2 years in the Army and 2 deployments and ranked to 1st class Sargent, he came home and was attending tech. school to be a boat engine mechanic and was working at a local marina. We lived on the water when he was growing up and Justin got his first boat when at the age of 10 years. He had a passion for being out on the water fishing and boating whenever he could.

He's company and conversations and looking at his beautiful smile and just hearing his voice

Just to be remembered and not forgotten. As time passes that is my fear

Seeing him all the time. His facetimes & phone calls.

He would help anyone, no questions asked. He was a wonderful young man.

Peter was our gentle giant Even though he was six foot three

Peter went to the cemetery when he was 5 years old and pulled flowers Out of someone's grave to give them To me for mother's day

His very gentle heart . Making us laugh.

A beautiful and Handsome fine young Man

How I cuddled him when he was a toddler.

I will miss him because he was my only child, and how can a parent go on even living a moment of life from this? I cry every day and night

He fought strong. He fought and fought. He did!!!!

My fiance was and always will be the love of my life. He was a great guitar player and Bluegrass singer. He had a heart of gold and always made me laugh . He truly was an amazing man

When he was teaching me how to shoot his guns.

Everything. His looks, personality and love he had for his family and me

I want him to be remembered for the truly amazing man he really was

Kelly struggled for many years with his own addictions. When he lost his 2 nephews to fentanyl in 2021, it ate him up inside. Thru it all, he never lost the love and compassion he had for those he loved.

The love he had for his family.

His presence in my life.

As the son, brother, uncle and friend that he was and not the visual you might have seen.

Beautiful inside and out.

Laughing with her.

Every single thing. Every single day. We miss you so much Sissy.

To keep her name alive. To help as many others as we can.

Davie was just plain fun to be around. He was a talented hard worker, and could learn quickly when given any most tasks.
He could cause laughter in almost every situation because his laughter was so contagious.

Davie will be missed for his friendliness, kindness, and just his conversations about life. He was a son, brother, father, grandfather and much more.

Davie would want people to remember his kind heart, and how even when he was down to his last buck, he would have no issue sharing or even giving it to someone who needed it. He would want to be remembered for just being Davie.

Ryan lived until 26 years old and it still doesn’t seem real. He was the smartest, funniest, most charming person you would have ever met. Nobody is exempt from the disease of addiction. Nobody possessed what Ryan did. He was a genius at 5 years old

His smile and constant humor. Life is one strange trip.

By how you live your life today. We honor everyone on this wall by how we move every single day.

He was the best dad I could have ever had. I would do anything in my power to have him back. He always made sure me and my siblings were all okay. He always gave us everything before himself. He really did love us

I was standing on top the stove/oven with my siblings and it flipped and my dad walked in and was like”what the heck” and it was so funny he thought there was an earthquake

I will miss all the love and memories. I will miss all the times and all the love that went around with my dad.

He would like to be remembered by always loving others, and caring about others. I would like to get my dad some memorial gifts.

He was fun and had a smile that lit up a room. He fought so hard for so long. We miss him dearly.

The moment I saw him hold our son for the first time. He cried tears of joy.

His voice.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

Throughout high school, Matthew was involved in soccer, track, and was part of the drum line. He enjoyed art, all different types of music, skiing, skateboarding, and hanging out with his friends. He was planning to run track in college.

We have so many fond memories of Matthew that it is hard to pick just one. We got to experience so many family vacations, sporting events, holidays, game nights, school functions, and just happy family times. We treasure all of the memories.

Matthew knew no strangers and always tried to make everybody feel welcomed wherever he went. He was kind, funny, smart, and full of life. He always made others feel better with his sweet and kind personality. He was an amazing person.

Matthew's future plans were to have a career where he would help other people. He wanted to give back after so many people helped him throughout his battle with addiction. The best way to honor his memory is to do something kind for somebody else and make their lifer a little brighter.

Ryan was a big smile and huge heart that loved everyone and everyone loved. So many people were touched by this sweet person that struggled his entire adult life with addiction, missing out on so many life moments. He was very talented; a musician, an artist, and an electrician- a jack of all trades. Always there with a smile and a hug, never afraid to tell someone he would help them or that he loved them.

A few weeks before he overdosed, he came to see me on my birthday. He stood with his arms around me, looking at the pictures on my refrigerator of him and his sister and Dad (he also had passed). I told him that I needed more pictures of him, he was always gone. He just hugged me and told me he loved me, as he always did.

His sweet smile, his hugs, his willingness to do anything to help me if he could.

I think he would want to be remembered as a kind, fun loving, genuine person that would help others.