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Thinking of you this morning. Remember that time we were camping at Bow Willow for Thanksgiving and it was so windy the tent started to blow away? Grandma was in there with you boys holding it down! We used to love watching the cute little kangaroo rat there when we were sitting by the fire. He was cute! So were you! Miss you. Love you. Mama
We miss you so much. Nothing will ever be the same without you. I see you in the wind this morning and the sun is shining, for you and from you, honoring the last day you walked this earth a year ago today. We love you - Mom, Jacob & Nathan
This has been a tough couple of days leading up to tomorrow. I have thought about you countless times - whether I am sharing my memories and past experiences I had with you, reminding people about how unique it would feel when you were around. You had a special ability to make people feel good about their hobbies and genuinely appreciated and showed interest in the activity... I also have times where I wonder what I could have done differently to have altered your path just enough to make it so you never ran into trouble that one day. I wonder to myself if it would have made a difference or if you still would have avoided the hospital. You had been there for me a handful of times while I was sick in the hospital and stayed in with me thru the days and nights, keeping me company and making sure that I recovered before I left. I think about it with such insane repetition that I get so down on myself and feel guilty for not realizing that you needed a harder push towards handling your health situation. I would be there for you, you know that. Blah, even now I'm starting to get lost in the pattern of thought that I keep getting stuck in. It sucks so bad that you are not here to share happy moments and enjoy laughing with each other. It hurts so much to experience losing such an amazing unique friend at such an early age. We had so many plans to get back on track and live happy responsible loving enjoyable lives and I have so much anger and frustration with thinking that the beginning of the process and chance for recovery was stolen away from you. I don't understand. It's not fair! I had so much trouble with my understanding that you would want me to do good and continue with the plan we had on my own. I struggled with the hurt for months and I did so much damage to my body in the coming months afterwards. I ended up in the hospital being told by multiple doctors that I was in serious trouble and if I didn't stop to get help that I would not last more than 6 weeks on my own. A part of me had thought about giving up and telling myself that it was an eventual inevitability. Dark thoughts had consumed me entirely. It wasn't until I took a moment to switch around the way I had looked at everything and put you and your survival in my spot and then thinking about the way I would feel about your situation and how much I would try to make you understand the importance of finding the strength inside. After doing that, I was finally able to slowly get my thinking in a positive direction and made decisions that I had trouble with keeping them and not changing my mind to take the easy path. It is now almost 8 months later from the day I finally found a way to realize that there was a good reason to not give up. It hasn't been easy and I've had numerous occasions when I felt like throwing in the towel but I just have to stop and think about how I would feel if you had a chance to keep on but had to find a way to convince you that life is worth living. I would be relentless in letting you understand purpose and showing reason after reason for fighting to succeed. In that is where I am able to pull out the strength I need to do the right thing. Something nobody else had the ability to do themselves. Anyways, I'm just rambling now. The point is it's going to be a year, TMRW. I wish you here but I want it known that you have given me strength that I couldn't find anywhere else. I love you brother and will have you in my thoughts through the day.
May Keith's light continue to shine bright. He will be deeply missed, but always remembered for his kindness. I will carry our childhood memories on with me forever.
I love you Keith. I know you are in the arms of your Ancestors wrapped in their love and Creators loving light. Creator needed you in Heaven to sing songs of love with all that went before. May you rest now in Creators loving light.
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4444 Cochran Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063
(805) 581-3800
Licence Number: FD 1760