Richard Fay, age 39

Lost to gun violence on September 28, 2019 in Canon City, Colorado.

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  • Nickname:
    109 big brother spike
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    60 biggest heart and never met a stranger loved everyone give the shirt off his back for someone else
    19 Loved Life and God and Family
    26 ALWAYS A SMILE! Loved life and everyone he met. We love and miss you sooo much!!!
    20 Kind, generous, helpful, friendly, fun, loving. THE BEST
    20 always wanted to help people out...would do anything for anybody.
    42 Best Identical Twin Brother A Guy Could Ask For Thank You God
    28 Best Identical twin Brother ever Love you
  • Occupation:
    5 Heavy equipment operator
    2 Dish Tech
    13 ministerial work
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  • Schools attended:
    5 Florence high school
  • Comments:
    39 We love you Big Brother. Thank you for everything. We will miss you every single day.
    4 an ispiration to many to live God and live people. you were amazing jy friend
    36 Love you so much son Mom Dad And Paul Bobby And family
    6 Richard was a good man. he was very kind and always had the nicest smile on. He ne
    2 eating tons if reeses puffs and snagin my moms icecream snickers isnt the same w/out you.*
    5 forever wishn u and my mom worked out. we love u forever richard*
    21 miss you everyday
    19 Love you so much Son and miss you everday
    1 Son they finally got Madison to court I am so angry I need your touch We Love You
    6 not sure if i can do this
    5 taught us all to have faith
    19 Love you so much son and miss your smile ever minutes love you
    7 Love you Always
    6 Miss you brother
    2 love you....as a friend 😉
    17 Doing one minute at a time trying to live for you
    15 Thank you so much for being my Son Shine We Love you
    1 wish you could of been my forever ❤️
    18 I miss you everyday my son
    9 we miss you big brother
    5 hey rich just wanted you 2 know u win again I miss u so much and love brother.
    3 They let Madison go today but I have faith that GOD will have his way. Plans
    11 We Love you so much extremely Hard
    10 Love you we will Live For You❄️❄️👣
    1 unreal, you just gave me a ride to work. I'll miss you bud. RIP
    7 We need you to keep your loving hands on us
    23 Miss you son hold grandma for me I love you🦃🦃
    9 Miss you son more and more we love you
    16 Mom an I miss and Love you so much. Very hard every day and night
    8 Son you give us all and and you touched so many heart but you know now
    8 ? is it how long your here or what you've accomplished? love you brother
    7 Please everyone light the candles don’t ever give up Dad
    9 hi brother miss u and love u so much. this is so hard.
    3 you would be pretty frustrated with things. I hear your laugh a lot when I'm getting angry.
    2 Love you forever aunt Lisa. uncle pat we will miss you so so much!!
    14 i feel so alone a lot
    3 i love you so much uncle richard please watch over me in this crazy world💙💙
    17 Give grandma a hug for me
    13 Just thinking about you son and miss you so much
    2 Merry Christmas cousin, thanks for watching over us.
    5 just going through the motions ❤️
    3 hey rich we miss u so much love you brother
    13 good morning rich I miss u wish u were here with me everything feels so empty now love u
    10 good morning my sweet son so paul’s taking a break help him too have some peace love mom
    23 amazing man beautiful smile loved children had so many patience
    27 I miss you so much your smile your help your you thank you for all you did
    49 Love you son
    4 Today is a tough one. Remembering you and the moments in time that will always remain.
    50 We Love you so much son Mom Dad you always called us Mom and Dad
    15 😥😥
    1 Sending love to all
    9 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    58 every time i see your smile it reminds me of what the world is missing on we Love You!!!
    49 We think about you ever minute everyday we Love you son
    17 We sure miss you And Love You for ever
    42 Mom and Dad think about you and missyou
    27 I always called you Sunshine
    11 Miss you
    3 I miss you
    19 Love you Son forever
    26 I miss you everyday son your smile your heart and kindness
    4 Always in our Hearts❤️
    2 I Miss you so much

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