From: Byron
Date: 24 Feb 2014
Time: 19:48:44
Comments:
We lost Kayron West on Thursday to her fight with cancer. Kayron is survived by her
significant other Steve Wilson. Both were long time friends of DH.
From: Krissy
Date: 26 Jan 2011
Time: 22:11:52
Comments:
In a few short hours it will be Jan 27,2011. It has been ten years - how can this be?
Not a day goes by that we do not think of him.....
Godspeed little brother.
From: Krissy
Date: 23 Aug 2010
Time: 18:18:26
Comments:
Been a long time since I've written here....but still think of him every day
---- big news coming soon, news that is good - and an UP YOURS to Les!! Stay
tuned...................Miss you, Little Brother.......
From: Krissy
Date: 27 Jan 2008
Time: 18:13:15
Comments:
We've just returned from a sunset visit to Boot Hill, to hang with David for a bit, as we always do this day. On the headstone was the small wood sign I take there each year on his birthday ("I'm smiling because you're my brother. I'm laughing because you can't do anything about it")- next to it was the "Over The Hill" cake topper I took this year for his 5-0...plays a very tin sounding version of Happy Birthday and has a black candle, probably weighs about 2 ounces......it was in the EXACT SPOT I left it a month ago.....we've had rain and wind, heat and wind, cold and wind....but it's still in the same exact place - not melted, not broken, and still playing the stupid song.....Thanks for the sign Little Brother...I know you're still in the game, still at the party...... xoxoxo
From: Krissy
Date: 27 Jan 2008
Time: 17:02:26
Comments:
Vy said it all ------- how can it be seven years? Nick has now lived more years without his Papa then with him.................we miss him still.......
From: RV Date: 27 Jan 2008 Time: 07:39:51
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The road gets longer and the party isn't as much fun without you Horse. Miss you Buddy.
From: Alphonso
Date: 06 Sep 2007
Time: 15:33:10
Comments:
DH Lives on forever.
From: Krissy
Date: 13 Nov 2006
Time: 06:10:31 AM
John, YES, those sightings DO happen - not as often these days,but still there, for sure. Love to you from all of ys, Krissy
something made me think of DH, so I checked the site to see why. I looked at the postings for sightings, and I KNOW that they happen, and what you see is a gift. how awesome for you to recognize them when they come to you! love to all the Nordstrom clan - cya soon.....john castille
This is really great
Almost midnight, almost 1/27/05. Four years, and still we cry. Four years, and we continue to wonder why......... For those who come to the sight, thanks for keeping David's memory alive. Kris, Michael and Scottie
1/27/04 ......how can it be three years................. Krissy
Dean, Thanks so much for your thoughts and I am delighted to hear the wonderful news for Zach! My friends the Nordstrom family deserve the credit for the event. I'm just the web guy and it is my pleasure. I hope you can visit Texas for next year's event! See you in October! Warmest Regards, Byron
Byron, loved the pictures. Hopefully some year I can get down to the picnic. I was talking to Heavy and he told me about the site today. I applaud your efforts for the make a wish foundation, as my son Zach is in the process of having his wish granted. The committee will be at the house next week to talk with him about his wish. It is because of the efforts of people like you that this will happen. Miss you guys, can't wait until October. See you at the house. Dean
This is a very nice way to remember some one you love. Keep Davids' memories alive. Friends From Peru, Illinois
DAVID NORDSTROM WAS THE VERY BEST LITTLE MAN IN PRO BASKETBALL. HE MADE THE LEAGUE REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT AN EQUIPTMAN / LOCKER ROOM CORDINATER COULD BE. D.H. MADE ALL TRAINERS AWARE HOW NECESSARY THE POSITION REALLY WAS. HE PERSONALLY TAUGHT OTHERS TO DO THE JOB THROUGH OUT THE N.B.A. THAT MADE HIM THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE. NOBODY IN THE N.B.A. COULD HOLD A CANDLE TO HIM. HE MADE DICK VANDERVOORT, ME AND I AM SURE KEITH JONES BETTER TRAINERS. DAVID WAS LOYAL TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, TEAM AND RESPECTED BY HIS PEERS.
VERY NICE SITE KRIS , HOPE TO VIST WITH YALL SOON OTHER THAN BUSINESS... WHO DID SITE 1ST CLASS PETE AND LORI
I really enjoyed the site and the visit with DH - as I did not get to see David very often it was just as we were sharing an email and a few photos while eating a few of Nanny's cookies.
Great job for a super guy. Carol Mazzola
Thanks to everyone for sharing in this memorial to a special person who left us with so many great memories...DH, I go here often to see your smiling face......I miss you very much
Billie
Two years - we stil cry as if it's been two days. The lake and our lives will never be the same.
Thank you Byron for keeping the memory alive via this website - I visit it so often.
Love, Krissy
All, this is a day I will never forget. To all of you who keep this web site.........THANK YOU
Tommy Nordstrom
We think of you often, will miss and love you always. GNAAAAAK! Dennis, Laney and Willie T.
Dear Krissy,
Iam so glad Byron is keeping the page. Glad to see
you out and about. You are a dear strong lady.
Love, Betty S.
Received this today and thoroughly enjoyed it. Was just thinking of you all today and my love and prayers are with you both. Ginny Boggus
A few months ago I woke up thinking about DH as I so often do. That particular morning I was feeling so blue. I opened a drawer in my desk and there was a photo of him. At that moment I was reduced to tears. I must have cried for an hour. That day I drove to his graveside believing I would feel closer to him. Upon entering the cemetery it begin to mist rain. My visit lasted about an hour. Words cannot express the cleansing effect those tears had on me that day. As I drove away from the cemetery the rain stopped. It was as if the heavens were crying with me.
I loved him so. Why did he have to go?
KP
What can I say? Full moon. Hardly a day goes by that we don't think of you.
f
Thanks for the D.H. memories, I enjoyed veiwing this memorial to David. Prayers and Best Wishes to his family. - Tom Entwistle Rockets stadium DJ 93/94.
David Schlauch and I were speaking of DH yesterday. We both miss him greatly. I hope all of his family is getting on alright. I pray for his soul often.
Laney
Kris, Matt, and Baum,
Thanks for the posts! Keep 'em coming.
Matt and Baum,
There was a bug (imagine that!
Matt,
I inadvertently clobbered your "nyaack" submission when I was correcting the
above problem (it is Monday
Byron
Thanks for creating this web page. I will pass it on.
28 January 02
Well folks, yesterday was a year - and somehow we've all made it through. It was a tough day for all of us, but Michael, Scott, Dewitt and I had a celebration. We started at the Ranch with many bottles of very good champagne, then sat on the porch of the Lakehouse for awhile, then lunch at Early's and finally, a slow ride up Shephard Hill to place a wreath at his spot on the hill.It was a beautiful day, sunny and clear, and he would have loved it - infact, I'm sure the boat would have been out at the crack of dawn!
I know Jon and Tommy and Sandy and their families each had a day for DH in their own ways also.
Thanks to everyone for your love and support this last year - we couldn't have made it without you!
Krissy
Dear Friends,
I find it hard to believe that in a few short hours, January 27th will be upon us, and we
will be waking on the first anniversary of David's death. What will that day hold ?
I can hardly believe it has been a year - I can still see Michael, Scottie, Ann Dunn and
Phil Cooper sitting down to dinner here at the Ranch, so pleased that Ann felt well enough
to come out for dinner that evening. We had just finshed the main course when the phone
rang. I answered it - it was Tommy, asking for Michael. "Hey brother" i remember
saying - he wouldn't talk to me - just repeated slowly --- "let ...me...speak
...to..michael......." I handed him the phone, and as I did ....i knew something had
happened to David -- I could just feel it .........
it was so unreal - getting in the car to drive around the other side of the lake to
Tommy's - grabbing my phone book as we walked out the door - calling so many of you from
our cell as we drove -- one by one -- repeating the words ---- still not believing them
.............
and now it has been a year....tomorrow, Michael, Scott and I, and Shine I believe, will
drink Mimosas from the Waterford Glasses David chipped......we will play Joe Ely and
Stevie Ray, we will visit David on Shepard Hill, toast him with the finest vodka, and
perhaps sit on the porch of the Lake House. Then, with an entire year of
"firsts" behind us, we will try to resume something resembling a normal life
.......but one that will never be the same. We have not only lost our brother, but a large
piece of our life here at the lake - the BBQs, the boat rides, the Sundays in the pool
....never to be again, not the way they were....for those were truly magical
times.......................
To each of you I say Thank You - thank you for your love and support and friendship this
past year - I know I would not have made it without you, and I know the family feels the
same way. You were - and ARE - there for us so often. There are so many things I meant to
do this past year, so many letters I wanted to write, birthdays I missed, calls I forgot
to return, things I forgot to do, oppurtunities to do things for you that I missed, so
many times I wanted to do something for each and everyone of you.....even this email was
PLANNED as a paper and pen , mailed letter....but the time and energy slipped away ...and
for that I am truly sorry. It has been a year of discontent and mourning - and I hope you
will forgive my shortcomings.
It is time now to turn the corner, take a deap breath and renew my promise to Nick - he
told me at the funeral --- "Pappa would want you to smile and have fun" ---- and
he is right....and I promised him I would ............
I can only hope that each of you know how special you are, how honored I am to have you in
my life, and how much I appreciate you.
WIth love and friendship and gnaak,
Krissy
"The Road Goes On Forever and The Party Never Ends"
Hi all and happy New Year!
It's been almost 1 year since we lost DH. One of my personal goals for this year was to get the site up and running again before the 1-year mark (Jan 27, 2001). I just made it, DH style! This is the new permanent "24-7" home of the DH Memorial Site. Let's have some fun with it, as DH would want for us.
Best wishes to all for a happy 2002!
Warmest Regards, Byron
The things I miss about DH are the late night calls and showing up out of the blue.At times we may not have spoken to each other for a week or two but when we did it was like we talked yesterday.I miss him so much and can't wait to see him again because I know it's going to be like seeing him yesterday.He will always be in my heart.I'll never forget him. SW
As we go through this web page, I sit and think he probably was not aware how many friends he really had or how much they care for him. I miss his smile and even more the laughter we used to share. I know that he is up there makeing heaven a more fun place to be, with a lot of laughs. He is really missed. Kayron
To all DH's friends,
Hope you are all well. You have no idea how much it means to all the family that you are keeping his memory alive. We think of you guys often, and are comforted to know our brother had such great friends.
Keep us, and especially Cristy and Nick, in your thoughts and prayers. Remember that everyone is always welcome at the Ranch in Willis. We have put a Grapevine wreath at David's grave, and it's so cool to stop by on my way home and see what his friends have left there with him - he is pleased, to be sure.
Love to all,
Krissy, for Jon, Tommy and Sandy too.