first met 4yr on a bridge i think love u man going to work cried because of dobbie age gonna miss him you take care of him when he goes he cant wait to see you!
Daryl was a free spirit he loved fast cars and freedom. He also loved Nicole very much. He cared very much for Chic, Amanda, and Krystal he talked and worried about them as if they were his own children. Daryl saw things in vehicles that no one else would see, he would usually prove himself to be right. His smile is what made him different from most people. Even when thing did not go his way he found a way to smile. Miss you Butter.
That he was a very funny dude/brother!!! He would ask me for a few ciggs to get him by and when i hnded him s few he took his almost full pack out and replenished! His antics will always be the fondest memories that I will cherish forever.
WOW WHERE TO BEGIN....Dad and mom devorced in 1960...poor daryl was only 6 months old and had to go with the bitch to live across the street with her new husband...yeap right across the street. Daryl was treated very bad by his new parent..beat, tied in chairs for hours.... then when he was like 11 my great father finally won him back. took Daryl under my wing. we did alot of stuff together...it took a long time until he wasn't scared no more of adults...I was very proud of my little brother...We were tight...normal boy stuff. collect banana spiders in jars, firecracker our model cars, played with fast cars....he loved his hot rods...many of stoned days and nights...he was kind of a playboy....till he met Nicole. never thought there was a women that he would of stayed with.. kudos brother we did a lot together....sorry I didn't sue wayne and frank. I know you got made at me , but i was going to make it up to you...was getting ready to come back. but no reason now .. thanks for all the great memories ...love you forever my little brother...tears still fall for you
Wow Daryl !!! where do I even begin this definitely feels like a bad dream. I remember when you guys got married I was 10 years old , the look on my moms face was absolutely adorable. You truly showed my mother that there are men out there that are family oriented. I , remember when I first met you I thought your inventions with my mother werent great, but here we are 21 years later calling you my dad. I never thought I could ever trust a man in my life again but you showed us that family does stick together through it all. My mother is a very different person , which is were my unique personality came from as well , you and her just clicked. Daryl truly was a free spirit and marched to the beat of his own drum. I learned so much from him that I wished I would have thanked him for , he taught me how to cook, also learned different things about shooting. Which is surprising to me because at first I didn't give him the time of day , now I'm really glad I opened up to him. Daryl , you truly were a blessing for us. Thank you for always loving me like a daughter even when I was being an emotional psycho. Please, say hi to my baby cow in heaven for me. I'm so glad daniel got to meet you too , you told me that he is going to be a strong working man. Daryl always believed that if you work hard for something you will truly get what you deserve. Thank you for always working hard to provide for your family. MY GOODNESS Daryl so many memories and trying to remember them. I do remember traveling in your trucks to go to different places such as North and South Dakota , Canada, and Montana. You told me to hold my breath because my ears will pop. You knew all these weird facts and I thank god that I know them now because they are now memories for me. Another memory I have is camping and fishing, I loved that as a family we would go camping down south. I remember as a child telling my friends that I got to go camping and fishing with my family. Another fun memory at our first house in kankakee , we were so scared at that house. So Daryl being the humorous man he was told all of us to put kitchen pots on our heads to scare the bad things away and we believed him. He had a sense of humor for sure , thank you Daryl for making us all laugh. During our summer BBQ he definitely had jokes for days. I would tell him "wow you think your a comedian don't you " he would rely thats my day job Krystal. HAHA , speaking of day jobs when my sister and I would sing or dance his response wow girls don't quit your day job. We told him one day we will get real jobs lol. Daryl , I'm trying to understand that now your job is in heaven (cause I know you went with our lord) and also to be an angel. Daryl , please watch over Mom , us kiddos , the doggies , and family. DARYL till we meet again thank you for the memories ❤
This was my only true father figure in life. Let me say this guy was the best human I met. He loved so much. He did so much work and never stopped. It’s really hard to write anything about you. You didn’t deserve this at all and are probably so confused. I’m so confused why this happened to you. You were so amazing. So many good times we had. “Just take one day at a time” is one thing he would say to me when I started to him about life struggles. I’ll never forget that. Daryl took me to places I would never of went myself. He really helped me a lot in life experiences. He always made sure I was straight with my cars or anything. I wish I could of had one last drink with you my man. So many good times at the old house. It was scary and I would wait for you to get home cause I was scared of that place. You were a real life super hero. I’m shaking and have so much to say about how good my dad was . I’m never going to forget you EVER. I have so many things you gave me. It’s so hard to breathe and write what I really wanna say , I have a shitty memory but I remembered it all and felt it all. From the leafs being raked like twice or three times a week it felt like everyday at the old house! He had so much experience with this shit it makes no sense. I’m going to kick myself for life so much taken for granted. You helped raised my and your rabbit buddy. I cried for years after he died and you guys didn’t tell me how or why. But later on it made sense cause he was small prey at a Forrest house . We would shoot guns at the house during the 4th he always made the best ribs ! Exactly how I liked them... I’m sorry this is so scrambled up but I just can’t stop crying. I loved this man and I don’t want to edit or “proof read” anything . Just pre raw feelings . I kno you are and would be making a face at me right now if you seen me. You were so strong. We did a lot of physical labor together. Daryl was a working man and truly loved his family and loved his life. He really really cared about his life and had so much he wanted to do. I feel so bad Daryl I can’t get you back i ask god why this happened and all I can blame is the hospitals. Just trying to keep the positive things about Daryl in my head. His last moments would not be what he wanted us to remember. He would want us to remember the good times and the hard times as well that brought us more together. The memories I have with you will never go away and I will come back and write more when I can. I should be sleeping for your funeral today but I just can’t. I wanna continue to try to live out your dreams of owning a company and not working for these assholes! You would tell me to be strong right now. Back to buddy the rabbit i was so ups it that happened. But then Daryl would get a dog named Kayla and my mom would get other dogs and pets. We loved animals and would let them run around. It would get bad at some times with the rabbit poop and dog poop. I would just watch tv and wait for them to get home cause I wouldn’t sleep in that scary house. I seen a lot of ghost and what I believed to be a man with a gun outside a stain glass window one time. I felt safe when Daryl was around. I could sleep and not feel frightened. Daryl would make a lot of good food and always made sure we were okay. I wanna write more about our memories together but right now I’m so deep in what memories we were waiting to have !!! It’s so strange like a movie I remember Daryl burning leafs almost every week for my whole life. He would even pay us because there was so many leafs and we would be so tired of raking. I remember the smells of leafs burning ALOT growing up. He would build train sets and rc cars I thought were so cool! He had a black metal box filled with metal stuff and motors I was super amused by what wires and metal could do . This man had the best hand writting I ever seen when it came to his signature and his drawings. Mickey Mouse was on the box if I remember. I would later on get that nickname at work due to my soft noise and no one can learn me. I remember Daryl cutting wood making fires all my life and to see him die from a fire does not fit right in my head. The hospitals did to much on him. He would buy me the coolest stuff it made life seem unreal and I was so scared of dying cause life was so good back then. I just was waiting more and more stuff as he showed me so many cool things in life. This man had everything you could possibly own. Every tool for the job. If he didn’t have that tool he would find a way to make a tool and use it to finish the job. He would practice saving every penny to. From collecting scrap and cans he really was prepared for the worst times if that ever happened he was always ready. We would talk for hours and have shots of Canadian mist and talk about life. He had so many good stories I wanna tell on here but I can’t say. He really knew how to tell good stories and make you laugh. This was his thing when we got drunk we would tell the crazies stories to eachother. I would find Daryl passed out somewhere drunk and help him up and he was like I’m fine just leave me here lol . He wouldn’t show his fears or his weakness and that’s what I wanna tske from him moving forward. Really a true true true man. I really wanna talk to him one last time and say goodbye . Then ask him what he thinks we should do now moving forward. Daryl you showed me everything i know in life, besides the bad things I would end up doing. This guy kept his shit together and truely deserves some recognition. Grilling won’t be the same without you camping won’t be the same without you. I remember using his black flash lights to look for stuff at night . He was a night person and loved to stare at the sky. We would spend hours and hours of time looking at the sky and I would listen to every word he said. He really did not deserve this and I know he went to heaven. He loved god and loved life. I can’t believe I’m going to your funeral today Daryl wtf!!! I thought I was going to die before you cause you were so strong. I feel hopeless, I truely hope you knew how much people cared about you . We all loved you. So many puzzle pieces not together and you wouldn’t let that be that way. You would find a way to make this right. I can’t believe I’m writing this review on my dad. It does feel weird calling you dad but that’s really what you were . I just was taught to call you Daryl for my whole life. That was your name and I wouldn’t say step dad. It makes no sense to me. It’s almost like your going to heaven and this is hell. But you treated life so positive when you weren’t down. I wonder what you were thinking sometimes when you would stare off and day dream . Because you weren’t daydreaming you had actual thoughts and I just wonder what they were . You probably had so much on your mind and I really wish I could of helped more . I feel so guilty and I feel like I’m were your supposed to be. It makes no sense in my head. Your brother glen was amazing gave me some stuff I don’t remember but I know i liked it back then. Daryl just wanted to be free from a slave life. He had so much other stuff he wanted to accomplish. I’m numb right now and head hurts from crying trying to think about things we did . I didn’t sleep and this is all over the place but remember it’s my raw thoughts and I don’t want to change them. It’s killing me I can’t remember everything we did but I really feel it inside. I’m going to come back and finish this and I wanted to make it from start to finish and it’s all over the place. I wish we could buy you a proper memorial and service because I know that’s what you would of wanted. Today when you hear your favorite band in that ride I just hope they picked your favorite song. I really do love Pink Floyd’s music and now anytime I listen to it ima cry. I wonder if you will watch us today or watch the oggy doggies. You have really made an impact in my life , this is so un real. I know you wouldn’t show your emotions like that and when you did it was serious. He loved animals and that is really the only time I remember crying with him is when our dog miki died in both are arms it was so peaceful. I just wonder why you went out the way you did. I wonder if I could of stayed there and made a difference. This Covid shit fucked life up and you hated Biden and this bullshit that’s going on. You are and we’re a true hero. Today isn’t going to be easy and I could sure use your help!! I feeel like your telling me to get straight and get my life together right now. Really cared about his family. Anyone that was close to Daryl we are all family and I know he would want a bigger service. It bugs me it really is going to end like this but in reality I have to keep the positive things in mind. Because that’s what he’s telling me he didn’t deserve this last 2 months . I truely am going to be lost without this man. I feel for others and how they feel about his death. How right ? Why? What did we do wrong? Daryl would say to sue the hospital and to just remember him for his good times. Because that bullshit wasn’t fair for him. I really wish I was out there that night I could of helped him. So much guilt. I just hate not hearing the knock on my door from “chic it’s time to eat” It’s really empty without you bro. I feel for Andy we would party and have some good ass fucking times. Daryl had some good friends and they were good to him. I’ll finish this later I feel very ill . Love you dad.
Nicole Please accept my deepest condolences for your family's loss. May you be comforted by the outpouring of love surrounding you. Words cannot even begin to express our sorrow. May your heart and soul find peace and comfort.
Daryl was an Awesome guy. I am so grateful to have been his wife for all these wonderful years. We sure did have a lot of good times together. He has taught me so many things that I can use to survive in this life. He was amazingly genius in his ability to figure out problems. I miss you so much. I know you are in heaven with our beautiful Miki, Kayla, Baby Cow, and Buddy. Until we meet again my love. Nicole