My name is Eric Partridge and I'm raising funds for a celebration of life for my mom Lisa Partridge. On the morning of September 11th, 2025, I received the worst phone call of my life. My brother told me my mom had passed away. She was only 61, and I never would have thought I would have had to hear this. She did not have any health problems that we knew of. I'm still shocked to have to write these words.

I'm raising funds to honor my mom with the celebration of life she deserves and for her cremation costs. Because her passing was so sudden, we do not having any savings for a funeral, and we will need funds to be able to have the ceremony on 9/21.

She made me into the man I am today. She taught me to always be me no matter what. She was my best friend. Whether it was collecting Hot Wheels with me or cheering on the softball team I coached, she was always in my corner. She was always there for me, my brother Joshua and my sister Caitlin. Even though she worked sometimes two jobs (as a single mom) to keep our family afloat, she made sure I did well in my studies, that my brother Josh was able to play lacrosse and my sister Caitlin was able to do cheerleading. She got me into St. Francis High School and found a way to get my brother and sister to practices, games and meets.

She always loved to help others. All my friends called her mom. Growing up, she took in many of my friends in need and loved them as her own. She volunteered with the disabled, was a teacher's aide for multiple special education classrooms and loved to lend a hand to her neighbors in the trailer park.

We didn't always have the most money, and sometimes circumstances weren't always ideal, but we had a mom who loved us all immensely.

Lisa was my mom, the woman who brought me into this world. I want her to know how much I have always loved her by honoring her with a celebration of life honoring and making sure the world remembers her as a woman who loved life and everyone in it.