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Fly High Ryan Muckelston

Ryan Muckelston went missing on January 18th with no indication of what happened, other than where his phone last pinged. As much as we all prayed for a different outcome, 4 months later on May 17th, his body was found in the Andalusia Slough. His mother has said numerous times that she didn’t care what happened as long as she got her son back, she is at peace knowing he’s with God and his Grandparents, Kenny and Georgia Muckelston in Heaven. Now she has other worries to deal with. He was a 35 year old healthy man who had his whole life ahead of him , he has 3 children that he loved and loved him, who would think that she would  have to figure out how to pay for funeral expenses.

 Many of you know Ryan’s parents, Jennifer Muckelston-Nauman and Ronnie Breeden as they both grew up in Cordova, IL and graduated from Riverdale High School. Ryan, his Aunt Tammy, Uncle Troy and cousins also went to Riverdale, so even if you didn’t know Ryan, chances are you knew his family. Ryan also lived in FL part of his adult life with his Mom & step-dad Paul and has a sister there that he thought the world of. If you are from that area you may know Savanna. She loved and looked up to her brother, he was her best friend.   Ryan also had siblings from his Dad & his step-mom Latecia,  sister Amberly Maraspini,  brothers Dylan and Tyler Breeden.  

Funeral expenses are quite costly and cause added stress to the family when you don’t have the finances to do what you’d like or even do the least you need to. Both of Ryan’s parents also have travel expenses. His Mom and her family coming from Florida and his Dad & his family coming from California. As Jennifer’s friend I’m asking that as a community here in Illinois, in Florida and in California, as friends of Ryan's and his parents, aunts and uncles, let us come together and help Jennifer and Ronnie say goodbye to their son and help them bury/cremate Ryan.  I’m not sure what the actual costs are but I’m assuming around 10,000.   Please consider donating, every little bit helps.   All monies will go directly to Jennifer so that she can pay the funeral home.  She will appreciate whatever you can give.  If you can’t donate, please share.

Organizer

Jana Vincent Portner
Organizer
Moline, IL

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