Hey Everyone, some of you know me; some of you may not. My name is Melinda, most family call me Mel. Regardless if we do or have ever met, please understand this: this is the last thing I thought I’d be doing or EVER WANT TO be doing. My baby brother, or as I called him, my first little BIG bro, Daniel Paul, left us this past Saturday night, March 21, 2026. I set this fundraiser up as soon as I could gather my thoughts enough to even be able to think or write anything. I set this up in order to support my father & mother and our immediate family at the moment. As we all know, times are already tough, and as a mother of twin boys myself, I literally can’t even imagine having to do this myself. My heart painstakingly aches for my whole family but mostly for my parents. My father always taught me, “No parent should ever have to bury a child,” and yet here we are. The costs of giving him what he deserves even boggled my mind, and it’s all happening WAY too quickly. I am humbly and graciously asking the World of Instagram & Facebook and anyone who this link runs across to please be so kind in donating anything you can spare. In a time like this, there really aren’t any words at all, especially to comfort the family & the parents of a child in this situation, but this situation hurts a little bit differently than others. Daniel has a huge family that also extends outside of our actual family, and those are his amazing friends. Every single one of them that I’ve ever met have always been really, really great, kind, friendly, and smart young men and women. I’ve worked with a lot of them, and I feel very blessed to have met many but not all. So please, I am asking if you could donate even $1 and pass this along & share it with anyone you can. I have a very short period of time to raise what I can to help my family in this awful time. Thank you, everyone, for just taking time out of your day to read this. Even if you just read it and share it if you don’t have the money to donate because again, I understand right now how hard it is; just sharing it would go a long way. Thank you so very much.

The last thing I also ask: I also accept donations in the form of PRAYER. Please take a moment of your day to pray for my brother that he is in the better place we all say in these moments, and for my family; THE GOETZ FAMILY.

Have a wonderful and blessed day, and I will end with this last comment or saying.

Monday March 30, 2026

Freeman Funeral Home of Freehold.

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