Kyle Ketchum
Donation protected
My little blue-eyed, blonde-headed middle child was always so loving and caring. As he grew up he was so into sports, played soccer, football, basketball and baseball. He loved all the guys that he friended and they became like brothers to him. He adored his sisters and watched out for them all the time. Kyle and his older sister would sit for hours playing video games and enjoyed the time that was spent. As a young adult, he got into competitive weightlifting and did very well at it. He treated his body like a temple, always aware of what he was putting in his body. He would meal plan and in the gym working out. He was a momma’s boy for sure.
He fell so in love with his only TRUE LOVE, he would often tell me that he wished he could have been the man he needed to be. He loved his son so much. His son is his legacy, they look exactly alike.
As my son got older he became depressed after his father passed away in 2014, and it changed his life! Towards the end of his life, Kyle had the illness of addiction. He would go to rehab and get sober. After rehab, I always could see the real Kyle. Rehab did help him, but it wouldn’t last. Addiction is a disease and Kyle was sick. Because of the state that the body was found in, it can never be determined if he died from an overdose or just the elements of being homeless. I am being told that my son’s time of death was back in June 2022. Which is only 3 months after his little sister was murdered. My daughter was an organ donor, so after her death, she continued to have a purpose in other people’s lives. I want my son’s death to also have a purpose so I set up a GoFundMe account and the proceeds will be donated to a couple of centers in Oklahoma that provide free rehab to people who suffer from the illness of addiction and cannot afford help. The programs are extremely underfunded but beneficial.
• Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
• Deaths from Fentanyl overdose were 87.8% of all opioid overdose deaths in 2021.
• On average, there are 150 opioid overdoses per day.
• There are 4.2 million people per year who receive substance abuse treatment.
• According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics in 2019, there were 47 Fentanyl overdose deaths, in 2022 the number skyrocketed to 300 people.
PLEASE HELP ME GIVE MEANING TO KYLE’S DEATH SO THAT MAYBE MORE PEOPLE CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED!!
Funeral arrangements will be made at a later date.
Love Kyle's MOM!
This is how I want Kyle To Be remembered!
Organizer
Rachel Hamilton
Organizer
Lawton, OK