It’s with great sadness, we are asking for everyone to come together and help a wonderful mother, our best friend and wife navigate through life as she just lost her husband Dean, her best friend on Tuesday October 7th 2025 to Mental Illness.

Not only is she trying to navigate through all the “whys” of this difficult time, but she is also having to figure out how to financially support herself and their children. She will be going from a two family income down to one in these difficult times. She is currently staying at a hotel and will eventually have to find a new place to live in the same school district as they just relocated to this new area recently. Dean carried the health insurance for the family and she will now have to pick up that expense as well.

Dean was a family man. He would give his shirt off his back to anyone that needed it. He worked for many years with the Salvation Army and was always helping others. He loved all three kids with all his heart and he loved Nicole so much! The smile on his face when he would look at Nicole was picture perfect! He enjoyed being around his family and friends. But some fight mental illness in silence and some of us will never understand. If you know someone suffering please talk with them and find them help whether they want it or not. Our best friend tried so hard for many years to help Dean get the help he needed.

If you cannot donate please share this go fund me to help us meet our goal to help this loving family out. It will be greatly appreciated. Also, share this so we can make mental health awareness known. Let’s normalize mental health discussions about suicide for the loss and the survivors.