US Army SPC Ryan Wayne Troester Memorial Fund

On January 30th 2024, our little family of 5 was changed forever when my husband and father of our three children was tragically taken from us in a work incident. He was a devoted husband and father, an army veteran.

We need help finishing paying for his funeral. The insurance did not pay the full balance and over $6,000 is still due, and his headstone is about $9,000. The VA has denied his burial claim and will not issue his military headstone. He was honorably discharged and had a disability claim pending before his death. Our tax refund is frozen because of his death. I was going to use this to pay for the funeral and deposit on the headstone, but now I don't know when or if I will receive it. We are fighting for his VA benefits, but it's going to be a long time before they can get anywhere with it. Anything will help us get this taken care of and get Ryan the headstone he deserves, hopefully before his birthday; July 17th is my hope. I hate asking for help, but just know if the VA does finally pay and this raises enough to cover everything, then the money will go to his children's trust fund.

If you would like to send a different way here are my cashapp, paypal and venmo.

CashApp $DesireeTroester

Paypal [email redacted]

Venmo @Desiree-Troester