Kyle
A week after returning home from Mayo Clinic and from oh so many cancer treatments we'd never have dreamed of when they got married. Ten months after hundreds of friends and family started praying for him. One year after he married the love of his life. God has chosen to take my good friend Kyle home. I don't understand why. I can't believe it's true. I feel the pain of my very close friend Abi, his wife, in her devastation.
I'd like to share his obituary with you.
Kyle David Christian, age 28, entered fully into the presence of his Lord and Savior Wednesday, May 26, 2010 following a ten month battle with leukemia.
He was born April 10, 1982, in Grantsburg, Wisconsin to David & Carolyn (Foote) Christian. He is a 2000 graduate of Memorial High School, and a 2006 graduate of UW-Eau Claire. He was an active member of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, where he met his future wife.
He and Abigail Zimmer married on May 2, 2009 at Christ Church Cathedral in Eau Claire, WI, before moving to Madison, WI.
Kyle delighted in anything to do with guitars, delta blues/soul/rock’n’roll music, motorcycles, nature and woodworking/carpentry. Kyle was a disciple of Jesus Christ and lived life filled with the Holy Spirit of God. He was known for his kindness, gentleness, humility, purity of heart and for bringing great joy to everyone around him. He treasured the truth in Colossians 3:14, “Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.”
He loved and was loved by a wide circle of friends and family, but none more so than his wife, Abigail Christian of Madison, WI, who survives him. He is also survived by his parents, David & Carolyn Christian of Eau Claire, WI; his grandparents Walter & Joyce Christian of Grantsburg, WI; his grandfather Billy Foote of Webster, WI; grandmother Charlene Brovold of Alma, WI; his friend and brother Adam (Mary) Christian of Eau Claire, WI; his sister Stephanie Christian of Madison, WI and her fiancé Daniel Cranney; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandmother Alyce Foote of Webster, WI.
A celebration of Kyle’s life will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at 4pm at Jacob’s Well Church with Paul Berthiaume officiating. Private interment will be in the Forest Hill Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 -8 p.m. on Monday at Jacob’s Well Church in Eau Claire. In lieu of flowers, donations to International Justice Mission (http://www.ijm.org/) are requested in consideration of Kyle’s great respect for the dignity of others and his passion to “loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke” (Isaiah 58).
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Your blog is labeled Happiness IS....
Kyle was born again, an adopted Child of God...this is happiness and peace KNOWING he is now with God.
Other than that my heart is grieving, very much, with Abi. AND Kyle's Mom and Dad and family and friends. This is just so sad and I wish I could be with you and others at the celebration of his life on Tuesday. My prayers and heart and thoughts will be with you.
We just found out also that Kyle's grandfather just died on Saturday. Kyle's Dad, Dave, must be reeling, having lost son and dad within the week. Thanks for your comment and prayers.
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