skateboarding

rollerblading

rollerhockey

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(This website is under continual construction)

Josh's favorite pro. 

football team was the 

Indianapolis Colts. 

Superbowl XLI Champions!





Josh was buried in this 
Peyton Manning football jersey. 

Born to a very athletic family 
of coaches; Josh enjoyed & excelled 
in many sports.

 He also was an avid Notre Dame 
fan & in baseball 
he loved the Atlanta Braves. 

Josh also loved animals, especially: 

kittens & hamsters & dogs "oh my"

Duke &Josh

     Bless the small creatures and the children,        for they teach us the pureness of unconditional love and devotion, and are the ultimate gifts from God.
In loving memory of my son, Joshua Lee Wenger, and our love of "warm fluffy things". Josh was killed instantly as the result of an automobile accident. He is survived by three cats, Duke, a.k.a. Blue, whom he is pictured with, two kittens, Max and Prissy, two male hamsters, and very, very many humans that will always hold him dearly!!!

Joshua Lee Wenger June 27th, 1983 & 
back to God on September 25th, 2005 

Forever in our Hearts!

http://www.alleycat.org/gallery.html

"Until one has loved an animal, 
part of one's soul remains unawakened." 
Anatole France

------------------------

Josh's favorite pastimes were being on 
the computer and sleeping. 
Josh was never a morning person, and suffered 
from insomnia and anxiety attacks.  You could say that Josh was always  "fashionably late"  so school never quite  fit into his agenda,  although, he went on to eventually get his  GED,  and take a semester at HACC.  Josh struggled a couple of years in his teens to find himself.  He withdrew into the  computer world and became a legend in the "Abondoned Realms"  game website  
(a.k.a. code 64). 


(I copied these below from the Abandoned Realms website)

Insom
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:46 am Post subject: Code_64

"I came back to AR Forum because I was bored and wanted to see what was going on in AR. I came across the news that Code  (Josh) passed away. I'm been staring at the screen for almost half an hour in disbelief. Code, along with Ramod and Kalist were my first friends on AR and probably were better friends than most of my friends in real life. I know this is an old topc but I just wanted to say my prayers to Josh and Josh's family. You will always be missed by everyone that played or knew about AR. Davairus, I know you and I were never on good terms but if there were a ceremony that is equivalent of retiring a jersey in sports for AR, 
Code would certainly be deserving." 



http://abandonedrealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1916


"Code was the guy that helped put me there. 
I remember him getting pissed when he couldn't just lay
 wasteto me anymore. He and I had a lot of characters 
who ran together and eventually we exchanged phone numbers 
and would call each other when we were wierd places 
(not on AR) like the circus or the zoo or at a really crazy 
party. He was great fun. The other thing we shared was 
a love of fast toys, whether bikes or cars. 
I thought of Code today when I was riding. 
A friend and I raced off a stoplight. 
He saw a cop in the oncoming lane and hit his brakes. 
We aren't quite sure what happened next 
but one moment he was next to me and the next I saw 
him flipping sideways down the pavement behind his 
bike at 60mph through a cloud of dust and sand. 
I raced ahead to the nearest turn around 
with thoughts of all my friends who died 
in bike and car accidents. They started to add up 
and Code's name was among them. 
My friend was alright."




 Code_64

Josh worked at Sunnyside Restaurant 
(with me, mom) at 16. 
He was a good worker, but very quiet.
Josh left Sunnyside and then helped his Dad 
with his car business for years.  
Josh then worked with me again at Rillo's 
Restaurant in 2003/4. He rarely talk to anyone 
at work for like 3 weeks then,  painfully  shy 
in his youth,  Josh  came out  of his shell.
 
"Confidence

 is a very

    fragile thing" 

Joe Montana

Josh then left Rillo's to work at Applebees 
with his girlfriend, Amanda Berrier. Finally, he 
left there to work at Carlisle Chrysler Jeep.

Josh made many friends along the way.




 






  





 






A very special thank you  to 
Erin Searer
for creating this website.

 
Josh Wenger & Amanda Berrier

LOVE NEVER DIES !

Our hearts were broken,
the story is told.
Without the sunshine
the world is so cold.
We lost more than a son,
and a friend, and a brother,
more than a grandson,
a companion and lover.
A piece of us all
died in that car with you.
We still can't believe it;
how can it be true?
Even when the sun shines
rain pours in our hearts.
What purpose brings the end
so close to the start?
The lessons you've taught us
through death were uncovered,
and we hold you dearer now
in ourselves and each other.
The good things in you
through us must live on.
We just can't believe that you're gone.

author  Amanda Berrier

Josh's sunset came tragically on 
September 25th 2005
@ 1:15 A.M. on Interstate 81. 
Josh was ejected from his vehicle because 
he wasn't wearing his seatbelt.
They say that Josh was killed instantly. 
Thank God for that.
And,  I  thank  God  for  giving  
him  to us  for 22 years.
Photographs, memories & undying  love  will  always remain!

June 27th 1983 to September 25th 2005

________________________

All that we can know
about those
we have loved and lost,
is that they would wish us
to remember them
with a more intensified
realization of thier reality.
What is essential 
does not die but clarifies.
The highest tribute to the dead
is not grief but gratitude.

Thorton Wilder 

_______________________________

We miss you Josh!




Please let the family and friends know 
that you have visited this website by 
lighting a candle in 
memory of Josh 
so that his memory will live on.


"time cannot heal all wounds... 
  but love can"

  Josh Wenger





Who feels the impact when
 
you decide not to wear a seatbelt?








Please watch out for motorcycles. 

Look twice; you may save a life!

http://seth-vick.memory-of.com/

Cherish the ones
 
that you love. 

Your world can change in an 

INSTANT!