Dear DeRoo Family, I am so very sorry to hear of the loss of your beloved son, brother, husband, and father. Our family just learned of this trajedy today, 10/15/06. Our family loved the math teacher father, David, for all the help he gave so lovingly to our oldest three children, Melissa, Amanda, & Jonathan. We appreciated his caring and concern and loved the fact that he brought his whole family to the graduation parties of our children. May God uphold you all, especially little Gabe Junior, who never will have a chance to play ball with Dad, share birthday parties, swim at the beach, and all the other fun stuff of families. You are all in our prayers. Heartfelt condolences, the Gary & Marcia Howe family (Melissa Schmidt, Amanda, Jonathan, Matthew & Rebecca).

My heartaches for your family. God bless you soldier and thank you for your sacrifice. i am so sorry:(

Dear Family,

Our heartfelt sympathies. May our Lord comfort you and give you the strength to hold on to Him at this difficult time. You are remembered in our prayers!

Love in Christ

I look forward to thanking Sgt. DeRoo in person for his service and sacrifice. I expect he will be right up front, leading us to worship the Lord so I don't think he will be hard to find.
God Bless you all.
John

Dearest family, my heart goes out to you and I can only say that I pray the God of all comfort will fill you with His love and care. I am proud to know that people like Sgt. Deroo have stood in our defense--he has my deepest respect and admiration and I promise to never forget the sacrifes he and his comrades have made for us.

With love and gratitude,
Molly

"He has made everything beautiful in His time." Ecclesiates 3:11

We have been praying for your family. During this time of loss, please remember that people you have never met are praying for you. Northside Baptist Church

I just wanted to say that I do not know you but your family is in my prayers. Your husband is a true hero so from me to you

thank you!!!!

Dear Hannah,

What a lovely family you are blessed with! Looking at your family pictures with you and your husband Gabriel with little Gabriel II must be comforting for you. The smiles, the happiness and the twinkle in your eyes even, say it all in those photos. Love abounds, indeed.

Your husband made the greatest sacrifice a man can do by offering his life for his country. In my eyes he is a true hero.
Please know that I am one of those many people whose thoughts and prayers go out to you and to your little one. May your heart be full of peace and enlightenment. I am sure that your husband is watching over you and his son right now.
To your parents Mark and Nancy and to all your family and to Gabriel's as well, I offer my heartfelt sympathy. I thank your cousin Mike Suko for sharing the info about this website with me. I attended your sister's wedding with him last year. God bless!

Hannah and little Gabriel,

You continue to be in our thoughts and prayers every day. Knowing you and Gabe has been such a blessing to Lance and I. May God continue to give you and Gabriel strength and peace.
With love always, Lance and Tanya Holtgeerts

Dear Hannah,

The Lord gave me a special blessing at your sister Ruths bridal shower. He allowed me the honor of sitting next to you and getting to know you a little...you and your family were willing to be used of the Lord in protecting our country and our freedoms and securing these blessing for our future generations. I know freedom is not free and your sacrifice filled my heart with gratefulness as I know what it costs. You and little Gabe will forever be in mine and my family's prayers. We will not forget your awesome sacrifice and if there is ever anything we can do for you...please don't hesitate to ask. You, Gabe and little Gabe are heros in our eyes! Thank you, Hannah!

All our love through Jesus Christ our Lord,
Theresa for the Winslow Family

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. Always in every prayer of mine for you making request with joy; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform if until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 2-4,6

Dear Hannah and Little Gabe,

For the short time I knew Gabe, he made the biggest impact on mine and Eric's life. Everyday when he came home from work, he would mention him. And even though I wasn't that close to him, I felt like I was because of all the great stories Eric would tell me every single day. He was such a good rolemodel to Eric and all of the guys. I wanted Eric to look up to him, and he did. I can't remember how many times I told him, "Be more like Gabe.." or "What would Gabe do in this situation?.." He really impacted our lives more than you will ever know, and I know you will raise Little Gabe to be just like him. I am truely sorry for your loss. He was one of the greatest men I have ever known, and I think of all of you every single day.
We will never forget his or your sacrifice. We love you Gabe, and we will miss you until we see you again.

My dearest daughter Hannah and little granson Gabriel. I have been thinking about what I would like to put here and the Lord made it clear while fixing your fence two weeks ago. I had promised Gabe to help keep your house up and watch out for you before he left. While in Gabe's little work shed getting some tools I noticed a black coffee cup in the corner with words on it "Real Men are Godly." He had purchased that cup at church last year during our special Men's Discipleship study. Gabe exemplified that theme. He was a real man but godly also. He was a soldier's soldier who kept in shape but also a loving and caring husband and selfless person. That is a rare combination. It was a privilege to have had him in our discipleship group and see him grow. I pray some day little Gabe will be encouraged to follow in his father's footsteps and be a real and godly man too. I know God has given you unusual strength to guide him. He is blessed with a wonderful example in both of you. Love you. Dad.

It was a great privilege to have him for a son-in-law and prayer partner. I have no regrets.

I just spoke with the Pastor of Discovery Baptist Church today about the AWANA's program for our children. He shared with me about the loss of his son-in-law and told me of this web page. I am deeply moved and saddened by this loss. My heart goes out to the famiy and especially to Hannah and her dear son. May you have the comfort of family and friends to help you during this time. And know you are in my prayer's - someone you have never met will be thinking of you and your sweet little boy!

I am so sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers during this time. May God comfort you.

I was told about this website by a dear friend of mine. My 11 year old son was a pen pal with Nathan Lambert while they were in Iraq. I pray that the Lord will give you peace and strength. Just remember God only cries for the living for those are the ones left to carry on, He has your precious Gabe, and has blessed him more than you could imagine. My prayers are with you. Stacy Spears

Dear Hanna & Gabriel II, our hearts go out to you in your time of loss and sorrow. While we do not know you or your family directly the tribute to your husband makes us whish that we had. Our thoughts and prayers are with you in these time of both great sorrow and joy. The sorrow is for the loss of a loving husband and wonderful father the joy is in knowing that he is with his farther in heaven. Again please know that out thoughts and prayers are with you and your young son.
Lyndon, Laura and Jovielle Lengele

Dear Hannah,
You have been on my thoughts and in my prayers everyday. I pray for God's peace and comfort for you and baby Gabriel. The contribute to Gabe's life is beautiful. What a wonderful person he must have been. I pray God's love will embrace you each day.
With all my love, Jennifer Andreatta

Dear Hannah,
We have been slow to write because we found ourselves wordless and anything we write will fall far short of what our hearts feel for you. We cannot begin to comprehend the deep pain that you are experiencing at the death of your dear Gabe, but we know that the only One who does fully understand will give you comfort and be your Guide. We will pray to that end. May God bless and keep you in His hands.

I'm truly sorry for your loss. I can't imagine what your family is going through and I wish you all the best.

Dear Hannah and little Gabe and the DeRoo and Suko families,

I'm a friend of Amelia Rogers and she asked that we pray for you and your family and what you have experienced. May God wrap His arms around you, Hannah and your little Gabe and keep you in His care. I pray that God would give you peace and comfort in your hearts and that you would experience God in a deeper way. Phil. 4:7, "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.