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In Loving Memory of
Shelly Marie Hendricks
August 21, 1988 - October 5, 2004


Shelly Marie Hendricks

Beautiful, sweet, loving child of ours, you are in our hearts forever.
     - Janet and Joe Hendricks, parents


Shelly, You were a beautiful girl, even in your struggles. You will be missed by so many, including us. Thank you for touching our lives.
    
- Joe, Linda and Leah


I am blessed! You touched my life, you touched my heart and you will remain there. Till we meet again...
    
- Ms. Bonnie


Deep peace of the running waves to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the smiling stars to you.

    
- Elizabeth (Betty) Moran


shelly, i still am at a loss for words. i really miss you and i will see you again. you are an amazing person. but just like you used to tell me in times of torment: "can't rain all the time." i love you shelly. rest well my friend. i will see you with the winds of heaven.
    
- Miguel Catala


I hardly have the words to express the pain I feel for you and your family little Shelly, you will always remain in my heart and I'll think back with fond memories of the little girl that was so friendly and sweet. Thank you for the short time you blessed our lives.
    
- Britt Foley


Be at peace, Shelly. We will never forget you. You blessed our lives.
    
- Aunt Carol


 

Shelly~ You are my one and only sister and it hurts me in so many ways that you are not here with me anymore. You will never get to experience so many joys of life-marriage,driving licence, children... I have no one here to take shopping and make fun of people with. I sit alone at home and wonder, where is Shelly so i can make her play video games and watch her, just so we can get rid of some boredom. No more being asked to go to Starbucks to buy you coffee you wouldn't even drink. Whose going to take down all the pictures the next time a boy hurts me? Who's going to do the most random things in the entire world, just to get a laugh and make me feel better? Who am i left to comfort when a boy is being stupid? You were/are so beautiful and SKINNY! How could you EVER think otherwise? You are my guardian angel, I know you are watching me, mom, and dad. I love you my beautiful angel.
    
- Your sister, Kimberly


My dear Shelly. Everyday your in my mind and heart. No one could ever express the sadness and pain I feel. I wake up everyday to live on as a hollow shell of nothingness. I miss you oh so much! I NEED you! You will always be the shining star in my mind and heart. We lost someone so beautiful and un replaceable. I now have a tattoo on my left shoulder that says 'RIP Shelly'...you will be here with me everywhere I go. I know your looking down upon me. I just wish I would have been there more..or tried harder to show you how much I needed you..to show you how much EVERYONE needs you. I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. I don't know how I am suppose to face this world without you...I wish you would come back to me. Now, all I am left with are my dreams of you, my memories, I'm left alone. We all miss you! *cries* I need and love you!! I'll always remember you..I'll always cry for you...I always be here for you. And to her family: if you ever need anything, and I mean anything email me. If you need someone to talk to email me and we'll talk. Ever if you ever need a hug tell me..I'm here, here to listen, here to comfort, here to remember. Janet, you brought something so beautiful and loving into this world and it eats at me she wanted to leave us so bad. I'm soooo sorry! I feel your pain! I'm here for you. Just call, just ask. I'll be there day or night. ~Love always, Ronda C.
    
- your friend Ronda


Despite the passing of time, I still can't fathom that you are no longer here among us. Often my thoughts are of you, who you were, are, and could have been. If only the river of tears shed for you could magically transport you back to us! I hope you knew how much you were loved and needed in the world, and how much you blessed those around you in your unique, special way. You are missed and forever in our hearts and memory. May you be at peace in your place of rest. Love always
    
- Aunt Barbara


Dear Shelly, I didn't know you very well but, I knew you well enough to know you were a very very cool person. I knew you from when you were sent to Families First, we both hated that school. And you shared how much you liked the Misfits and Super Mario, those were my favorites too... I always thought you were way cool and that we had so much in common and I wanted to get to know you since I saw you there then again when we both ended up in Alliance. I thought it was so cool that you ended up at Alliance without having to put up with Families First for so long like I did. I just wish I got to know you a lot better, I miss you lots and I just want you to know that everything will be OK and that the pain that we feel eventually stop... Even if it takes a very very long time... I understand that deep sadness... But everything will be OK and one day we will all see you again... We all miss you a lot and one day we will see each other and we will get to know each other and play video games wherever we go on to next, we will play video games there and listen to the Misfits... We all miss you so lots... Remember always your friends, Ronda, Steven, Dan, Ashley, Matt, and me... We all miss you and love you... One day we'll all be together again...
    
- From your friend, Sebastian


 

Shelly, I have seen you only a few times, but I clearly remember when I met you 10 years ago at your house. You, me, your aunt Barb and Kimberly played with the big floppy grey bunny in your backyard. I was scared to hold it at first, but you showed me how and that made me very happy. Last year I got to see what a beautiful teenager you had become. (That made me feel old because I still think of you as a little girl!!) Shelly, I am so sorry that you experienced more than your share of pain and difficult times in your short life... I am sure that you are at peace now. I will never forget you, Elisa
    
-Elisa Friedlander


Shelly, Shelly, Shelly - You were one of the special ones.  A bold creative thinker of new ideas, an innovator, a dreamer, a poet and artist. Life in the sterile and homogenized realm of high school does not always appreciate such as you. I am just so sorry that you were not able to hang in long enough to get out into the bigger bolder world and find that there are others like you, that being different is a blessing not a curse.  You rock little one. I love you.
    
- Aunt Nancy


   

Shelly,
May you now rest in the peace that this world denied you. Freed of earthly burdens, may your spirit soar. We miss you, and remember you fondly.

    
- Uncle Bob, Aunt Cherie, Jessie, and Kyle


 

To our granddaughter Shelly Marie Hendricks;
No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye, You were gone before we knew it and only GOD knows why. We miss you so much, you will always be in our hearts. love grandma & grandpa.

    
- Patricia & Danny Marbut


Shelly, I miss you and think about you all of the time. I know you are up with the angels watching over us all. I know I will see you again one day. Until then I'll continue to talk to you in my prayers. I love you!
    
- Trisha Marie Hendricks


After all this time there has not gone a day where i dont think of you, miss you. You were my closest friend Shelly and there are times where i just needed you beside me. You told me the truth whatever it was, and you were the one who smacked sense into me when i needed it. It hurts everytime someone asks if i have any siblings, i just dont know what to say. Everytime i say i had a younger sister, they always ask what happened, and so on. We all miss you here Shell, I just hope that you are above watching after us all this holiday season. *hugs and kiss* i miss you my sister, may you always watch over us.
    
- Your Sister


I hear your laughter in the rustling leaves.
I feel your soft touch in the gentle breeze.
I see your eyes sparkle in the starlit sky,
As tears fall gently from my mourning eyes.

I know you are close
But I wish you closer still.
I love you my darling
My oh, so special girl.
    
-Mom


Gone, but NOT forgotten! I miss you!
    
- Ms. Bonnie