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My Brother was found dead 4/23/2009
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Very true Paul, no matter what happens, justice will be served by someone much more powerful in the after world.
God Bless.
God Bless.
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I'm so sorry for your loss. Smoke from California.
It brings back memories of my brother-in-law who died in a very similar way. He was walking home from a pool hall and a couple guys stopped him and roughed him up and left him on the side of the road. He got up and staggered into the path of a semi and was struck by several cars afterwards. My sister won the lawsuit, but it didn't bring the father of her two kids back.
It brings back memories of my brother-in-law who died in a very similar way. He was walking home from a pool hall and a couple guys stopped him and roughed him up and left him on the side of the road. He got up and staggered into the path of a semi and was struck by several cars afterwards. My sister won the lawsuit, but it didn't bring the father of her two kids back.
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Paul,
Prayers and condolences to you and your family!
God Bless! Brian
Prayers and condolences to you and your family!
God Bless! Brian
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Hello Everyone My family and myself laid my brother Michael to rest yesterday
I wrote and gave the Eulogy myself. This was truly the most horrible week of
my life bar none. To see and touch my little and only brothers lifeless body was not
easy to go through,nor shall i ever foreget the 45 min examineing what had occured.
breaking down then pulling it back together and continue on. Getting on my knees
holding his lifeless hand and praying. I had to do this formyself and my family as well.
There was a sort of peace and partial closure as soon i left that room,and i was able to
sleep for the first time in 4 days. If you all would like i would like to share what i wrote
and shared at the Funeral yesterday. Again i would like to thank every last one of you
for your kind and sincere responses. Sincerely, Paul Aschenbrenner
I wrote and gave the Eulogy myself. This was truly the most horrible week of
my life bar none. To see and touch my little and only brothers lifeless body was not
easy to go through,nor shall i ever foreget the 45 min examineing what had occured.
breaking down then pulling it back together and continue on. Getting on my knees
holding his lifeless hand and praying. I had to do this formyself and my family as well.
There was a sort of peace and partial closure as soon i left that room,and i was able to
sleep for the first time in 4 days. If you all would like i would like to share what i wrote
and shared at the Funeral yesterday. Again i would like to thank every last one of you
for your kind and sincere responses. Sincerely, Paul Aschenbrenner
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Sorry this had to happen, Paul.
All you can do is pull yourself back together and move on.
Smoke and prayers from Virginia.
All you can do is pull yourself back together and move on.
Smoke and prayers from Virginia.
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Paul, I'm happy to hear you are able to see past the tragedy and focus on the positives of your brother's life. I will truly help in the greiving process for you and your family.
Stay strong brother - I'd love to read what you wrote in rememberance of your brother.
Stay strong brother - I'd love to read what you wrote in rememberance of your brother.
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Good afternoon,please join me by opening with.
"The Serinity Prayer"
GOD GRANT ME THE SERINITY TO ACCEPT THE
THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
THE COURGE TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERANCE.
PSALM 23
THE LORD IS MY SHEPARD I SHALL NOT WANT
HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES
HE LEADS ME IN QUIET WATERS
HE RESTORES MY SOUL
HE GUIDES ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTOUESNES
EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL
FOR YOU ARE WITH ME,YOUR ROD AND STAFF
COMFORT ME,YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES,
YOU HAVE ANOITED MY HEAD WITH OIL,
MY CUP OVERFLOWS, SURELY GOODNESS &
LOVIVNG KINDNESS SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE
REST OF MY LIFE,AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE PRESANCE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WE ARE
GATHERED HERE TO REJOICE IN THE LIFE OF MY
DEAR BROTHER MIKE ASCHENBRENNER.
A SHINING STAR WHOS LIFE WAS SUDDENLY
AND TRAGICLLY CUT SHORT. MY BROTHER WAS-
AND ALWAYS BE-A DEAR FRIEND. fROM HIS
FIRST DAYS ON EARTH HE STOOD OUT ABOVE
THE CROWD. HIS KINDNESS AND COMPASSION
WERE SECOND TO NONE. GROWING UP IN
ELLICOTT CITY,MD MOST OF ENTIRE LIVES
THERE ALOT OF FOND MEMORIES. WE MY
BROTHER MIKE,SISTER,AVA AND MYSELF WERE
VIRTULLY INSEPERABLE AS CHILDREN,EACH
BEING ONLY 1 YEAR APART. WE DID
EVERYTHING TOGETHER- PLAYED, FOUGHT,RODE
BIKES,AND WENT TRUDGEING THROUGH
STREAMS TOGETHER CATCHING WILDLIFE
TOGETHER. WE RODE BIKES EVERYWHERE
TOGETHER ON OUR BIKES. I RECALL MIKE AND
I SHOVELING SNOW EVERY WINTER TO MAKE
SOME MONEY BACK IN TH EARLY 1970s. SLEIGH
RIDING TOGETHERAND PLAYING A LOT OF
SPORTS,FOOTBALL,LACROSSE,BASEBALL,TENNIS
AND COMBAT BEHIND OUR PARENTS HOUSE.
MIKE GOT THE FIRST STEREO IN HIS OWN ROOM
AND THE WE BEGAN TO EXPERIANCE MUSIC.
HE WOULD TAPE OLDIES ON 8 TRACK FOR MY
FATHER. THEN CAME ROCK & ROLL, PAUL
McARTNEY & WINGS,PETER FRAMPTON, KISS
ARE THE FORST 3 I REMEMBER. AS WE GREW
OLDER MIKES MECHANICAL ABLILITY BECAME
VERY EVEIDENT. HE QUICLY DIANOISED AND
FIXED THE PROBLEM. MIKE BEGAN TEARING
DOWN ENGINES AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 12.
AS WE MOVED INTO HIGH SCHOOL HE BECAME
POSSIBLY THE BEST MECHANIC HOWARD
VO-TECH EVER PRODUCED. AT THE AGE OF 18
HE STARTED HIS OWN REPAIR SHOP. HE THEN
WORKED ON A ELEVATOR MECHANICS CAR IN
THE MID 1980s, REBUILDING HIS ENGINE AND
PAINTING HIS AT A FRIENDS FATHERS FARM IN
RIVA,MD. THE MECHANIC WAS SO ASTOUNDED
BY THE WORK MY BROTHER HAD PERFORMED
THAT HE TOLD MIKE " IF YOU EVER NNED A JOB
CALL THIS # IUEC LOCAL #10". ONE DAY
MICHAEL DECIDED TO CALL THAT # AND HE
WAS HIRED THAT MOMENT. UPON ENTERING
THE IUEC LOCAL #10 HE QUICLY GAINED
KNOWLEDGE OF ALL ELEVATOR SYSTEMS IN HIS
FIRST 5 YEARS OF SERVICE,SURPASSING WHAT
MOST MEN COULD HAVE LEARNED IN A LFETIME.
AFTER 9 MONTHS OF CALLING LOCAL#10
MYSELF,I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE WORKFORCE
MYSELF AT MY BROTHERS SIDE. WHAT I
WITNESSED OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS WAS
SIMPLY AMAZING. MIKE HAD SURPASSED MOST
WITH A LIFETIME OF EXPERIANCE IN OUR
FIELD. HE FIXED NEARLY EVERYTHING HE
TOUCHED AND GAINED THE RESPECT AND
ADMIRATION OF ALL HE EVER WORKED SIDE BY
SIDE WITH INCLUDING MYSELF. MICHAEL, WAS
MY BEST MAN IN 1988 WHEN I WAS MARRIED
TO MY ONLY WIFE LISA AND WAS THERE TO
COMFORT ME WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY FROM
BREAST CANCER IN 2001. MICHAEL AND
MYSELF WORKED SIDE BY SIDE FOR
WESTINGHOUSE ELEVATORS,
SCHINDLER,MILLAR,& OTIS ELEVATORS.
AS WE LIVE LIFE "ONE DAY AT A TIME" AND
"TRUDGE THE HAPPY ROAD TO DESTINY" NEVER
DID I THINK I WOULD LOSE MY MY BROTHER
AND FRIEND SO EARLY IN LIFE.
" BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD " DO
WE ALL HAVE ANOTHER DAY HERE ON EARTH
I WILL MISS YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE,BUT
I CANT HELP FROM FEELING SELFISH IN
WANTING YOU BACK. I KNOW FOR SURETHAT
MICHAEL IS IN A BETTER PLACE WITH GODs
ARMS LOVINGLY WRAPPED AROUND HIM.
MIKE, IS EXPERIANCEING SOMETHINGNONE OF
US CAN EVEN TO BEGIN TO COMPREHENDOR
UNDERSTAND. INFINITE
LOVE,COMPASSION,AND FORGIVENESS THAT
ONLY A GOD OF OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING
CAN GIVE TO US. WHO RESTORES US TO A
PLACE OF GRACE AS STATED IN 1ST
CORINITHIANS 13:4-8
LOVE IS PATIENT
LOVE IS KIND
LOVE IS NOT JEALOUS OR BOASTFUL
IT IS NOT AROGANT OD RUDE
LOVE DOES NOT INSIST ON ITS OWN WAY
IT IS NOT IRRATABLE OR RESENTFUL
IT DOES REJOICE IN WRONG
BUT REJOICES IN RIGHT
LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS
BELIEVES ALL THINGS
HOPES ALL THINGS
ENDURES ALL THINGS
LOVE NEVER ENDS.
IT IS IN "SURRENDERING TO WIN" THAT WE ALL
CAN EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
MICHAEL,I WILL LOE YOU ETERNALLY AND LOOK
FORWARD TO JOINING YOU SOME DAY.
YOUR BROTHER, PAUL
THE LORDS PRAYER
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
HOLLOWED BE THY NAME
THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE
DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US
OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOS WHO
TRESPASS AGAINST US
IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN. THANKYOU, VERY MUCH.
"The Serinity Prayer"
GOD GRANT ME THE SERINITY TO ACCEPT THE
THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
THE COURGE TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERANCE.
PSALM 23
THE LORD IS MY SHEPARD I SHALL NOT WANT
HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES
HE LEADS ME IN QUIET WATERS
HE RESTORES MY SOUL
HE GUIDES ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTOUESNES
EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF
THE SHADOW OF DEATH I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL
FOR YOU ARE WITH ME,YOUR ROD AND STAFF
COMFORT ME,YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME
IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES,
YOU HAVE ANOITED MY HEAD WITH OIL,
MY CUP OVERFLOWS, SURELY GOODNESS &
LOVIVNG KINDNESS SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE
REST OF MY LIFE,AND I SHALL DWELL IN THE PRESANCE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WE ARE
GATHERED HERE TO REJOICE IN THE LIFE OF MY
DEAR BROTHER MIKE ASCHENBRENNER.
A SHINING STAR WHOS LIFE WAS SUDDENLY
AND TRAGICLLY CUT SHORT. MY BROTHER WAS-
AND ALWAYS BE-A DEAR FRIEND. fROM HIS
FIRST DAYS ON EARTH HE STOOD OUT ABOVE
THE CROWD. HIS KINDNESS AND COMPASSION
WERE SECOND TO NONE. GROWING UP IN
ELLICOTT CITY,MD MOST OF ENTIRE LIVES
THERE ALOT OF FOND MEMORIES. WE MY
BROTHER MIKE,SISTER,AVA AND MYSELF WERE
VIRTULLY INSEPERABLE AS CHILDREN,EACH
BEING ONLY 1 YEAR APART. WE DID
EVERYTHING TOGETHER- PLAYED, FOUGHT,RODE
BIKES,AND WENT TRUDGEING THROUGH
STREAMS TOGETHER CATCHING WILDLIFE
TOGETHER. WE RODE BIKES EVERYWHERE
TOGETHER ON OUR BIKES. I RECALL MIKE AND
I SHOVELING SNOW EVERY WINTER TO MAKE
SOME MONEY BACK IN TH EARLY 1970s. SLEIGH
RIDING TOGETHERAND PLAYING A LOT OF
SPORTS,FOOTBALL,LACROSSE,BASEBALL,TENNIS
AND COMBAT BEHIND OUR PARENTS HOUSE.
MIKE GOT THE FIRST STEREO IN HIS OWN ROOM
AND THE WE BEGAN TO EXPERIANCE MUSIC.
HE WOULD TAPE OLDIES ON 8 TRACK FOR MY
FATHER. THEN CAME ROCK & ROLL, PAUL
McARTNEY & WINGS,PETER FRAMPTON, KISS
ARE THE FORST 3 I REMEMBER. AS WE GREW
OLDER MIKES MECHANICAL ABLILITY BECAME
VERY EVEIDENT. HE QUICLY DIANOISED AND
FIXED THE PROBLEM. MIKE BEGAN TEARING
DOWN ENGINES AT THE RIPE OLD AGE OF 12.
AS WE MOVED INTO HIGH SCHOOL HE BECAME
POSSIBLY THE BEST MECHANIC HOWARD
VO-TECH EVER PRODUCED. AT THE AGE OF 18
HE STARTED HIS OWN REPAIR SHOP. HE THEN
WORKED ON A ELEVATOR MECHANICS CAR IN
THE MID 1980s, REBUILDING HIS ENGINE AND
PAINTING HIS AT A FRIENDS FATHERS FARM IN
RIVA,MD. THE MECHANIC WAS SO ASTOUNDED
BY THE WORK MY BROTHER HAD PERFORMED
THAT HE TOLD MIKE " IF YOU EVER NNED A JOB
CALL THIS # IUEC LOCAL #10". ONE DAY
MICHAEL DECIDED TO CALL THAT # AND HE
WAS HIRED THAT MOMENT. UPON ENTERING
THE IUEC LOCAL #10 HE QUICLY GAINED
KNOWLEDGE OF ALL ELEVATOR SYSTEMS IN HIS
FIRST 5 YEARS OF SERVICE,SURPASSING WHAT
MOST MEN COULD HAVE LEARNED IN A LFETIME.
AFTER 9 MONTHS OF CALLING LOCAL#10
MYSELF,I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THE WORKFORCE
MYSELF AT MY BROTHERS SIDE. WHAT I
WITNESSED OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS WAS
SIMPLY AMAZING. MIKE HAD SURPASSED MOST
WITH A LIFETIME OF EXPERIANCE IN OUR
FIELD. HE FIXED NEARLY EVERYTHING HE
TOUCHED AND GAINED THE RESPECT AND
ADMIRATION OF ALL HE EVER WORKED SIDE BY
SIDE WITH INCLUDING MYSELF. MICHAEL, WAS
MY BEST MAN IN 1988 WHEN I WAS MARRIED
TO MY ONLY WIFE LISA AND WAS THERE TO
COMFORT ME WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY FROM
BREAST CANCER IN 2001. MICHAEL AND
MYSELF WORKED SIDE BY SIDE FOR
WESTINGHOUSE ELEVATORS,
SCHINDLER,MILLAR,& OTIS ELEVATORS.
AS WE LIVE LIFE "ONE DAY AT A TIME" AND
"TRUDGE THE HAPPY ROAD TO DESTINY" NEVER
DID I THINK I WOULD LOSE MY MY BROTHER
AND FRIEND SO EARLY IN LIFE.
" BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD " DO
WE ALL HAVE ANOTHER DAY HERE ON EARTH
I WILL MISS YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE,BUT
I CANT HELP FROM FEELING SELFISH IN
WANTING YOU BACK. I KNOW FOR SURETHAT
MICHAEL IS IN A BETTER PLACE WITH GODs
ARMS LOVINGLY WRAPPED AROUND HIM.
MIKE, IS EXPERIANCEING SOMETHINGNONE OF
US CAN EVEN TO BEGIN TO COMPREHENDOR
UNDERSTAND. INFINITE
LOVE,COMPASSION,AND FORGIVENESS THAT
ONLY A GOD OF OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING
CAN GIVE TO US. WHO RESTORES US TO A
PLACE OF GRACE AS STATED IN 1ST
CORINITHIANS 13:4-8
LOVE IS PATIENT
LOVE IS KIND
LOVE IS NOT JEALOUS OR BOASTFUL
IT IS NOT AROGANT OD RUDE
LOVE DOES NOT INSIST ON ITS OWN WAY
IT IS NOT IRRATABLE OR RESENTFUL
IT DOES REJOICE IN WRONG
BUT REJOICES IN RIGHT
LOVE BEARS ALL THINGS
BELIEVES ALL THINGS
HOPES ALL THINGS
ENDURES ALL THINGS
LOVE NEVER ENDS.
IT IS IN "SURRENDERING TO WIN" THAT WE ALL
CAN EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
MICHAEL,I WILL LOE YOU ETERNALLY AND LOOK
FORWARD TO JOINING YOU SOME DAY.
YOUR BROTHER, PAUL
THE LORDS PRAYER
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN
HOLLOWED BE THY NAME
THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE
DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE US
OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOS WHO
TRESPASS AGAINST US
IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN. THANKYOU, VERY MUCH.
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I am sorry but i personally do not know of any attorneys in this area. Im a little bit west of where you are in Maryland so I cant help much. We really do not have any attorneys that I would trust for something like this. Amazing words you said for your brother.
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Paul, that was a great eulogy. I hope you will find comfort in your memories of him. That is who he was and always will be. The place in your heart is where Michael will continue to live and do great things for you.
God Bless you and your family
Bob Mills
God Bless you and your family
Bob Mills
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I just saw this,I am so sorry for the loss of your brother.
Beautiful eulogy.You guys will be in my prayers.
Beautiful eulogy.You guys will be in my prayers.
