In Loving Memory
Nathan VigoritoVancouver, Washington Parents: Siblings: Click here to view photo gallery |
Nathan was 22. He had a beautiful future ahead of him. He met the world with his heart wide open and a new friend was only a "Hello" away. He always had a smile or joke to make people laugh. He was loved by so many people and will never be forgotten. His passing shattered my heart.
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You Shined So Bright all of us who knew you still feel the warmth of your Spirit and thought of you will always bring us to smile. |
Nate -
Not a day goes by I don't look back on all the fun we had in Ellensburg and think of you. Fishing, listening to records, backyard bbqs, walking to the corner store for beer at 1:30 am in frigid tempuratures.
I think the frigid corner store walk of shame was actually how we met. You struck up a conversation with my roomates and I from across the street. You were like that, very personalble. Personable and caring.
I remember you talking about your family all the time. Didn't matter what the current topic was, you could always find a way to weave in a family story, or two... or three... :)
You had a huge heart, bud. Miss you.
Michael K.
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Missing you today and always. |
Still crying. Still loving and missing you. Never ending. You have my heart forever... Love Mom. |
– From Anonymous on March 9, 2013 |
I miss you and love you brother... i still wish i could have fixed things and helped you. I will never forgive myself... |
Hey buddy. I haven't talked to you in a while, but I want you to know a day doesn't go by where you aren't in my thoughts. I miss you more that words can say. |
Nate,
It's been over 15 months and the tears that are pouring down my face are just one of the things that indicate it doesn't get any easier to live without you. I miss you every day. I search for answers and find none. I have to work very hard on not hating the girl you loved so much who brought the heroin into your life that within a few weeks took you out of ours. I work very hard at not hating the girl who watched you lay there and die. I wish you would have trusted me to help you get free of the drugs and I wish every day I would have seen the signs and not been so blind to what you were doing. I think drug education needs to be for parents and loved ones as well as for the kids being exposed to it. I wish I'd done a better job because now I'm left here without you and you are missing out on what should have been a wonderful future. I don't know how to cope with any of these woulda, shoulda, coulda's. I just miss you with all my heart every single day. I love you baby. |
Almighty God, please Bless the soul of your servant, my son, Nathan Michael Vigorito. Cleanse him of all his faults and cherish him for his kind and loving heart and deeds. Take him into your Realm of Light and Peace and let him share in the Eternal delight of your kingdom. Please hold him in joy and peace and let me be reunited with him one day in your presence. Please bless us all and bring peace to our days as you hold my son in your keeping. Amen |
Its our second Christmas without you and I miss you so much. Every day is harder and sadder than any days that ever came before you left us. I love you baby and that doesn't lessen as time passes. You have my heart forever. |
Nathan, Wish you peace and happiness, hope you meet my son, Daniel Tripi on the other side, he is alot like you! R.I.P. |
I miss you so much baby. There hasn't been a day go by that I don't panic at the thought of you not being with is. I pray and I worry about you still. I need you to be with God and Grandma and Grandpa since I can't have you with me but I don't know how to live without tears and pain when you aren't here. I miss you so much and the future now scares me. My death no longer does. I want to watch your niece and nephew grow up but I want to see you too. I love you with all my heart. Always have, always will. Be happy and watch over us baby. |
Hi son, you know I talk to you every day.Sometimes I will get a sign from you and I know it is from you. Thank you for coming back to me that night in my dream. You always did what we ask of you even though you might have busy or just did not want to it. But you did anyway and for so many people I hope they will not forget you, I wrote the date down, and will always remember the dream, or what I call conformation. I love you Nate. Dad ,,AKA POPS |
– From Dad on May 30, 2010 |
Nate, you are thought of daily as I think of my own son. May you both find peace up ther in heaven. Look over your Mother and family as I also need a few prayers myself. Bless you Nate, you are missed by a loving Mother |
I will never forget you son and I will always keep trying to be into with you!!! I find myself talking to you more these days, I love you Nate, Dad |
Hi baby. They placed your headstone Friday. It looks as nice as one can look but feels so wrong that you needed one. I miss you so much every day. I've had to go back to work now and I hate that life has to go on and you can only come along as a memory with angel wings. I just hate this all so much, my heart was shattered when you left us. I miss you and think of you always. I love you forever and beyond. Be happy Baby and watch over us. |
miss you.. |
Rest in peace brother and I will never forget you. Till we meet again... |
My heart breaks as a parent. Keep up your courage. Nate will always be with you. |
Love & Miss you buddy... Rest in peace. |
– From Dad on March 1, 2010 |
It has been over 3 months, I miss you so much, it does not get easier. The fact is, I will never let you go. Love ya Son.. POPS |
i think about you everyday. sad to say but the days im super busy and dont think about you as much, its those days that are easier. thats pretty messed up i know, im sorry. its days like today that no matter what i do i cant help but think about you and wish that i could call you and update you on my life but more importantly just hear your voice, bs with ya, crack a joke, etc. you missed a birthday, christmas, new years, birth of our niece and nephew, projects at my new place, and many trivial, everyday stuff that'd as a brother, we would of shared together. even though its been 100 days i still cant imagine what life will hold without you. crazy to imagine what an entire year will be like w/o you. crazy to imagine what a decade will be like w/o you. crazy to think that one day i'll be an old man w/ possibly kids/grandkids etc and you wont be in any of those memories. certain days i've accepted it, others days i find it unbearable to the point where my entire day is consumed by thinking about memories of you in hopes i don't forget them. i love you brother.
i know this site is intended for prevention and for those who may happen to read this and whom this site is intended for i say this: "the saying 'drugs ruin lives' isn't cliche and doesn't only apply to the user; 'lives' is plural. my family's lives have been, in too many ways, ruined forever." |
Nate, yopu showed m how to love, and what a best friend actually is. Life will NEVER be the samewithout you, and i will never understand why God needed you more. After three months people said it would get easier but they are so WRONG! There is NO WAY that you were ready, you had so much more to do. I wish i could take alot of things back, i wish that i could call you right now, just to wake up from this nightmare, but this nightmare is actually our reality. I miss you Nate, im so sorry!~ |
I love you! and will forever! The best friend I coulda asked for. R.I.P. |
Nate,
Words cannot express...the Vigorito family that I have known my entire life will never be the same. You are forever in my thoughts and it is so hard to think of you as a memory. Forever love and Peace |
I miss you so much, everyday is harder not having you in my life. Dad |
I love you forever, I miss him forever, I will think about Nate forever.I'm a better man for having Nate in my life for the short time of 22 years. Nate I know you are always with me, I will see you again. Love Ya Ace POPS |
I miss you homie, life aint the same without you around. I find myslef trying to call you or text you all the time and i stop myslef "reality smacking me in the face" i still cant belive your gone. |
RIP BROTHER I GOT YOUR NAME TATTED ON MY BACK |
Although I never knew Nate, I have a lot of "kids" who I know thought the world of him, and have had a hard time with his passing. My condolences to his family. |
I DONT KNOW IF THE LAST ONE WORKED BUT I LOVE U BROTHER RIP |
I MISS U BUDDIE MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW BROTHERS 4 LIFE I GOT YOUR NAME TATTED ON MY BACK CAUSE U WERE ALWAYS THERE 4 ME RIP MY FALLEN COMRADE!!!!!!!!!!! |
I MISS U BUDDIE MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW BROTHERS 4 LIFE I GOT YOUR NAME TATTED ON MY BACK CAUSE U WERE ALWAYS THERE 4 ME RIP MY FALLEN COMRADE!!!!!!!!!!! |
You were one the greatest friends anyone could ask for. I dream about you all the time and wish I could wake up and still see your face. My only regret is that i didnt tell you i love you more, and hug you more. Who knew the last time i hugged you would truly be the last. Somwtimes i still have this feeling that im going to wake up from this nighmare, cause its still too unreall to me. Your in my heart and my thoughts everyday. Even now when I think of something we did together, there is a smile behind my tears. I love and miss you always my friend |
Nate I hope you are having a great adventure...I can't wait to here about it someday. |
Nate, your memory will forever bring a smile to our hearts. You were such a kind and lovable person, it was great having you at our wedding this past fall and watching you jump in and guest DJ, it was great. This is just one of the many memories we will always cherish of you. We love and miss you so much! |
The pain of losing you burrows deep in my soul. I miss you so much, every day without you feels like an eternity. I've learned that people don't run out of tears. Please be happy in Heaven with God and our family and friends who have gone before you. Please watch over the family you left behind. We all love you so much. |
The first tribute I wrote was about Nathan and what I saw as a loss to others with his passing. What his loss means to me and our family feels so much greater. Two new babies will never get to know and play with their Uncle Nate other than in Angel dreams. His brother and sister have lost a best friend and one of the people who loved them most in the world. I have lost a future with my wonderful son, the future he planned and the future I hoped he would achieve. We miss out on the good times we should have had and the family he would have made. I saved so many mementos of him growing up to share with his children who will now never be born. I have so many memories of the wonderful things he did and how he made us laugh but now those memories bring tears. He would talk to us and make us feel better but his insights and caring are lost to us forever. He was my cherished son and I miss him every day. I love him - then, now, and always. |
Nate was my youngest son. His passing has left a hole in my heart that will never be filled. He was funny, smart and caring. He would do anything for anyone he considered a friend and was a good friend to more people than I ever knew. While high school was hard for him to deal with because of schedules, rules and sometimes judgmental people with too much power, he thrived in college. He had received his AA last year and was on track to earn his bachelors degree in Human Resource Management. He would have been an awesome asset to anyone who needed his services professionally because no one was more accepting and understanding of people and their differences. He is missed every day and always loved. |
Dident really know you since i havet seen you since you where about 5yrs old but i feel for your family a friends i know what it is like to lose a son and your in our prayers along with your family.rest in peace my friend... |
I look at your pictures and see the love that shines from your eyes and miss you every day. I love you too. |
Nate, you are missed greatly.... |
You are so missed! |
Nate, you are missed greatly.... |
Nate, you are so missed. I am so glad you are now safe. |
– From Lisa DeCarlo on December 21, 2009 |
Nate - We will forever miss your smile, hugs and humor. I will cherish the memories I have of you in fun times and fun places. You are where there is pure love. I hope for your peace and joy there. I love you. Aunt Lisa
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Nate, your light is shining in heaven as it did in your smile, here on earth. It is missed here but we know it is glowing there for all the angels and the heavens to see. There is pain for those still here on earth. Gradually the light will replace the pain and your light will shine on in our hearts forever. T |
This is the second time I've tried to light a candle for you and it doesn't seem to be working. Niki Lit one too. We all love and miss you so much. You have left a huge hole in me that screams in agony. I know that wasn't your intention. I will love you forever. |
Of all the different faces a smile will make the most friends.. Nathan was a truly brightest Angel in our family! |
I miss you so much and wish we could still see your smiling face. I know you are watching over us. I love you little brother and think about you often every day. |
My youngest son. I will love you all the days of my life and cherish all the wonderful memories we made. Be happy in Heaven my wonderful boy. |