Mark David Alexander Mabey

1985 - 2009
LocationStratford, Ontario
Age24 years
Cause of DeathSuicide
Date of Birth24/01/1985
Date of Death14/10/2009
Visitors927 since 23/10/2009
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Mark Mabey, age 24, of Stratford passed away suddenly in North Bay, Ontario on Wednesday, October
14, 2009.
Mark was always such an awesome individual, pure hoodish, but still with that respectable swagger,
one of the last of a dying breed, with a heart as big as it comes. He will be sadly missed but never
forgotten
Missed and forever in the hearts of his daughter Empress (Emma) Star and his parents Dave and Deb
Mabey. Dear brother of Amanda (Steve) Ranger, children Richard, Josh, Alysa, Jared, Mikayla, Jalen,
Savannah; Jill Mabey and son Kayden; Mitch Mabey and daughter Rain. Grandparents Sharon Maybee and
Frank Green and Ernie and Sharon Clark and Barb Mabey. Special friend Amanda McNair. Mark will leave
behind many aunts, uncles, cousins and a great number of loyal friends and faithful companion
“Buddy”.
Mark is predeceased by his grandfather Aubrey Mabey
Friends and relatives may call at the W.G. Young Funeral Home, 430 Huron St. Stratford on Sunday
October, 18 from 2-6 pm. The celebration of Mark's life of will be held at W.G.Young Funeral Home on
Monday October 19, 2009 at 11:00 am. The Rev. Susan Cameron of Thamesview United Church will
officiate. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to Emma Star Trust Fund or The
Humane Society through the funeral home.


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I am the mother of the brightest Star in the sky ... I miss u more and more as each day u are gone passes by Mark.

Heaven was Needing a Hero

I came by today to see you
Oh I had to let you know
If I knew the last time that I held you was the last time
I'd have held you, and never let go

Oh, it's kept me awake nights, wondering
I lie in the dark, just asking why
I've always been told
You won't be called home
Until it's your time

I guess heaven was needing a hero
Somebody just like you
Brave enough to stand up
For what you believe
And follow it through
When I try to make it make sense in my mind
The only conclusion I come to
Is heaven was needing a hero
Like you

I remember the last time I saw you
Oh, you held your head up proud
I laughed inside
When I saw how you were standing out in the crowd
Your such a part of who I am
Now that part will just be void
No matter how much I need you now
Heaven needed you more

Cause heaven was needing a hero
Somebody just like you
Brave enough to stand up
For what you believe
And follow it through
When I try to make it make sense in my mind
The only conclusion I come to
Is heaven was needing a hero
Like you

Is Heaven was needing a hero
and that's you

Deb Mabey 2 weeks ago

No Resolve by the Student Driver Band

So this is how you leave me
Bleeding where I stand
I've tried so hard to figure out
I've tried to understand
What could have been so goddamn painful
What it was that made you feel it had to end
What was that final puzzle piece
You couldn't get to fit?
Did you take a minute to stop and think
How we would deal with it?
There'll be no answers to these questions
We've got to carry on and try to live

So goodbye I can't believe you're gone
So goodbye somehow I hope that you can hear this song

Was there something I could have done
That might have changed your mind?
If I told you I love you and I need you here
Would you still be alive?
And though I know it's not my fault
I still carry all this guilt and shame inside

So goodbye I can't believe you're gone
So goodbye somehow I hope that you can hear this song

To this song there is no ending
For this pain there's no resolve
Time won't cover up the wound
When you lose someone you love
If I could ask you one last thing
I guess that I would ask you why
I'd ask you why

So goodbye I can't believe you're gone
So goodbye somehow I hope that you can hear this song

Jill Mabey (Sister) 3 weeks ago

You may not think the world needed you, but it did. For you were unique: like no one that has ever been before or will come after. No one can speak with your voice; say your piece; smile your smile; or shine your light. No one can take your place for it was yours alone to fill. Because you are not here to shine your light, who knows how many travelers will lose their way as they try to pass by your empty place in the darkness
Rest in Peace.

Linda Quick October 27, 2009

To my Daddy, from your Emma

DADDY

You never said I’m leaving
You never kissed me good bye
You were gone before I knew it
And only God knows why

A million times I needed you
A million times I cried
If love alone could have saved you
You never would have died

In life I love you still
In my heart you hold a place
That no one else could fill

It broke my heart to lose you
But you didn’t go alone
For part of me went with you
The day God took u home

I miss you soooo much Daddy
I will always be your little girl

Deb Mabey October 25, 2009

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me

WHEN TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME
When tomorrow starts without me,
And I'm not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too;
But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,
And said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.
I had so much to live for,
So much yet to do,
It seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.
I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
And all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday,
Just even for awhile,
I'd say goodbye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.
But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
Would take the place of me.
And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne,
He said "This is eternity,
And all I've promised you."
Today for life on earth is past,
But here it starts anew.
I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
And since each day's the same day
There's no longing for the past.

But you have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true.
Thought there were times you did some things,
You knew you shouldn't do.
But you have been forgiven
And now at last you're free.
So won't you take my hand
And share my life with me?

So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart.

Deb Mabey October 23, 2009

Questions In My Head - by Danielle Benyon-Payne

I look at the last picture of you and me,
A picture shows what we cannot always see.
Eyes that no longer shine, a smile that covers tears,
Only you knew your feelings,
Only you knew your fears.

I look back with hindsight,
Was there something I could have done?
I feel such enormous guilt,
And I know I’m not the only one.
Why couldn’t you share with us,
How down you really were?
Did you think we wouldn’t understand?
Think we wouldn’t care?
Did you really think life would be better for us this way?
Would life really have been unbearable for you if you had stayed?
I understand life was hard for you, in a way I’ve never known,
But we would have been there for you, you would never be alone.
When we were out that night, were you aware?
Did you know it was our last night together?
Is that why we were there?
I think back over every detail, what was said? What did we do?
Did I make it clear, in every way, that I loved being there with you?
I meant to tell you that weekend, what a lovely time I had,
But time ran away with me, and now I feel sad,
That I never made it back to yours,
To tell you what I meant to say,
And now my chance has been taken away.
So I’ll tell you now instead, I love you, I miss you.
My world stopped the moment you died.
I run through the motions,
But something has changed inside,
I love you, miss you, always.

Joanne Mitchell October 23, 2009
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