DAVID WAS BORN AUGUST 7, 1956 & GREW UP IN MONTICELLO, IL
MARRIED PAT ON JULY 7, 1990 & THEY LIVED IN CHAMPAIGN, IL

DAVID & PAT WERE FREQUENT CUSTOMERS OF THE HMDI.  ON BUSY NIGHTS SOMETIMES THEY WOULD JUST JUMP IN AND HELP FILL DRINK ORDERS AT INTERMISSION AND OTHER BUSY TIMES.  THAT WORKED IN TO A JOB IN THE SNACK BAR FOR DAVID, AND WE BECAME FRIENDS.

DAVID LOVED THE DRIVE IN AND IT WAS HIS IDEA TO START THE FIREWORKS BACK IN 1998.  DAVID WAS FRIENDS WITH BUD & DEE WITTIG FROM MONTICELLO, WHO STARTED AND STILL DO THE FIREWORKS IN MONTICELLO.  DAVID ALSO HELP WITH THE FIREWORKS IN MONTICELLO AND LOVED DOING THAT

DAVID ALSO LOVED SPORTS.  LOTS & LOTS OF DIFFERENT SPORTS.  ONE OF HIS FAVORITES WAS CARDINALS BASEBALL.  SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FRIEND KEVIN FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR DAVID & HIS BROTHER TO GO TO A CARDINALS' GAME AND STAY ALL NIGHT IN ST. LOUIS
(JUNE 2007). OTHERS WERE FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL.  DAVID WAS A REFEREE FOR FOOTBALL FOR SEVERAL YEARS I KNEW HIM AND WAS REFEREE FOR BASKETBALL THE WHOLE TIME I KNEW HIM.

DAVID HELPED ME DO SOME WEDDING VIDEO, BUILD THE BURGER BARN, MOVE THE CAROUSEL, AND REPLACE A ROOF ON ANOTHER OF MY FRIENDS HOUSES.

DAVID HAD A DREAM OF GETTING A BETTER JOB AND TO BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT SO IN 2005 HE STARTED TAKING CLASSES AT PARKLAND COLLEGE.

IN THE SUMMER OF 2006 DAVID FOUND OUT HE HAD CANCER AND STARTED TAKING TREATMENTS.  HE HAD TO STOP HELPING AT THE HMDI, BUT KEEP GOING TO SCHOOL..  HE HAD A LOT BETTER ATTITUDE ABOUT BEATING THE CANCER AND KEEP GOING THAN I THINK I COULD EVER HAVE.

DAVID LOST HIS FIGHT WITH CANCER AND PASTED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 AND HIS FUNERAL WAS ON OCTOBER 3, 2008 IN MONTICELLO.

DAVID WILL BE MISSED BY ALL OF USE  AT THE DRIVE IN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME PICTURES (MEMORIES) WITH YOU.