An Anniversary

Seven years ago today I lost someone very special and close to me. Today I remember the person he was, a happy, fun, smart, and kind person. He was my cousin that passed away at the same age as me, 14. I grew up playing cops and robbers with him. We played in the dirt, chased animals around the backyard and caused all kinds of mischief shooting fake guns and terrorizing our siblings.

He was an amazing person that left this world too soon and I love and miss him. Although he's gone he is not forgotten and I am so grateful to know our loving Heavenly Father has a greater plan for him. He is free of worldly cares but has a new journey to complete in Heaven and I know he is fulfilling it well.

“In the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln                     

My brother Brian, DJ and Me.  May 1992.  

We Love you DJ 

KIMBERLY — D.J. Stephenson, 14, of Kimberly, died at his home on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006.

D.J. was born March 16, 1992, in Twin Falls, Idaho, the son of Douglass and Kathy Ruppert Stephenson. He attended schools in Twin Falls and, for the past three years, in Kimberly, where he was a freshman in high school. D.J. spent every summer since he was a young boy visiting his grandparents at the Circle K Ranch in Colorado and, for the past two years, had worked there doing whatever was needed. He was a young man who gave freely of his time and talents. He participated in wrestling, had recently become involved in FFA and had joined the choir, which he enjoyed immensely. He was active in Boy Scout Troop 88 and was looking forward to becoming an Eagle Scout. He loved fishing, tying flies, his new dog, riding his dirt bike, Dutch oven cooking and had an intense interest in cars. He was a member of the Kimberly 2nd Ward LDS Church.

He is survived by his father, Douglass Stephenson of Kimberly; his mother, Kathy (Eric) Guettler of Twin Falls; his brother, Eli Stephenson of Twin Falls; his two stepsisters, his grandparents, Bob (Dorene) Stephenson of Kimberly and Paul (Margaret) Ruppert of Twin Falls; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

The funeral for D.J. Stephenson will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at the Kimberly 2nd Ward LDS Chapel, 222 Birch St. S. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of White Mortuary, ‛Chapel by the Park,“ in Twin Falls.