RIP: Jonathan David Bones
I can't be there today for his funeral. It really sucks. I missed the funeral for his brother when that happened, I also had not been able to get in contact with him in the last couple of years.
I asked a friend to either read or post the following at the funeral for me.
Jonathan, the name means friend of David.
I met Jon when we were both in grade school at Amy Blanc. I had just moved with my family from Suisun.
Jon was my first friend that I made, when my family moved to Fairfield in Nov of 86. Jon's younger
brother Jason was friends with my next door neighbor Mike. That's how I met Jon.
Over the next year going into Jr. High we got to know each other Better. At Sullivan Middle School in 87
and 88 the personal computer was starting to come into it's own and we both helped out in the computer
club, as much as it was at that point in time. learning about computer basics, but also helping the club
run activities at the dances after school. Durring lunches we hung out in the library watching videos,
using the computers that were available and occasionally selling spare computer disks with games on them
that we happened to have available.
In those days you walked everywhere, and if you didn't walk you biked. We walked back from school from
time to time, singing the lyrics from Fresh Prince, Fat Boys, LL Cool J and the like.
It was a good time to be alive.
Once when I crashed my bike, Jon made sure that I got home ok. The Bike didn't work too well
after that, he laughed as we walked. He joked at I had to be the only person he knew that could fall uphill.
Jon had a great laugh that was full of life and joy. Hearing him laugh it was hard not to laugh as well.
In highschool we continued to have classes together, We made it through our freshman honors english
helping each other out with extra credit, which included a audio play we did of a portion of Romeo and
Juliet. each of us doing several voices.
It was a good time to be alive.
Throughout the time at Fairfield High we played table top games, and made new friends. It was there we
met Shawn Henton. The three of us did a lot through High School, remaining friends, being there for one
another.
Walking home and knowing that Jon had my back, when I got into a fight after school my senior year, he
was there to make sure the odds where even. Jon was one of those people you could always count on. A
friend in the truest sense of of the word.
We did a lot of things together as friends, whether it was walking, hanging out, Getting a job at a local comic shop,
or just standing next to each other for the class photo, he was there. Jon was there a lot of times when others weren't.
And even though our paths took us in separate directions I always thought I would have more time to catch up with him,
see how he was doing. Sorry I took so long to check up with you.
Jonathan, the name means friend of David.
And he was, he was my friend and he will be missed.
I asked a friend to either read or post the following at the funeral for me.
Jonathan, the name means friend of David.
I met Jon when we were both in grade school at Amy Blanc. I had just moved with my family from Suisun.
Jon was my first friend that I made, when my family moved to Fairfield in Nov of 86. Jon's younger
brother Jason was friends with my next door neighbor Mike. That's how I met Jon.
Over the next year going into Jr. High we got to know each other Better. At Sullivan Middle School in 87
and 88 the personal computer was starting to come into it's own and we both helped out in the computer
club, as much as it was at that point in time. learning about computer basics, but also helping the club
run activities at the dances after school. Durring lunches we hung out in the library watching videos,
using the computers that were available and occasionally selling spare computer disks with games on them
that we happened to have available.
In those days you walked everywhere, and if you didn't walk you biked. We walked back from school from
time to time, singing the lyrics from Fresh Prince, Fat Boys, LL Cool J and the like.
It was a good time to be alive.
Once when I crashed my bike, Jon made sure that I got home ok. The Bike didn't work too well
after that, he laughed as we walked. He joked at I had to be the only person he knew that could fall uphill.
Jon had a great laugh that was full of life and joy. Hearing him laugh it was hard not to laugh as well.
In highschool we continued to have classes together, We made it through our freshman honors english
helping each other out with extra credit, which included a audio play we did of a portion of Romeo and
Juliet. each of us doing several voices.
It was a good time to be alive.
Throughout the time at Fairfield High we played table top games, and made new friends. It was there we
met Shawn Henton. The three of us did a lot through High School, remaining friends, being there for one
another.
Walking home and knowing that Jon had my back, when I got into a fight after school my senior year, he
was there to make sure the odds where even. Jon was one of those people you could always count on. A
friend in the truest sense of of the word.
We did a lot of things together as friends, whether it was walking, hanging out, Getting a job at a local comic shop,
or just standing next to each other for the class photo, he was there. Jon was there a lot of times when others weren't.
And even though our paths took us in separate directions I always thought I would have more time to catch up with him,
see how he was doing. Sorry I took so long to check up with you.
Jonathan, the name means friend of David.
And he was, he was my friend and he will be missed.