KEVIN MARK LOVE (X OF CHAOS) was taken from us and has made his transition and ascended to Valhalla on April 6, 2009. He is survived by his father Stan Love, Michelle Thornhill, Elaine Love, his children Kyle Gray, Mark and Ariel Love, and all who loved him as a brother in the Ren community. Please send out your prayers, your white light and your healing energy to his family. He is also survived by his egg giver Barbara Jones. Services will be held Monday April 13 2009 Cochran Funeral Home 212 Old Groveton Rd Onalaska TX 77360 936-646-2558 Viewing is from 9AM to noon and service will be @ 3PM. Between viewing and service times attendees may gather at the building across the street from funeral home.
(Published in Houston Chronicle on April 12, 2009)
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A man who lost his life WAY too early due to a teenager who decided to drive drunk
*********************************************************
Some know me as Rock of CHAOS. Some know me as Rockadillo of Red Star. My home Faire and Fairemily is Texas Renaissance Festival.
It is with a heavy heart that I must report to you that our brother X (camp master and Chef Xtrordinaire of Red Star) has walked the Rainbow Bridge to Valhalla. He was involved in an auto accident Monday night and has made his transition. Please send out your prayers, your white light and your healing energy to his Ladye Michelle and his children Kyle, Mark and Ariel. Remember and savor the thoughts of him you hold dear, cherish them, and he is with us forever. He would not want us to wail, tear out our hair and rend our flesh in remembrance, but to revel in his honour. He has not passed from us, but walks ahead of us on point, breaking trail into the unknowable beyond for us, to prepare the way for us to follow. And now his resounding belches will shake the meade halls of Valhalla.
******************
A special FB post from Keith 05-05-2014
(the day before his 46th birthday)
When I was growing up, I always had a big brother in the sense that he was older and always 5 yrs older than me always. As a child I would always tell myself that I would like to be the elder sometime, but I always knew that would never come. It use to make me mad, but now I understand life with your passing Kevin... you will always be my big brother. You may have not made it to 46 years in this life on earth, but you will always age in my eyes and all that have known you. So tomorrow I turn 46 years of age, but in my heart and soul, I will always be your little brother. You will always be "5 years" ahead of me in all we do.... I love you for that! I never thought of losing you in this life, and then I was thrust into the reality of it... It scared me and hurt so much. You were my "Big Brother", who was to teach me life... you still do! Even though you never made your time on this life time to 46, I hear by say we did! We will always be one! It's been a hard struggle for me with you gone, but you keep guiding me to the right path of where I need to be. Happy Birthday my Brother and to me! I made it to 46 tomorrow! I hope you keep watching over me to see more to dream about with you! My birthday wish is... you should know.... see you in my dreams to guide me! Love you Kevin.... Keith
******************
Dear X,
You were my brother, and my friend. You pushed me into stepping up and doing what needed to be done. Thank you for sharing your time here with all of us.
Signed Norath Tovaar
**************
Dear X,
Hey sweetie, I just wanted to say thank you. You were the only one who accepted an "outsider" without a second thought, and embraced them as family. I miss your smile every time I think of faire, or ferret, or even the color purple. I hope your smiling down upon us and seeing the paths that are opening and the healing being done,all in thoughts of you. I wish I could have one of your hugs right now, but I'll settle for seeing you next weekend. I love you Brother.
Signed Pandora
**********
Dear X,
It means a lot to us to bring your ashes and the picture plaque your Dad made for us to all the different faires we're going to. You were always there to support us, make us laugh and give us a hard time......you still are, even more so! When ever you make your presence known, Rev & I look at each other and one of us says "There's X again", and we smile at what just happened and all the memories t brings back:-} We'll always love you, Brother! Hope you're enjoying all the new scenery we're taking you to! 7/1/10
Signed Troy
******************************
Dear X,
miss you brother nonne wanted or tried to get me drunk like you did...here Rigor try this one . love you bro.
Signed Rigor
******************************
"my father would have wanted us to remember him with love and i only wish he could be here to see his first grand son (Keven Exaver Wells) to be born on oct 31 2009"
- sterling wells (houston, TX)
*****************************
"I have been blessed and honored to be your friend and Chaos sister. I will cherish your memory always."
- Loa (Chandra) Sweat (Houston, TX)
*******************************
"April 13,2009 Kevin I wished that you had visited longer on Monday - 4/6/09 or had stopped to visit Tony in the hospital and just maybe you would not have been at the accident location. We will miss you and wish we had known you for a much longer..."
- Ann Loera (Kingwood, TX)
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"We have quaffed many a flagon of ale together, my brother. And shall broach many a keg of Odin's finest when we meet again in Valhalla. X would not want flowers, tearing of hair, rending of flesh, wailing and moaning. He would want cups raised in..."
- Rockadillo (Katy, TX)
********************************
Kevin aka X....I still can't believe you are gone. Those phone calls still seem to haunt me, and I hkeep youur last message on my voicemail. I still see you on some jobsites, and I hear your voice a lot when I'm in attics with HVAC systems. I see your children and keep up with them. You are the reason I hug so many necks when I leave an event or function.
Brother, I miss you everyday.
TMI
***********************************
Brother Iknow that today and every day till the day we get to enjoy being with him an others we lost he will b in our hearts an minds there is not a TRF are any gathering that i dont see him in a corner with a smile on his face an a drink in his hand R.I.P KEVIN WE ALL LOVE AN MISS YOU
Neal 'Raider' Esclavon
**********************************
I remember a dream that he come to me and said don't cry for me cause he was having fun on the other side with the others, I believe what he told me. I think when we all are outside of the Sea Devil at TRF and you feel that tug on your garb, your mug looks like ya are missing drink from it & ya know ya didn't drink it or spill any...That is him messing with us, him letting us know, he will always be around....RIP Sweet X
WiccaHolly Esclavon
**************************
X comes to every faire we do with us - we have the plaque with his picture on it, his ashes and his since of humor with us always. He likes to play practical jokes on us - you can always tell when it was him:-} He lives on in this world through his children and his friends! I just put a shot of Loki in my coffee - here's to you, Brother!
Beth Troy Gurski
**************************
He is missed very much and i still say faire is not the same without him. i will always remember he gave a bottle of his Loki to us for our wedding and i will hunt down the person he gave it to coz i have never seen it!!! but anywayz we miss ya buddy!
Shelbie Esclavon
**************************
My memory of him almost always includes when he worked for bobzilla and came to arrest me like 20 times in one day. the last time i just sat down wraped my arms and legs around his boot and refused to walk to the garrison again lol . but it was kinda of hard for him to walk ...with me around his boot lol that was a fun day.
Raven Whitehorse
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Suzanne Harper Hall:
raising my glass of wine.....oh screw it I am drinking directly from the bottle. I love and miss you but I am determined to smile through the tears tonight because I was better for knowing and loving you my brother
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FAVORITE STORIES ABOUT X...
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Tom Hall said:
One of my fondest memories is when X and Medea made my whole family go to Lochhart,Tx when hurricane Rita hit in 2005.True brother who took care of my family,although Rita was only at the Lousiana border.took 8 hrs to get Lockhart in that crazy traffic.stopped on the side of the road, ladies had to pee.X a true gentleman held a blanket so the ladies could pee.lol.Met Medeas mom great lady ..miss her very much.we played cards spades, they cooked for us and took us in.We had blast.Even though Rita did not hit Houston IT WAS FUN.Thank you brother X.
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Better Known As Sis said:
Wondering if anyone remember when X took to demolishing a tent and broke the sword?
***
Jael Loshotz said:
So many wonderful memories..but to this day...in the wee early hours of dawn at Camp Redstar...X was up making coffee, a few of us trying to warm ourselves at the dying embers of the previous nights campfire talking softly...the dewy fog that was creeping up around the tents.....the morning calm and quiet suddenly displaced by.......
"Mmmm....mmmmmmh...MMMMHHH AH AH AHH.... EEEEEE-AHHHHH"
The collective look on all of our faces and X's raised eyebrow and almost dropping the coffee pot, then the loud and uproarious laughter as the braying continued and people began to yell at them from their tents nearby.
***
Robert Sterling Wells said:
I rember one morning after drinking Loki all night I had a couple of guests in my tent and my dad( x ) poked his head into my tent at 7 am. ( after going to bed at 3 ) telling me to get my nude but up and start cooking breakfast while my dates slept in my queen size bed with lots of blankets oh did I happen to say it was like cold as he'll out side and he went back to bed.
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Memories left on Jonix Cole's picture of "X" at the debut of the camp stove:
Connie Rivers said: he sure did love to feed ppl....food, alcohol ...he wasnt picky about what he was feeding ya either lol...gods i am gonna miss his smile and his hugs
Jonix Cole said: I was sitting here wondering who I was going to argue food with now... And fight over the stoves...
Derek Shotwell said: This loss will remove a great deal of my enjoyment at camp, he was the most giving best guy anyone could be fortunate enough to know. I will miss him so very much. I'm still having a hard time keeping it together at the office.
Willow Frost said: Im not keeping it together at the office .. heart breaking .. wonderful photo
Shelly Arnold said: Of course I didn't know him...but I'm so sorry to see that you have lost a dear friend. Looks like he had a wonderful smile and probably kept ya'll laughing alot. Luv you Jonix...xoxo
Anne Hostetler Westmoreland said: Jonix - all of your friends and family are in my thoughts. He looks like such a great guy in that pic
Raven Whitehorse said: I miss him alot . My fondest memorie of him was takeing me to the brig for bob zilla . I was so tired of being hauled in that i just sat down on the ground and rode his boot over ....he got a big kick out of that ...
Jb Gold said: I thought that was Kevin! Boy do i miss him.... my big little brother....
Keith Love said: I love that smile of his! He was one Hell of a Brother! Thank you for sharing the pic!
Jonix Cole said: yeah I know hun... This was one of my favorite memories.. My new camp stove which he took over right out of the box... I still have and use my oven and think of Kevin every time I do...
Hrh Princess Heart said: I miss his smile! And his HUGE hugs that would always lift me off the ground! Best hugs ever! ¢¾
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April 7, 2013
Suzanne Harper Hall said:
My dearest friend, who was so much like a brother: we survived another year without you. It seems so strange to me that it has been that long. It seems only yesterday that we would hear the rumbling of your truck and look at each other and say"x's here". I can still hear your voice, I still hear your laugh, you are still the last contact in my phone even though i have had several phones since I called it. I miss you so much. My heart hurts every day that you are not here but the void is so much more this time of year. I think it's a good thing even though it hurts. It shows that you mattered and you're not forgotten. I will see you again someday and with that thought I will let sleep take me....
(Published in Houston Chronicle on April 12, 2009)
*********************************************************
A man who lost his life WAY too early due to a teenager who decided to drive drunk
*********************************************************
Some know me as Rock of CHAOS. Some know me as Rockadillo of Red Star. My home Faire and Fairemily is Texas Renaissance Festival.
It is with a heavy heart that I must report to you that our brother X (camp master and Chef Xtrordinaire of Red Star) has walked the Rainbow Bridge to Valhalla. He was involved in an auto accident Monday night and has made his transition. Please send out your prayers, your white light and your healing energy to his Ladye Michelle and his children Kyle, Mark and Ariel. Remember and savor the thoughts of him you hold dear, cherish them, and he is with us forever. He would not want us to wail, tear out our hair and rend our flesh in remembrance, but to revel in his honour. He has not passed from us, but walks ahead of us on point, breaking trail into the unknowable beyond for us, to prepare the way for us to follow. And now his resounding belches will shake the meade halls of Valhalla.
******************
A special FB post from Keith 05-05-2014
(the day before his 46th birthday)
When I was growing up, I always had a big brother in the sense that he was older and always 5 yrs older than me always. As a child I would always tell myself that I would like to be the elder sometime, but I always knew that would never come. It use to make me mad, but now I understand life with your passing Kevin... you will always be my big brother. You may have not made it to 46 years in this life on earth, but you will always age in my eyes and all that have known you. So tomorrow I turn 46 years of age, but in my heart and soul, I will always be your little brother. You will always be "5 years" ahead of me in all we do.... I love you for that! I never thought of losing you in this life, and then I was thrust into the reality of it... It scared me and hurt so much. You were my "Big Brother", who was to teach me life... you still do! Even though you never made your time on this life time to 46, I hear by say we did! We will always be one! It's been a hard struggle for me with you gone, but you keep guiding me to the right path of where I need to be. Happy Birthday my Brother and to me! I made it to 46 tomorrow! I hope you keep watching over me to see more to dream about with you! My birthday wish is... you should know.... see you in my dreams to guide me! Love you Kevin.... Keith
******************
Dear X,
You were my brother, and my friend. You pushed me into stepping up and doing what needed to be done. Thank you for sharing your time here with all of us.
Signed Norath Tovaar
**************
Dear X,
Hey sweetie, I just wanted to say thank you. You were the only one who accepted an "outsider" without a second thought, and embraced them as family. I miss your smile every time I think of faire, or ferret, or even the color purple. I hope your smiling down upon us and seeing the paths that are opening and the healing being done,all in thoughts of you. I wish I could have one of your hugs right now, but I'll settle for seeing you next weekend. I love you Brother.
Signed Pandora
**********
Dear X,
It means a lot to us to bring your ashes and the picture plaque your Dad made for us to all the different faires we're going to. You were always there to support us, make us laugh and give us a hard time......you still are, even more so! When ever you make your presence known, Rev & I look at each other and one of us says "There's X again", and we smile at what just happened and all the memories t brings back:-} We'll always love you, Brother! Hope you're enjoying all the new scenery we're taking you to! 7/1/10
Signed Troy
******************************
Dear X,
miss you brother nonne wanted or tried to get me drunk like you did...here Rigor try this one . love you bro.
Signed Rigor
******************************
"my father would have wanted us to remember him with love and i only wish he could be here to see his first grand son (Keven Exaver Wells) to be born on oct 31 2009"
- sterling wells (houston, TX)
*****************************
"I have been blessed and honored to be your friend and Chaos sister. I will cherish your memory always."
- Loa (Chandra) Sweat (Houston, TX)
*******************************
"April 13,2009 Kevin I wished that you had visited longer on Monday - 4/6/09 or had stopped to visit Tony in the hospital and just maybe you would not have been at the accident location. We will miss you and wish we had known you for a much longer..."
- Ann Loera (Kingwood, TX)
********************************
"We have quaffed many a flagon of ale together, my brother. And shall broach many a keg of Odin's finest when we meet again in Valhalla. X would not want flowers, tearing of hair, rending of flesh, wailing and moaning. He would want cups raised in..."
- Rockadillo (Katy, TX)
********************************
Kevin aka X....I still can't believe you are gone. Those phone calls still seem to haunt me, and I hkeep youur last message on my voicemail. I still see you on some jobsites, and I hear your voice a lot when I'm in attics with HVAC systems. I see your children and keep up with them. You are the reason I hug so many necks when I leave an event or function.
Brother, I miss you everyday.
TMI
***********************************
Brother Iknow that today and every day till the day we get to enjoy being with him an others we lost he will b in our hearts an minds there is not a TRF are any gathering that i dont see him in a corner with a smile on his face an a drink in his hand R.I.P KEVIN WE ALL LOVE AN MISS YOU
Neal 'Raider' Esclavon
**********************************
I remember a dream that he come to me and said don't cry for me cause he was having fun on the other side with the others, I believe what he told me. I think when we all are outside of the Sea Devil at TRF and you feel that tug on your garb, your mug looks like ya are missing drink from it & ya know ya didn't drink it or spill any...That is him messing with us, him letting us know, he will always be around....RIP Sweet X
WiccaHolly Esclavon
**************************
X comes to every faire we do with us - we have the plaque with his picture on it, his ashes and his since of humor with us always. He likes to play practical jokes on us - you can always tell when it was him:-} He lives on in this world through his children and his friends! I just put a shot of Loki in my coffee - here's to you, Brother!
Beth Troy Gurski
**************************
He is missed very much and i still say faire is not the same without him. i will always remember he gave a bottle of his Loki to us for our wedding and i will hunt down the person he gave it to coz i have never seen it!!! but anywayz we miss ya buddy!
Shelbie Esclavon
**************************
My memory of him almost always includes when he worked for bobzilla and came to arrest me like 20 times in one day. the last time i just sat down wraped my arms and legs around his boot and refused to walk to the garrison again lol . but it was kinda of hard for him to walk ...with me around his boot lol that was a fun day.
Raven Whitehorse
**************************
Suzanne Harper Hall:
raising my glass of wine.....oh screw it I am drinking directly from the bottle. I love and miss you but I am determined to smile through the tears tonight because I was better for knowing and loving you my brother
***************************
FAVORITE STORIES ABOUT X...
***************************
Tom Hall said:
One of my fondest memories is when X and Medea made my whole family go to Lochhart,Tx when hurricane Rita hit in 2005.True brother who took care of my family,although Rita was only at the Lousiana border.took 8 hrs to get Lockhart in that crazy traffic.stopped on the side of the road, ladies had to pee.X a true gentleman held a blanket so the ladies could pee.lol.Met Medeas mom great lady ..miss her very much.we played cards spades, they cooked for us and took us in.We had blast.Even though Rita did not hit Houston IT WAS FUN.Thank you brother X.
***
Better Known As Sis said:
Wondering if anyone remember when X took to demolishing a tent and broke the sword?
***
Jael Loshotz said:
So many wonderful memories..but to this day...in the wee early hours of dawn at Camp Redstar...X was up making coffee, a few of us trying to warm ourselves at the dying embers of the previous nights campfire talking softly...the dewy fog that was creeping up around the tents.....the morning calm and quiet suddenly displaced by.......
"Mmmm....mmmmmmh...MMMMHHH AH AH AHH.... EEEEEE-AHHHHH"
The collective look on all of our faces and X's raised eyebrow and almost dropping the coffee pot, then the loud and uproarious laughter as the braying continued and people began to yell at them from their tents nearby.
***
Robert Sterling Wells said:
I rember one morning after drinking Loki all night I had a couple of guests in my tent and my dad( x ) poked his head into my tent at 7 am. ( after going to bed at 3 ) telling me to get my nude but up and start cooking breakfast while my dates slept in my queen size bed with lots of blankets oh did I happen to say it was like cold as he'll out side and he went back to bed.
*********************
Memories left on Jonix Cole's picture of "X" at the debut of the camp stove:
Connie Rivers said: he sure did love to feed ppl....food, alcohol ...he wasnt picky about what he was feeding ya either lol...gods i am gonna miss his smile and his hugs
Jonix Cole said: I was sitting here wondering who I was going to argue food with now... And fight over the stoves...
Derek Shotwell said: This loss will remove a great deal of my enjoyment at camp, he was the most giving best guy anyone could be fortunate enough to know. I will miss him so very much. I'm still having a hard time keeping it together at the office.
Willow Frost said: Im not keeping it together at the office .. heart breaking .. wonderful photo
Shelly Arnold said: Of course I didn't know him...but I'm so sorry to see that you have lost a dear friend. Looks like he had a wonderful smile and probably kept ya'll laughing alot. Luv you Jonix...xoxo
Anne Hostetler Westmoreland said: Jonix - all of your friends and family are in my thoughts. He looks like such a great guy in that pic
Raven Whitehorse said: I miss him alot . My fondest memorie of him was takeing me to the brig for bob zilla . I was so tired of being hauled in that i just sat down on the ground and rode his boot over ....he got a big kick out of that ...
Jb Gold said: I thought that was Kevin! Boy do i miss him.... my big little brother....
Keith Love said: I love that smile of his! He was one Hell of a Brother! Thank you for sharing the pic!
Jonix Cole said: yeah I know hun... This was one of my favorite memories.. My new camp stove which he took over right out of the box... I still have and use my oven and think of Kevin every time I do...
Hrh Princess Heart said: I miss his smile! And his HUGE hugs that would always lift me off the ground! Best hugs ever! ¢¾
* * * * * * * * * * * *
April 7, 2013
Suzanne Harper Hall said:
My dearest friend, who was so much like a brother: we survived another year without you. It seems so strange to me that it has been that long. It seems only yesterday that we would hear the rumbling of your truck and look at each other and say"x's here". I can still hear your voice, I still hear your laugh, you are still the last contact in my phone even though i have had several phones since I called it. I miss you so much. My heart hurts every day that you are not here but the void is so much more this time of year. I think it's a good thing even though it hurts. It shows that you mattered and you're not forgotten. I will see you again someday and with that thought I will let sleep take me....
KEVIN MARK LOVE (X OF CHAOS) was taken from us and has made his transition and ascended to Valhalla on April 6, 2009. He is survived by his father Stan Love, Michelle Thornhill, Elaine Love, his children Kyle Gray, Mark and Ariel Love, and all who loved him as a brother in the Ren community. Please send out your prayers, your white light and your healing energy to his family. He is also survived by his egg giver Barbara Jones. Services will be held Monday April 13 2009 Cochran Funeral Home 212 Old Groveton Rd Onalaska TX 77360 936-646-2558 Viewing is from 9AM to noon and service will be @ 3PM. Between viewing and service times attendees may gather at the building across the street from funeral home.
(Published in Houston Chronicle on April 12, 2009)
*********************************************************
A man who lost his life WAY too early due to a teenager who decided to drive drunk
*********************************************************
Some know me as Rock of CHAOS. Some know me as Rockadillo of Red Star. My home Faire and Fairemily is Texas Renaissance Festival.
It is with a heavy heart that I must report to you that our brother X (camp master and Chef Xtrordinaire of Red Star) has walked the Rainbow Bridge to Valhalla. He was involved in an auto accident Monday night and has made his transition. Please send out your prayers, your white light and your healing energy to his Ladye Michelle and his children Kyle, Mark and Ariel. Remember and savor the thoughts of him you hold dear, cherish them, and he is with us forever. He would not want us to wail, tear out our hair and rend our flesh in remembrance, but to revel in his honour. He has not passed from us, but walks ahead of us on point, breaking trail into the unknowable beyond for us, to prepare the way for us to follow. And now his resounding belches will shake the meade halls of Valhalla.
******************
A special FB post from Keith 05-05-2014
(the day before his 46th birthday)
When I was growing up, I always had a big brother in the sense that he was older and always 5 yrs older than me always. As a child I would always tell myself that I would like to be the elder sometime, but I always knew that would never come. It use to make me mad, but now I understand life with your passing Kevin... you will always be my big brother. You may have not made it to 46 years in this life on earth, but you will always age in my eyes and all that have known you. So tomorrow I turn 46 years of age, but in my heart and soul, I will always be your little brother. You will always be "5 years" ahead of me in all we do.... I love you for that! I never thought of losing you in this life, and then I was thrust into the reality of it... It scared me and hurt so much. You were my "Big Brother", who was to teach me life... you still do! Even though you never made your time on this life time to 46, I hear by say we did! We will always be one! It's been a hard struggle for me with you gone, but you keep guiding me to the right path of where I need to be. Happy Birthday my Brother and to me! I made it to 46 tomorrow! I hope you keep watching over me to see more to dream about with you! My birthday wish is... you should know.... see you in my dreams to guide me! Love you Kevin.... Keith
******************
Dear X,
You were my brother, and my friend. You pushed me into stepping up and doing what needed to be done. Thank you for sharing your time here with all of us.
Signed Norath Tovaar
**************
Dear X,
Hey sweetie, I just wanted to say thank you. You were the only one who accepted an "outsider" without a second thought, and embraced them as family. I miss your smile every time I think of faire, or ferret, or even the color purple. I hope your smiling down upon us and seeing the paths that are opening and the healing being done,all in thoughts of you. I wish I could have one of your hugs right now, but I'll settle for seeing you next weekend. I love you Brother.
Signed Pandora
**********
Dear X,
It means a lot to us to bring your ashes and the picture plaque your Dad made for us to all the different faires we're going to. You were always there to support us, make us laugh and give us a hard time......you still are, even more so! When ever you make your presence known, Rev & I look at each other and one of us says "There's X again", and we smile at what just happened and all the memories t brings back:-} We'll always love you, Brother! Hope you're enjoying all the new scenery we're taking you to! 7/1/10
Signed Troy
******************************
Dear X,
miss you brother nonne wanted or tried to get me drunk like you did...here Rigor try this one . love you bro.
Signed Rigor
******************************
"my father would have wanted us to remember him with love and i only wish he could be here to see his first grand son (Keven Exaver Wells) to be born on oct 31 2009"
- sterling wells (houston, TX)
*****************************
"I have been blessed and honored to be your friend and Chaos sister. I will cherish your memory always."
- Loa (Chandra) Sweat (Houston, TX)
*******************************
"April 13,2009 Kevin I wished that you had visited longer on Monday - 4/6/09 or had stopped to visit Tony in the hospital and just maybe you would not have been at the accident location. We will miss you and wish we had known you for a much longer..."
- Ann Loera (Kingwood, TX)
********************************
"We have quaffed many a flagon of ale together, my brother. And shall broach many a keg of Odin's finest when we meet again in Valhalla. X would not want flowers, tearing of hair, rending of flesh, wailing and moaning. He would want cups raised in..."
- Rockadillo (Katy, TX)
********************************
Kevin aka X....I still can't believe you are gone. Those phone calls still seem to haunt me, and I hkeep youur last message on my voicemail. I still see you on some jobsites, and I hear your voice a lot when I'm in attics with HVAC systems. I see your children and keep up with them. You are the reason I hug so many necks when I leave an event or function.
Brother, I miss you everyday.
TMI
***********************************
Brother Iknow that today and every day till the day we get to enjoy being with him an others we lost he will b in our hearts an minds there is not a TRF are any gathering that i dont see him in a corner with a smile on his face an a drink in his hand R.I.P KEVIN WE ALL LOVE AN MISS YOU
Neal 'Raider' Esclavon
**********************************
I remember a dream that he come to me and said don't cry for me cause he was having fun on the other side with the others, I believe what he told me. I think when we all are outside of the Sea Devil at TRF and you feel that tug on your garb, your mug looks like ya are missing drink from it & ya know ya didn't drink it or spill any...That is him messing with us, him letting us know, he will always be around....RIP Sweet X
WiccaHolly Esclavon
**************************
X comes to every faire we do with us - we have the plaque with his picture on it, his ashes and his since of humor with us always. He likes to play practical jokes on us - you can always tell when it was him:-} He lives on in this world through his children and his friends! I just put a shot of Loki in my coffee - here's to you, Brother!
Beth Troy Gurski
**************************
He is missed very much and i still say faire is not the same without him. i will always remember he gave a bottle of his Loki to us for our wedding and i will hunt down the person he gave it to coz i have never seen it!!! but anywayz we miss ya buddy!
Shelbie Esclavon
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My memory of him almost always includes when he worked for bobzilla and came to arrest me like 20 times in one day. the last time i just sat down wraped my arms and legs around his boot and refused to walk to the garrison again lol . but it was kinda of hard for him to walk ...with me around his boot lol that was a fun day.
Raven Whitehorse
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Suzanne Harper Hall:
raising my glass of wine.....oh screw it I am drinking directly from the bottle. I love and miss you but I am determined to smile through the tears tonight because I was better for knowing and loving you my brother
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FAVORITE STORIES ABOUT X...
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Tom Hall said:
One of my fondest memories is when X and Medea made my whole family go to Lochhart,Tx when hurricane Rita hit in 2005.True brother who took care of my family,although Rita was only at the Lousiana border.took 8 hrs to get Lockhart in that crazy traffic.stopped on the side of the road, ladies had to pee.X a true gentleman held a blanket so the ladies could pee.lol.Met Medeas mom great lady ..miss her very much.we played cards spades, they cooked for us and took us in.We had blast.Even though Rita did not hit Houston IT WAS FUN.Thank you brother X.
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Better Known As Sis said:
Wondering if anyone remember when X took to demolishing a tent and broke the sword?
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Jael Loshotz said:
So many wonderful memories..but to this day...in the wee early hours of dawn at Camp Redstar...X was up making coffee, a few of us trying to warm ourselves at the dying embers of the previous nights campfire talking softly...the dewy fog that was creeping up around the tents.....the morning calm and quiet suddenly displaced by.......
"Mmmm....mmmmmmh...MMMMHHH AH AH AHH.... EEEEEE-AHHHHH"
The collective look on all of our faces and X's raised eyebrow and almost dropping the coffee pot, then the loud and uproarious laughter as the braying continued and people began to yell at them from their tents nearby.
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Robert Sterling Wells said:
I rember one morning after drinking Loki all night I had a couple of guests in my tent and my dad( x ) poked his head into my tent at 7 am. ( after going to bed at 3 ) telling me to get my nude but up and start cooking breakfast while my dates slept in my queen size bed with lots of blankets oh did I happen to say it was like cold as he'll out side and he went back to bed.
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Memories left on Jonix Cole's picture of "X" at the debut of the camp stove:
Connie Rivers said: he sure did love to feed ppl....food, alcohol ...he wasnt picky about what he was feeding ya either lol...gods i am gonna miss his smile and his hugs
Jonix Cole said: I was sitting here wondering who I was going to argue food with now... And fight over the stoves...
Derek Shotwell said: This loss will remove a great deal of my enjoyment at camp, he was the most giving best guy anyone could be fortunate enough to know. I will miss him so very much. I'm still having a hard time keeping it together at the office.
Willow Frost said: Im not keeping it together at the office .. heart breaking .. wonderful photo
Shelly Arnold said: Of course I didn't know him...but I'm so sorry to see that you have lost a dear friend. Looks like he had a wonderful smile and probably kept ya'll laughing alot. Luv you Jonix...xoxo
Anne Hostetler Westmoreland said: Jonix - all of your friends and family are in my thoughts. He looks like such a great guy in that pic
Raven Whitehorse said: I miss him alot . My fondest memorie of him was takeing me to the brig for bob zilla . I was so tired of being hauled in that i just sat down on the ground and rode his boot over ....he got a big kick out of that ...
Jb Gold said: I thought that was Kevin! Boy do i miss him.... my big little brother....
Keith Love said: I love that smile of his! He was one Hell of a Brother! Thank you for sharing the pic!
Jonix Cole said: yeah I know hun... This was one of my favorite memories.. My new camp stove which he took over right out of the box... I still have and use my oven and think of Kevin every time I do...
Hrh Princess Heart said: I miss his smile! And his HUGE hugs that would always lift me off the ground! Best hugs ever! ¢¾
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April 7, 2013
Suzanne Harper Hall said:
My dearest friend, who was so much like a brother: we survived another year without you. It seems so strange to me that it has been that long. It seems only yesterday that we would hear the rumbling of your truck and look at each other and say"x's here". I can still hear your voice, I still hear your laugh, you are still the last contact in my phone even though i have had several phones since I called it. I miss you so much. My heart hurts every day that you are not here but the void is so much more this time of year. I think it's a good thing even though it hurts. It shows that you mattered and you're not forgotten. I will see you again someday and with that thought I will let sleep take me....
(Published in Houston Chronicle on April 12, 2009)
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A man who lost his life WAY too early due to a teenager who decided to drive drunk
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Some know me as Rock of CHAOS. Some know me as Rockadillo of Red Star. My home Faire and Fairemily is Texas Renaissance Festival.
It is with a heavy heart that I must report to you that our brother X (camp master and Chef Xtrordinaire of Red Star) has walked the Rainbow Bridge to Valhalla. He was involved in an auto accident Monday night and has made his transition. Please send out your prayers, your white light and your healing energy to his Ladye Michelle and his children Kyle, Mark and Ariel. Remember and savor the thoughts of him you hold dear, cherish them, and he is with us forever. He would not want us to wail, tear out our hair and rend our flesh in remembrance, but to revel in his honour. He has not passed from us, but walks ahead of us on point, breaking trail into the unknowable beyond for us, to prepare the way for us to follow. And now his resounding belches will shake the meade halls of Valhalla.
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A special FB post from Keith 05-05-2014
(the day before his 46th birthday)
When I was growing up, I always had a big brother in the sense that he was older and always 5 yrs older than me always. As a child I would always tell myself that I would like to be the elder sometime, but I always knew that would never come. It use to make me mad, but now I understand life with your passing Kevin... you will always be my big brother. You may have not made it to 46 years in this life on earth, but you will always age in my eyes and all that have known you. So tomorrow I turn 46 years of age, but in my heart and soul, I will always be your little brother. You will always be "5 years" ahead of me in all we do.... I love you for that! I never thought of losing you in this life, and then I was thrust into the reality of it... It scared me and hurt so much. You were my "Big Brother", who was to teach me life... you still do! Even though you never made your time on this life time to 46, I hear by say we did! We will always be one! It's been a hard struggle for me with you gone, but you keep guiding me to the right path of where I need to be. Happy Birthday my Brother and to me! I made it to 46 tomorrow! I hope you keep watching over me to see more to dream about with you! My birthday wish is... you should know.... see you in my dreams to guide me! Love you Kevin.... Keith
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Dear X,
You were my brother, and my friend. You pushed me into stepping up and doing what needed to be done. Thank you for sharing your time here with all of us.
Signed Norath Tovaar
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Dear X,
Hey sweetie, I just wanted to say thank you. You were the only one who accepted an "outsider" without a second thought, and embraced them as family. I miss your smile every time I think of faire, or ferret, or even the color purple. I hope your smiling down upon us and seeing the paths that are opening and the healing being done,all in thoughts of you. I wish I could have one of your hugs right now, but I'll settle for seeing you next weekend. I love you Brother.
Signed Pandora
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Dear X,
It means a lot to us to bring your ashes and the picture plaque your Dad made for us to all the different faires we're going to. You were always there to support us, make us laugh and give us a hard time......you still are, even more so! When ever you make your presence known, Rev & I look at each other and one of us says "There's X again", and we smile at what just happened and all the memories t brings back:-} We'll always love you, Brother! Hope you're enjoying all the new scenery we're taking you to! 7/1/10
Signed Troy
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Dear X,
miss you brother nonne wanted or tried to get me drunk like you did...here Rigor try this one . love you bro.
Signed Rigor
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"my father would have wanted us to remember him with love and i only wish he could be here to see his first grand son (Keven Exaver Wells) to be born on oct 31 2009"
- sterling wells (houston, TX)
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"I have been blessed and honored to be your friend and Chaos sister. I will cherish your memory always."
- Loa (Chandra) Sweat (Houston, TX)
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"April 13,2009 Kevin I wished that you had visited longer on Monday - 4/6/09 or had stopped to visit Tony in the hospital and just maybe you would not have been at the accident location. We will miss you and wish we had known you for a much longer..."
- Ann Loera (Kingwood, TX)
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"We have quaffed many a flagon of ale together, my brother. And shall broach many a keg of Odin's finest when we meet again in Valhalla. X would not want flowers, tearing of hair, rending of flesh, wailing and moaning. He would want cups raised in..."
- Rockadillo (Katy, TX)
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Kevin aka X....I still can't believe you are gone. Those phone calls still seem to haunt me, and I hkeep youur last message on my voicemail. I still see you on some jobsites, and I hear your voice a lot when I'm in attics with HVAC systems. I see your children and keep up with them. You are the reason I hug so many necks when I leave an event or function.
Brother, I miss you everyday.
TMI
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Brother Iknow that today and every day till the day we get to enjoy being with him an others we lost he will b in our hearts an minds there is not a TRF are any gathering that i dont see him in a corner with a smile on his face an a drink in his hand R.I.P KEVIN WE ALL LOVE AN MISS YOU
Neal 'Raider' Esclavon
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I remember a dream that he come to me and said don't cry for me cause he was having fun on the other side with the others, I believe what he told me. I think when we all are outside of the Sea Devil at TRF and you feel that tug on your garb, your mug looks like ya are missing drink from it & ya know ya didn't drink it or spill any...That is him messing with us, him letting us know, he will always be around....RIP Sweet X
WiccaHolly Esclavon
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X comes to every faire we do with us - we have the plaque with his picture on it, his ashes and his since of humor with us always. He likes to play practical jokes on us - you can always tell when it was him:-} He lives on in this world through his children and his friends! I just put a shot of Loki in my coffee - here's to you, Brother!
Beth Troy Gurski
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He is missed very much and i still say faire is not the same without him. i will always remember he gave a bottle of his Loki to us for our wedding and i will hunt down the person he gave it to coz i have never seen it!!! but anywayz we miss ya buddy!
Shelbie Esclavon
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My memory of him almost always includes when he worked for bobzilla and came to arrest me like 20 times in one day. the last time i just sat down wraped my arms and legs around his boot and refused to walk to the garrison again lol . but it was kinda of hard for him to walk ...with me around his boot lol that was a fun day.
Raven Whitehorse
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Suzanne Harper Hall:
raising my glass of wine.....oh screw it I am drinking directly from the bottle. I love and miss you but I am determined to smile through the tears tonight because I was better for knowing and loving you my brother
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FAVORITE STORIES ABOUT X...
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Tom Hall said:
One of my fondest memories is when X and Medea made my whole family go to Lochhart,Tx when hurricane Rita hit in 2005.True brother who took care of my family,although Rita was only at the Lousiana border.took 8 hrs to get Lockhart in that crazy traffic.stopped on the side of the road, ladies had to pee.X a true gentleman held a blanket so the ladies could pee.lol.Met Medeas mom great lady ..miss her very much.we played cards spades, they cooked for us and took us in.We had blast.Even though Rita did not hit Houston IT WAS FUN.Thank you brother X.
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Better Known As Sis said:
Wondering if anyone remember when X took to demolishing a tent and broke the sword?
***
Jael Loshotz said:
So many wonderful memories..but to this day...in the wee early hours of dawn at Camp Redstar...X was up making coffee, a few of us trying to warm ourselves at the dying embers of the previous nights campfire talking softly...the dewy fog that was creeping up around the tents.....the morning calm and quiet suddenly displaced by.......
"Mmmm....mmmmmmh...MMMMHHH AH AH AHH.... EEEEEE-AHHHHH"
The collective look on all of our faces and X's raised eyebrow and almost dropping the coffee pot, then the loud and uproarious laughter as the braying continued and people began to yell at them from their tents nearby.
***
Robert Sterling Wells said:
I rember one morning after drinking Loki all night I had a couple of guests in my tent and my dad( x ) poked his head into my tent at 7 am. ( after going to bed at 3 ) telling me to get my nude but up and start cooking breakfast while my dates slept in my queen size bed with lots of blankets oh did I happen to say it was like cold as he'll out side and he went back to bed.
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Memories left on Jonix Cole's picture of "X" at the debut of the camp stove:
Connie Rivers said: he sure did love to feed ppl....food, alcohol ...he wasnt picky about what he was feeding ya either lol...gods i am gonna miss his smile and his hugs
Jonix Cole said: I was sitting here wondering who I was going to argue food with now... And fight over the stoves...
Derek Shotwell said: This loss will remove a great deal of my enjoyment at camp, he was the most giving best guy anyone could be fortunate enough to know. I will miss him so very much. I'm still having a hard time keeping it together at the office.
Willow Frost said: Im not keeping it together at the office .. heart breaking .. wonderful photo
Shelly Arnold said: Of course I didn't know him...but I'm so sorry to see that you have lost a dear friend. Looks like he had a wonderful smile and probably kept ya'll laughing alot. Luv you Jonix...xoxo
Anne Hostetler Westmoreland said: Jonix - all of your friends and family are in my thoughts. He looks like such a great guy in that pic
Raven Whitehorse said: I miss him alot . My fondest memorie of him was takeing me to the brig for bob zilla . I was so tired of being hauled in that i just sat down on the ground and rode his boot over ....he got a big kick out of that ...
Jb Gold said: I thought that was Kevin! Boy do i miss him.... my big little brother....
Keith Love said: I love that smile of his! He was one Hell of a Brother! Thank you for sharing the pic!
Jonix Cole said: yeah I know hun... This was one of my favorite memories.. My new camp stove which he took over right out of the box... I still have and use my oven and think of Kevin every time I do...
Hrh Princess Heart said: I miss his smile! And his HUGE hugs that would always lift me off the ground! Best hugs ever! ¢¾
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April 7, 2013
Suzanne Harper Hall said:
My dearest friend, who was so much like a brother: we survived another year without you. It seems so strange to me that it has been that long. It seems only yesterday that we would hear the rumbling of your truck and look at each other and say"x's here". I can still hear your voice, I still hear your laugh, you are still the last contact in my phone even though i have had several phones since I called it. I miss you so much. My heart hurts every day that you are not here but the void is so much more this time of year. I think it's a good thing even though it hurts. It shows that you mattered and you're not forgotten. I will see you again someday and with that thought I will let sleep take me....
Gravesite Details
Video of X...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KISN7CanUw
