9 years today, Wow! where has the time gone? That’s 9 years of me being successful and pushing everyday for Chris. Missing you a little extra today :’( Every time I buy a plant or go into the garden, I am reminded of Chris. I can’t believe that I am almost 18, almost graduated, and already have my life planned and I had to do that without you next to me. Anyways, I hope you are up there slaying all the catfish 

This message I write today is for your dear mom, Sandy. I never got to personally meet her or you for that matter, but through her amazing love for you, she reached out to me in the beginning days of my son becoming an Angel. She saw my pain, a perfect stranger, yet alike in so many ways and bonded together through the love we have for our sons ❤️
i know today is a hard day for her (as is every day) I feel as though I know so much about you through her stories and pictures, I know she will always keep you alive through sharing you with the world!!!! 
Dance in the sky today Chris, wrap your arms around your mom and send her so much love, today and every day you are remembered and loved!!! ❤️ 

This message I write today is for your dear mom, Sandy. I never got to personally meet her or you for that matter, but through her amazing love for you, she reached out to me in the beginning days of my son becoming an Angel. She saw my pain, a perfect stranger, yet alike in so many ways and bonded together through the love we have for our sons ❤️
i know today is a hard day for her (as is every day) I feel as though I know so much about you through her stories and pictures, I know she will always keep you alive through sharing you with the world!!!! 
Dance in the sky today Chris, wrap your arms around your mom and send her so much love, today and every day you are remembered and loved!!! ❤️ 

Chris was an awesome friend, the best brother-in-law, a welcome memeber of my family and just in general an awesome guy. He joined my family by marriage to my sister kelly Befus on july 23 2011. He became an uncle to my three children alexys brayden and mason and loved them like they were his own children. He spent numerous weekends picking them up and spending endless hours with them at the beach and going to the parks and getting ice cream and pizza and shopping for new fun things to play with. He also became a father to Helena Befus who he loved with his whole life and all his heart. They were inseperable and he was the highlight of her day and she was the little girl who he loojed forward to seeing everyday of his life. He carried a picture of the two of them together everyday in his lunch box to show everyone at work his little girl. Another one of his huge loves in life was having cookouts on the weekends with friends and family. He also loved his cars. You could always see chris driving around racine in his olds 88 on hydraulics. He then upgraded to an olds 98 with an airbag set up. Chris also loved his music. There are many memeories driving around town with the music cranked. His next love was fishing hence his nickname "catfish chris". If there was a free moment on any day you could find him down by the lake or on the river fishing. He also loved to shoot. Chris had a shotgun and a 45 pistol. We spent many weekends up north and hundreds of rounds later having a blast at the cabin. Chris loved to shoot. He taught his daughter helena how to fire a shotgun and a pistol and that will be in her memories forever. I could go on all day with wonderful memories of chris but this will be the end of the memories for today. I will forever love you and you will never be forgotten and you will forever be a member of this family.