This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Dawn Baylor Kaufman, 56 years old, born on May 9, 1959, and passed away on April 11, 2016. We will remember her forever.
This month never gets easier especially today despite the promise of spring, 2 of ur grandchildrens birthdays and Easter. How I still miss you so much. I pray you are watching us everyday until we can be together again. Always and forever in my heart!!
Another Christmas in heaven. One of your favorite holidays. I actually managed to get an elf on the shelf this year. And your granddaughters are developing ur artistic talent though I am sure u are smiling down from Heaven as U already know. Still miss u as much as the day you left us. Yet time continues to move on. Til we meet again in heaven someday keep watching out for us. I know if u had been here this year u would have kept up ur optimism even in this awful pandemic .
U truly are forever loved and missed
Your daughter
Tiffany
U truly are forever loved and missed
Your daughter
Tiffany
Hey, my friend! I just wanted to wish you another Happy Birthday in Heaven...
I just thought of something...when someone leaves this world, they no longer grow any older, so that must mean that no matter how many birthdays someone celebrates, they look the same.
So, that also means, for an example...when I pass, I'm gonna be older than my mother!???
Don't even ask what I'm talking about...lol, It's just my crazy mind speaking out loud again!!!
Well, I'm gonna go for now and try to figure out if what my crazy mind just said is true and if it is, then I'll look older than my mother!!! Scary, isn't it??? Hahaha
Love and miss you,
Always,
Eileen
I just thought of something...when someone leaves this world, they no longer grow any older, so that must mean that no matter how many birthdays someone celebrates, they look the same.
So, that also means, for an example...when I pass, I'm gonna be older than my mother!???
Don't even ask what I'm talking about...lol, It's just my crazy mind speaking out loud again!!!
Well, I'm gonna go for now and try to figure out if what my crazy mind just said is true and if it is, then I'll look older than my mother!!! Scary, isn't it??? Hahaha
Love and miss you,
Always,
Eileen
Dawn, it seems like yesterday, I miss you dearly! I will always treasure our phone calls, the pictures you drew for me, you are loved beyond words. You always said you would live until you were one hundred, in my heart this is true. I didn’t make it to you before you passed but I did get to see you as you lay there in peace. Until we meet again! Aunt Susie
Ever since I moved into my own apartment in Lewisburg, I've been slowly unpacking and I found that beautiful photo of you and Rusty! That was my favorite pic of you guys. I also came across the photo at our Milton house for Rusty's birthday dinner. We had such a fun time and of course laughed so hard...we had our little party hats and you two were just so cute in them! I also came across every type of greeting card that you sent to Steve and I throughout the 11 years of our friendship!!! Yup! I save greeting cards, letters, drawings etc. Oh, and last but not least, I came upon my SNOOPY and STEVE'S GARFIELD drawings that you gave to us. Even though they no longer hang on the wall in the Milton house, they will hang on my apartment wall, until I breathe my last breath!
Thank you for sharing every beautiful smile, your laugh that would just get me hysterical, your shoulder to lean on in hard times, your absolute strength while we went through many of your doctor's appointments together, You never shed a tear, I did! Dawn...you always had a smile on your face and laughter in your heart. You fought so hard and you did win for some years before God called you home...
I am and will always be proud to call you my very special friend! I love and miss you, today and always...Eileen
Thank you for sharing every beautiful smile, your laugh that would just get me hysterical, your shoulder to lean on in hard times, your absolute strength while we went through many of your doctor's appointments together, You never shed a tear, I did! Dawn...you always had a smile on your face and laughter in your heart. You fought so hard and you did win for some years before God called you home...
I am and will always be proud to call you my very special friend! I love and miss you, today and always...Eileen
Never Forgotten Dawn. RIP my Friend!! I cannot believe that it has been this long already. Always Remembered
Penny
Penny
Mom
Another year has gone by and yet another rough month. While i am glad u dont have to endure the uncertainity of this crisis i know you would be full of positivity and guidance if you were still alive today. You always tried to look on the bright side and be grateful everyday you were alive. I am trying to remember your strength and courage to help get my family and I through this tough time.
Continue to shine your love and strength down on us. I know you are always with me.
All my love forever
Your loving daughter
Tiffany
Another year has gone by and yet another rough month. While i am glad u dont have to endure the uncertainity of this crisis i know you would be full of positivity and guidance if you were still alive today. You always tried to look on the bright side and be grateful everyday you were alive. I am trying to remember your strength and courage to help get my family and I through this tough time.
Continue to shine your love and strength down on us. I know you are always with me.
All my love forever
Your loving daughter
Tiffany
Happy 3rd birthday in heaven mom. Miss you more than ever. Always in my heart and thoughts.
Love forever
Tiffany
Love forever
Tiffany
Hi mom
Has it really been 3 years? I dread this week but did my best to stay busy but my thoughts of you are never far. Found myself treasuring memories morevthis year especially my childhood. Found some new pictures to treasure. I will always miss and love you and keep your memory alive for your grandchildren. We all will carry u in our hearts and know u will always be there in spirit.
Missing you more than words or an ache can ever show
Your loving daughter
Tiffany
Has it really been 3 years? I dread this week but did my best to stay busy but my thoughts of you are never far. Found myself treasuring memories morevthis year especially my childhood. Found some new pictures to treasure. I will always miss and love you and keep your memory alive for your grandchildren. We all will carry u in our hearts and know u will always be there in spirit.
Missing you more than words or an ache can ever show
Your loving daughter
Tiffany
It doesn't seem that long ago since we talked about crochet patterns. You are surely missed. I know you are at peace and smiling big smiles.
Happy Birthday!! I finally did it Dawn. I will be crossing that stage for a college degree. Your positive attitude always helped so many people. I miss you and our crochet talks. Bless you my friend!!
Penny
Penny
Happy birthday in heaven mom. How is it another year has gone by already? You are never far from my thoughts. I try to take comfort in the memories but I will forever ache missing you
Dear mom
As I was considering leaving the hospital today AMA and telling the docs where to go I got a flash that today 2 years ago was the day u came home from hospital and I saw u alive before u left us forever the next day.
I can almost hear u telling me to cheer up and it won’t be forever and there are worst things to go thru and how much of a survivor mom is.
Yes u were mom right to the end. And I promise you that somehow someway I’m gonna get thru this and bring ur little granddaughter namesake home to our family.
Until then keep me and our family strong and look over us in ur grace.
All my love forever
Tiffany
As I was considering leaving the hospital today AMA and telling the docs where to go I got a flash that today 2 years ago was the day u came home from hospital and I saw u alive before u left us forever the next day.
I can almost hear u telling me to cheer up and it won’t be forever and there are worst things to go thru and how much of a survivor mom is.
Yes u were mom right to the end. And I promise you that somehow someway I’m gonna get thru this and bring ur little granddaughter namesake home to our family.
Until then keep me and our family strong and look over us in ur grace.
All my love forever
Tiffany
Happy Holidays and New Year mom. As you know I have been severely sick this holiday season but you were still in my thoughts. Doing my best to combat this sickness while taking care of your newest granddaughter and namesake Brittany Dawn. May your love and light continue to look after us and keep us healthy and hopefully to a happier and more prosperous New Year.
All my love forever,
Tiffany
All my love forever,
Tiffany
Happy 2nd birthday in Heaven mom. The pain and emptiness truly does not get any easier but I am trying so hard to learn to live with it for your sake. Shine down on me and your grandchildren and know that I will forever keep your memory and love alive. Until we meet again, you are forever in my heart!!
HI MY VERY SPECIAL FRIEND...I FIND MYSELF STARING AT THE PICTURE THAT YOU DID FOR ME AND THINKING BACK AT SOME OF OUR SILLY TIMES TOGETHER. BUT WHAT I REMEMBER THE MOST ABOUT YOU, IS YOUR LAUGH!!!! I'D CRACK UP EVERY TIME THAT YOU LAUGHED AND THERE WERE MANY OF THOSE TIMES, BECAUSE YOU COULD FIND THE BEST IN EVERYTHING. YOU LAUGHED AT ALL THE FUNNY THINGS THAT LIFE BROUGHT YOUR WAY AND WHEN YOU LAUGHED WE ALL LAUGHED WITH YOU. YOU BROUGHT LIFE TO US WHO WERE REALLY DOWN..YOU WERE THAT LIGHT THAT THEY SPEAK ABOUT IN THE BIBLE..YOU SHINE THROUGH ALL THE DARKEST TIMES, WHEN THE CLOUDS OR FOG ARE THE THICKEST, THERE YOU ARE WALKING RIGHT THROUGH THEM WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND LAUGHTER, SO DARKNESS HASN'T GOT A CHANCE WHEN "DAWN" COMES IN THE DOORS OF THOSE WHO ARE DEPRESSED, SAD, HURTING OR LONELY....SHE IS AND ALWAYS BE MY FRIEND THAT BROUGHT ME OUT OF DARKNESS AND BACK INTO THE LIGHT...THANKS MY DEAR FRIEND FOR ALL THE HAPPINESS YOU FILLED MY LIFE WITH....I LOVE YOU NOW AND I ALWAYS WILL...JUST SAYING YOUR NAME OR SEEING A PHOTO OF YOU BRINGS SUCH HAPPINESS AND HAPPY MEMORIES TO ME..SO...."UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN"...MY FRIEND...ENJOY HEAVEN....XOXOXOXOXO
It's been a year already! I just pulled out the floppy lime-green crocheted hat you made for me. I know you are in good hands now. Although, your missed tremendously. I think about you when new crochet patterns come up and we chat about them. Forever, your friend, Penny
Mom,
I have been dreading this day all year and it came by so quickly. Oddly, the painful ache has not lessened but it has not gotten worse. I guess that is what happens when you lose a piece of your heart. And that is what happened mom, you were a big piece of my heart and it will never fully be whole again. Yet, that is okay because I have to do what you want, move on and raise your precious legacies even with the ache in my chest. Not a day goes by that I do not think of you and it is both comforting and heartbreaking at the same time. Today on the anniversary of your passing, I slept in dreaming of you and I feel that it was you telling me that things will be okay. I will miss you until my dying day until I am reunited with you again, until then I will keep your memory alive forever!!
All my love forever,
Your daughter
Tiffany
I have been dreading this day all year and it came by so quickly. Oddly, the painful ache has not lessened but it has not gotten worse. I guess that is what happens when you lose a piece of your heart. And that is what happened mom, you were a big piece of my heart and it will never fully be whole again. Yet, that is okay because I have to do what you want, move on and raise your precious legacies even with the ache in my chest. Not a day goes by that I do not think of you and it is both comforting and heartbreaking at the same time. Today on the anniversary of your passing, I slept in dreaming of you and I feel that it was you telling me that things will be okay. I will miss you until my dying day until I am reunited with you again, until then I will keep your memory alive forever!!
All my love forever,
Your daughter
Tiffany
There is not a day goes by that I think of you, Sweet Pea, with very good memories, I truly miss you, it is hard to believe it has been a year already...The good memories help with the pain of loosing the love of my life..There will always be a place in my heart until the day the Lord takes me to be in his company, for you.
How is it that a year has almost passed since you left us? Seems like an eternity. All I know is my life has not been the same since you died and I know it never will be. All I have are memories and precious items of yours for which I will never part. I will never stop aching for the time we lost. I hope you know how much you have always meant to me. Perhaps this eternal torment is the price for our estrangements over the years but I know you always loved me and would want me to be happy. I just pray you truly are in a better place and you still get to see your 4 beautiful legacies grow up. I love and miss you more than words could ever say and my heart aches for you everyday and I expect it always will!!
Dawn, you are truly missed. We never got to spend that much time together, and being in the military a lot of time was taken from you and your daughter. It is hard not to live in regret, but we must live everyday like it is our last. Who knew your time was so short. Seeing you in the hospital hugging and holding your grandchildren knowing it was the last time you would see them was devastating. You never really had the chance to get to know Jacob or Madison, but they will learn from Tiffany and I what a truly fantastic and wonderful woman you were. We know you are somewhere among the stars shining down upon us. We all love and miss you.
Our first Christmas without you has come and gone and you were never far from our thoughts. The holidays were a little less bright without you and your lively activity of baking and making gifts for others. I pray I can feel your strength to start the New Year without you. There is an empty hole in my heart that will never be fully filled. Until we meet again, I hold the memories of you close to my heart and pray that you are watching over me and your family who loves you so much!
It's been over four months mother and I still miss you as much as I did the day you died. I imagine there won't be a day that goes by that I won't miss your smile, your voice, your warm hug. I can still hear your voice and advice in my head and I hope it continues for the rest of my life until I can see you again. All my love forever. You will never be forgotten.
since you departed, I still think of you every day, I miss you very much, I still cry when I think of you or talk about you to someone. I treasure the memories that we shared and all the drawings you did for me. We all love and miss you.
Rest in peace, spread your wings and look in on us often. Aunt Susie
Rest in peace, spread your wings and look in on us often. Aunt Susie
They say u never fully appreciate what u had til it's gone. And u always told me that I would only ever have one mother. U were so right and no one will ever replace u!!! Though our time was cruelly cut short my memories of you will never fade!!! I see so much of you in my beautiful girls your legacy and I promise to continue to make u proud til I see u again!!!! Forever ur pumpkin!!!
To a woman I will not ever forget, and to tell her how much I love her every day of my remaining days. You brought joy to my life when I first started to see you. GOD GIRL I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART, BODY, MIND, & SOUL...I still tell you good night every night and I LOVE YOU MY SWEET PEA/BABY CAKES!!
Dawn was a very brave and wonderful person from the school years on. She never complained about what she was going through and found good in everything. Not only was she a great friend, but a totally wonderful person. She may be gone but never forgotten!!
Rusty the last conversation I had with dawn she was saying about free help to clean her house and she was looking into it. I told her I would help clean. Also I miss dawn so much for her laughter, her advice about life, and I remember her saying I was a great kid . and the last thing she made me was chocolate truffle , and homemade peppermint cookie's. She was sure the Baker, and she made scarfs for the woman's homeless shelter during the winter I remember telling dawn Rusty is sure the model for showing off your scarfs , and hats. And I know she would tell me and everyone please don't be sad I am gone. Be happy and celebrate my life, and to everyone know I am in heaven doing well and seeing some of my family in heaven and I am still making scarfs, hats, for everyone. And also she has her own art studio still drawing art. Dawn until me , Rusty, and all off your family including your daughter and son and rusty your love of your life when we meet again in heaven. Fly high, and I know if you have an option if the Lord ask you where would you like to be for your spirit and soul in your family's heart and every peace of you would be in everyone that loved you, but your biggest piece of your body soul and spirit would be in your husband. I know she would pick that option every time.
dawn, i will never forget when and where we met......it was at the ALL-AMERICAN TRUCK PLAZA aka penn 80 now......it was around 1994 .........and we were instant friends till this day we are still friends......we went through alot together and i thank you for that and your very special friendship u r definitely one of a kind.....god broke the mold when he made u.......and tiffany god takes the very best first....if u or shawn or rusty need anything call me.....570-246-1283 or 570-238-8122 this is my son's number......write 751 Mahoning Street Apt. 29 Milton PA 17847......Dawn always said if they cant come see me when i am alive they dont need to come see me when i am gone.....that was her......u are loved and missed very much and most definitely not forgotten...........
To a woman who was larger than life and guided me even at times when I did not know or want it. Mom even in the bad times I never stopped loving you or thinking about you. My heart has a hole and an ache that will never go away. I will never understand why God wanted to take you so early in life. I treasure what we have and pray God can give me your strength and courage to carry on. I am so empty and lost without you.
This tribute to Dawn is absolutely amazing. I met her almost 11 years ago when my husband and I moved to Milton. She always walked Bearsy every morning without fail and one day she needed to use the bathroom..and ever since that day, we were friends...Dawn, what more can I say about you...you were always there when I needed you...You would make me smile or laugh when I was down...and you drew a picture of "Snoopy" for me and one of "Garfield" for Steve and they are still hanging on the wall in our living room...so any time I want to smile, all I have to do is look up and see my friend...I feel so honored to have these because I'll always have something special that you made for me and Steve. They will be treasured forever as will your friendship...I love you my friend and I will miss you forever...Sleep in peace, Dawn...
You will truely be missed by many people Dawn...Haven't know you very long but you are a beautiful woman...My prayers goes to the Kaufman family and her extended family
Dawn Marie was very special to me as I knew her since birth, at thirteen I spent my summers in NY babysitting her. She was a very loving, caring, and talented young lady taken before her time. May she forever rest in peace in eternity with our family loved ones. Until we meet again, love always.
Dawn was such a sweet yet strong person. Loyal to the end and a fighter to the end. She tried to help others as she was in pain. And what a talented person - her crocheted items will be treasured by all who are lucky enough to have some. One of my favorite cousins, gone way too soon.
I met you in school for a short time. And that time was lost over the years. Once again we were able to connect and share same differences. Crochet buddies as we were. I admired all those cloths you made for that specific facility. You are the bravest fighter I know, (besides me). I feel like I've lost my confidant . I'm happy that the pain is now gone and you will be at peace. You are an Angel to all! RIP my friend Dawn!
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This month never gets easier especially today despite the promise of spring, 2 of ur grandchildrens birthdays and Easter. How I still miss you so much. I pray you are watching us everyday until we can be together again. Always and forever in my heart!!
Another Christmas in heaven. One of your favorite holidays. I actually managed to get an elf on the shelf this year. And your granddaughters are developing ur artistic talent though I am sure u are smiling down from Heaven as U already know. Still miss u as much as the day you left us. Yet time continues to move on. Til we meet again in heaven someday keep watching out for us. I know if u had been here this year u would have kept up ur optimism even in this awful pandemic .
U truly are forever loved and missed
Your daughter
Tiffany
U truly are forever loved and missed
Your daughter
Tiffany
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Happy 4th birthday in heaven mom. Miss you everyday!!!!
Two years ago you were forced into the world 4 weeks early and you were the light at the end of a long difficult pregnancy. Still today you are a ray of light and joy. So much like your namesake grandma Dawn Baylor Kaufman your personality of positivity
2003
Me Shawn and mom
Mom and Tiffany Oct 1980 baptism
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take one day at a time and be grateful you are alive
I know especially these last years you battled your cancer, you used to always tell me that I should stop dwelling on my problems and be grateful I was alive. I know you never took life for granted especially in the end and you were an inspiration to many. You never complained about the battle you fought and kept your pain and sorrow to yourself. Part of me wishes you had allowed me and others to be there for you more towards the end, but that was your stubborness and selflessness. You missed your parents deeply but you were not ready to leave this earth and us and certainly did not want to cause us any more pain. That makes you a hero in my book forever.
Life is unfair, and your positive attitude made me think you could beat anything. In order for me to keep moving forward as you would want me to, I have to believe there is a higher power at work here and that you were needed elsewhere. I know the pain is never going to go away. I will love and miss you until the end of time. I will hold your memories close to my heart and pass them onto your grandchildren.
I was truly blessed to be your daughter. I am grateful for the time we had, no matter how brutally short it was. I learned a lot of lessons in the end, and you will never be forgotten. I will carry your memory and love with me forever and hope eventually I can find peace in the end.
Forever Yours,
Your loving daughter
Tiffany Sue
AKA Pumpkin
Don't make her cry
I remember early on in Tiffany's and my relationship Dawn always telling me "don't you make her cry Joe". Dawn hated seeing Tiffany upset. Dawn I wish I could say I never did make her cry. But I have more times than I care to remember. I want you to know she has blessed me with 4 beautiful children and 18 wonderful years of marriage. I will forever love, honor and cherish her.