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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Greg Demetrick, 44, born on January 20, 1970 and passed away on June 12, 2014.

We will remember his kindness, his sense of humour, his friendship and love.  

Greg is survived by a daughter, Kira Parker Demetrick of Jeffersonville, Vermont, his wife, Elan Ahlstrom of Burlington, and his parents, Tom & Linda Demetrick and Mary Russo Demetrick of Syracuse, New York.  He also leaves behind his siblings, Brian Demetrick of Texas, Chris Demetrick of Syracuse, New York and Trina Demetrick Russo, also from Syracuse, New York.

Greg attended Syracuse University and was one of the early pioneers in web development and podcasing, working for companies such as Netgrity, Ziff Davis Media, Webfluency and more recently he was employed by American Meadows of Williston, Vermont as a Senior Web Developer.

If you would like to donate in memory of Greg to the educational fund set up for his daughter by American Meadows, please mail a check to:

Kira Parker Demetrick (Education Fund)
c/o New England Federal Credit Union
P.O. Box 527
Williston, VT 05495

Checks will need to be made out to Kira Parker Demetrick.

June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016
it is the little things that get me - The way you used to say horrible, how you would over pack like it was the apocalypse for camping, and how your sense of navigation would lead us always twice as far as you thought it would be..

I can't believe it has been two years. You are so missed - and remembered.
June 13, 2016
June 13, 2016
2 years have passed and I still can't believe you are gone. Yet...I feel you with me all of the time and especially when Kira and I are doing something together. We know you are there with us. LOVE YOU & MISS YOU!!!
June 13, 2016
June 13, 2016
Yesterday we thought of you, but we don't like to think of you on that day. We like to think of you everyday with a smile on our face. I am one of the lucky ones that gets to spend everyday with a piece of you. As she gets older I can pick out the little things she does that reminds me of you. Sometimes I do shake my fist and look up to you, you know why! Other times I see you in her eyes looking out on to the world. You may not be here in a physical body anymore, but we know you are here. Tomorrow our baby graduates from 8th grade and will be a high school freshman. Your love of music and theater is with her always! You are missed and always loved!
February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016
Hey Greg,

Was thinking about you today. Went out to see if 365 Tao was still up so I could hear your voice and was sad to realize it was gone. Missing you.

Kelle
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Oh, my "little sweetie" how I miss your humor and knowing you are always on the other end of the phone. I have your baby picture by my computer and you are with me every day.
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Hey buddy.
I'm wishing you a happy birthday.
I miss you and your goofiness.
You'd be proud of the Doctor Who geeks my kids are becoming.
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Happy Birthday Greg...whether you are physically here or not this will always be 'your' day in my book. Nick still has a place for his 'special rock' that was Uncle Greg's and we all look at it everyday as a simple reminder to never forget such a special person.
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Happy Birthday old man. Not a day goes by where I am not reminded of you. Take care of Gumby for me... :(
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Happy birthday on the other side, Greg. You will never be forgotten. I hope you and my hubby are having a blast and causing trouble.
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Happy Birthday Greg, we will have cake for you tonight again. Our little miss thing has really been living up to her name lately. So much talk about boy bands, you have missed. She reminds me of you everyday! Miss you always!
January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016
Hey Dad :)

I can't believe you are not here...I mean like I always feel you watching my life change no matter what. I like this band called 5 Seconds of Summer now, there just like One Direction but Australian and Punk/Pop. I miss you every day, but I know you are watching me. Happy Birthday :).

Love You Always,
Kira
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015
Hard to believe a year has passed without you. You are so missed every day. Your daughter has turned into a beautiful young lady who talks about you all of the time. She has a big poster over her bed with your smiling face on it. She tells me she feels you with her and gives me that look with her eyes and the smile that is so like yours. You are in my heart always. LOVE YOU!
June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015
Dear Greg,

It's already been a year, and I have not forgotten about you. I really miss you. Beth and I still talk, though less, but still, which is great. I made sure she got one of the cranes that were given at the goodbye ceremony, she was quite touched. She misses you too.

You might not know this but we are still playing games together. This used to be your keyboard after all... 

Friends forever!
March 17, 2015
March 17, 2015
Dad,
I am missing you every day of my life. I always think your watching over me no matter what. I am sad I won't see you at my play this year but I know you watch it in heaven. I am hoping that mom let me try to Syracuse for April break at my new school!! I love you<3
March 17, 2015
March 17, 2015
Thinking of you today...like a lot of other mornings...wondering how life got here with you gone and your legacy so filled with people touched by you! I still can't believe you are gone and I can't just pick up the phone and text you a simple 'hello thinking of you'...but somehow I known when I think about this that you ARE getting the message...miss you tons little brother...
March 12, 2015
March 12, 2015
I am missing you and thinking of you all of the time. Your "Miss Thing" is turning into quite the young lady. A teenager all ready! I know you are watching over her and and smiling. She knows you are with her too! She talks about you all of the time. Thanks for visiting me in my dreams! Love you always!
January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015
Dear Greg,

I've been thinking a whole lot about you for the past few months. I know that our time together was very limited, but I could not help but realize lately just how much you had influence in all of my passions. My day to day has chanced since we crossed paths, and I am still reminded of your ideas and guidance on a daily basis.

Though I'm sad that you are gone, I'm glad that I had the chance to meet you. I know my life would have been quite different.

Forever your friend, Patrick.
January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015
"Dad, I know you are probably watching me in heave as I write this but I want to wish you a happy birthday. I will always remember the time we had this lovely cake that was so delicious that the next day I was sick. I always is thinking you. Happy Birthday from you daughter Kira."
January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015
ill alwas remember the growing up of greg with my children
i look at the pic's often.happy birthday greg.you are missed
by all.
love, uncle tony
January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015
Love ya buddy. Always have.
You always have been, and always will be The Shit.
January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015
I don't think there will ever be a day when I am not reminded of you, of things I want to tell you, of t-shirts I see that remind me of you. Happy Birthday, old man. You are so missed.
January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015
Darling, Greg, I has just found an old chat file from the two of us from many years ago. That same night, my husband was called home. His service is tonight. I know you two are up there plotting something together by now. I will never forget all you did for us.
January 20, 2015
January 20, 2015
I remember you with a smile and recall your little face the day you were born. I will never let go of those memories.
August 31, 2014
August 31, 2014
Greg-How is it possible to miss someone so much that you had so little contact with in the past several years? I wonder this each day as I think of you. My loving thoughts remain with Kira and your family. Love, Seese
August 20, 2014
August 20, 2014
"Dad you where the best father someone could ever have I will miss you and you'll be in my heart forever."
July 23, 2014
July 23, 2014
Greg, You are missed by so many. I think of the camping trip we all went on and it was so much fun. Toni and you were such great Hosts. I will miss all the fun times and laughs and know Joey will be showing you the way till we meet again. Love ya.
July 7, 2014
July 7, 2014
There has not been a day that has gone by where I haven't thought of you. Something I see will remind me of you and I will smile, someone will say something particularly nerdy and I will think of how much you'd appreciate hearing it (as I do as well). Although we weren't the type of friends to spend a lot of time together, we often spoke and you were there for me through some of my most difficult decisions in life, reminding me that everyone deserves ultimate happiness. I can honestly say I will never forget you. Our shared passion for fun and adventure bonded us together instantly and I will never let go of those memories. I would say to rest peacefully, but we all know that you're having a wildly fun time free of pain where you are now.

To the wonderful Elan, you are the greatest woman Greg was lucky enough to have found. I am looking forward to spending more time with you and getting to know you even more. Through him I found another awesome friend, and I'm forever grateful for that.
June 26, 2014
June 26, 2014
Greg,
You knew how I loved you.
The first time we met you finished my horrible jokes.
I miss you every day.
Tommy
June 25, 2014
June 25, 2014
Greg and I grew up together a half block apart. We rode the bus together, our older sisters were best friends. He was my best friend in middle school, both of us helping each other through the grief and confusion of our parents' divorces and having a lot of laughs through those dark hours in the middle of those lonely times in junior high. We used to stay up obscenely late watching the B movie extravaganza, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, making fun of the woeful "special effects" in those flicks ! We ate many a steak or chocolate fondue together at family parties for New Years through the years. I credit him with my passing math in ninth grade! We were in drama club together. He was a rabid Asia, Missing Persons and Til Tuesday fan. Greg was a tremendously compassionate person and put a lot of energy into helping a group of suicidal teens we went to high school with. He had an energy and enthusiasm about everything he did. I will always remember him in his favorite bright blue blazer he wore in high school. Once we were in high school we ran in different crowds. His friendship was a lifeboat for me in time of real need and I will always remember him for that. He was a thoroughly good and decent person who did the right thing in all his endeavors.
June 18, 2014
June 18, 2014
We spent so many years together, and I have amazing memories of you and Kira I will cherish forever - but I am so glad that your pain is over with and that you can rest peacefully. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to write, from a woman who writes better than she speaks - this quote from Wicked --- sums it up for me -- which is apt considering it is one of those favorite memories I have of you is going to Broadway to see this play, and staying at a hotel that didn't have any water (Classic Greg Trip!)

So, let me say before we part:
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you.
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart.
June 18, 2014
June 18, 2014
To the father of my child and one of my best friends. When I think of the journey I have been on with you, I must say it was an adventure. We had our good time and bad, but you taught me how we could work together for the greater good of Kira. My job now is to keep your memory alive. And I know that when I look at Kira I am looking at a part of you. The pain is over and you can watch her from above. I will miss you with all my heart.
June 17, 2014
June 17, 2014
I met Greg while I was in college. Although we were in different schools, we bonded. He was always fun to be around. Even with having my awesome Big Brother in my Chapter, the bond with Greg grew and he became my "adopted big brother " in the fraternity. My life is much richer having known him.
I'll miss you, Greg. Rest In Peace, my friend!
June 17, 2014
June 17, 2014
IT IS HARD TO SAY GOODBYE. YOU WERE LIKE A SON TO US AND I WILL MISS THE HOURS WE SPENT TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING AND OUR FAMILY TRIPS TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR BEAUTIFUL KIRAS "DADDY" YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED AND VERY MISSED.
June 17, 2014
June 17, 2014
Though I only knew Greg a short time compared to others, I honestly feel blessed by how happy he made Elan in the time that they were together. For that I am forever grateful. So happy I could be there to see that. You will be missed Greg and we will do everything possible to keep your memory alive.
June 16, 2014
June 16, 2014
I am so sorry for your loss. Greg worked for me 18 years ago when he worked for Infinet. He was a great pleasure to work with.
June 16, 2014
June 16, 2014
iam gregs great uncle.thought not seeing him in years ive been
following his facebook as far as his treatments also from his mom
my niece mary.he's been in our prayers ever since.he's in gods hands
now his memory will always be with me and my family.
love uncle tony.
June 16, 2014
June 16, 2014
I worked with Greg when he was in Virginia at dailypress.com (Digital City Hampton Roads as it was know back then). We became lunch buddies and good friends. I learned SO much from him technologically... he was always willing to share his knowledge and help others learn. We had a lot of laughs. I especially enjoyed seeing him acting in various plays in Norfolk... such a smart, talented, funny guy. We kept in touch sporadically after he left VA. I wish we had talked more, but you know how it is; we move in different directions in life and don't stay in touch like we should. But I've always valued the time and friendship we had, and of course, I kept up with him somewhat through FB and his blog. My heartfelt condolences to his wife, daughter and family. He will be greatly missed by people all over the country.
June 16, 2014
June 16, 2014
How I will miss your wit, sarcasm & love of most things British. I was so happy to hear that you & Elan finally married. You were always in my thoughts & will always remain so. Love to Elan & Kira. A Korean tradition of planting a white Peony will be honored, in my Memorial Garden.
June 16, 2014
June 16, 2014
Greg, Beth and I worked on a Podcast for the last two years and a half.

We only met Greg a handful of times, but through the countless hours of recorded chat sessions and dozens of long e-mails, we fashioned a friendship that we will never forget. Greg was an incredibly passionate individual, and you would never get tired of listening or reading about anything he had to say. He would always tell you what you needed to hear, not what you wanted to hear. He won everyone's respect through his opinions and brought decency to the world of pod casting.

I miss him terribly.
June 16, 2014
June 16, 2014
Greg, from all of your friends at American Meadows, you're already missed. We wish we'd been able to say 'goodbye,' but your spirit is a part of our culture and your memory will inspire us.

To Kira, Elan and the rest of his family, our hearts are with you.
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I logged in to leave you an annual tribute, and what appears but you dressed in a banana costume...that right there sums it up I would say. And pssst, I agree with Tommy, you ARE still the sh!t. Love you to pieces little brother.
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Happy Birthday Buddy.
You are still the Sh!t.
Those reading this may not understand, but I know you will.
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June 12, 2020
Darling Greg,

Thank you.  In 2005 you hounded me into becoming one of the first podcasters.  No one had ever heard of it, but today, as a result, I have friends in high podcasting spaces and all kinds of podcasting cred.  And I have a successful podcast which all came out of what you dragged me into kicking and screaming.

I've also had a lot of chance to reflect on our time working on my custom learning platform (which I dragged you into kicking and screaming the same year - I got you back ;-) ) as I transition my programs from one platform to another.  

As much as I remember your soft grace and warmth, I miss pushing each other into new arenas.  I love you still. 

I've salvaged as much as I could of the 365 Tao podcast that we worked on together.  It's nice to hear your voice from time to time. Miss you. 

There's always a way to remember Greg

June 12, 2020
I've been asked to worked on a podcasting project last month.  My first thought was to think about the time I spent recording shows with Greg and Beth.  We spoke for hours and hours on end about all the things that we both liked.  I got to learn a lot from Greg - not just about podcasting in general, something he was quite good at - but about our shared interests as well.  
I had to snap out of the revery and good times I've had with him, and how I miss him, before I could get back to reality and see how I could apply what I had learned from him to my current situation.  It's been a few weeks that Greg has been in the gack of my mind, as everything I do and touch on this podcast makes me think of him.
I miss you buddy.

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June 15, 2016

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