From Simon’s brother, Ian, delivered as a “recognition speech” which he was assigned in public speaking class:
“ Sometimes we let ourselves be blinded by the negative actions we’ve seen others take, but today I would like to recognize one of the most misunderstood people I had ever met. Simon Jasiewicz was not only my brother, but a talented artist and a passionate musician.
Even in the face of overwhelming mental struggles he still managed to push on for years, and although in the end he may have lost he certainly gave ‘em hell.
I’ll never forget the night at my grandmother’s where we played Mario Party 7 on the gamecube all night, working together to try to set as many new records together and just talking about life.
Although the later segments of his life were difficult to see, even throughout his drug addiction he still tried to remain the same goofball. He would send his family members songs and bands that he thought they would enjoy, and often attempted to start conversations with jokes about subjects he knew we had some kind of connection to.
Although his sudden passing on March 30th, 2022 left us stunned, it also brought our family closer together than we had been in years and along with that gift we were also left with plenty of memories to cherish.”
