Major Stock

Major David E. Stock

Born September 5, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, died March 10, 2009 in Roswell, NM peacefully in his sleep.

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.

A celebration of his life will be held on Monday, March 30, 2009 at 4:00p.m. at Grace Community Church with Pastor Rick Hale officiating.

Following his wishes, Davids remains were cremated and his ashes will be scattered by his friends and family at a later date on his favorite places in the United States and Germany.

We say Once a Marine, Always a Marine, David Stocks case he was the rare exception of have been born a Marine, he just had to wait a little to grow up, until he could go through boot camp.

His mother Donna told that at the young age of 5 he desperately wanted his BB-Gun and around 10 his Christmas-wish list had grown already to 13 guns of all kinds including cap guns and other models she managed to find for him.

The future Marine lived now in Akron, NY with his parents and younger siblings Karen and Don, whom he adored and felt very protective of. Davids childhood was filled with adventures in the wilderness of Upstate New York. He learned to become a muskrat trapper and a hunter with his beagle basset-mix Muley. His passion for the outdoors, nature and hunting would stay with him for all his life.

During his school break, he would enjoy the life on the farm of his Uncle Bill Stock, Aunt Alice and their children.
PAfter an excursion with the Sea Cadets at age 15, he graduated from high school in 1972. He had during his high school time excelled in Greco-Roman Wrestling and shot up to 6.5 feet. His friends said he could have easily become a bully, but he always was protective and kind to the ones who where weaker then him. And, when his best friend Stanley broke his back, everybody could see what David was made of. According to Stanley BaroneSPAN styleFONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115; ms

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