{"id":514,"date":"2025-01-03T01:08:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/?p=514"},"modified":"2025-04-04T08:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:05:54","slug":"seeking-a-friend-long-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/blog\/2025\/01\/03\/seeking-a-friend-long-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking a Friend Long Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Back in the &#8217;80s I had a friend in Mesquite named Jason Schaffer. I lived on Luau Street and he lived one street over on Aloha Drive. I didn&#8217;t see him as much as I did my other friends. Plus, he was about four years older than I was. I really looked up to him as I thought he was polite yet cool. I was told circa 1990 by other kids in the neighborhood that Jason had tragically hanged himself and died. He was evidently a high school sophomore at the time. I never heard more about him ever again. I started looking around on Ancestry.com and found some things. I hope to find someone who knew hom better than I &#8211; perhaps Jason Johnston or members of Mesquite FB groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?resize=473%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?resize=473%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 473w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?resize=138%2C300&amp;ssl=1 138w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?resize=768%2C1664&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?resize=23%2C50&amp;ssl=1 23w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?resize=709%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_234448_ancestry6123910098012880945.jpg?w=923&amp;ssl=1 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Details about the yearbook the photo was taken from.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_225156_ancestry3470412623525724547.jpg?resize=750%2C909&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_225156_ancestry3470412623525724547.jpg?resize=845%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 845w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_225156_ancestry3470412623525724547.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_225156_ancestry3470412623525724547.jpg?resize=768%2C931&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_225156_ancestry3470412623525724547.jpg?resize=41%2C50&amp;ssl=1 41w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/screenshot_20250102_225156_ancestry3470412623525724547.jpg?w=1079&amp;ssl=1 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A loving memoriam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the &#8217;80s I had a friend in Mesquite named Jason Schaffer. I lived on Luau Street and he lived one street over on Aloha Drive. I didn&#8217;t see him as much as I did my other friends. 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