I worked with Jason in Arizona for three years, and our crew is highly specialized in public safety communications and a tightly knit team which Jason was very much a part of.
We not only work together, we play together. I was on Jason’s bowling team, “The Bikini Bottoms” (Spongebob Squarepants was Jason’s favorite cartoon) and we’d had a very winning night the Monday before the terrible accident. We swept the three games, and won every one of them. Jason was both a great teammate and a very good friend.
I went to the Super Bowl party he threw last month and it was hilarious for a few reasons. We’d had an office “Fantasy Football” pool and Jason WON IT. Hands down won it, and Jason doesn’t follow football. He only made three trades over the whole season and won the pool hands down. Then, we didn’t even watch the Super Bowl, we were laughing too hard playing Super Mario Bros. Wii four-player with him and his wife Bailey and they’re actually GOOD at it. But then Jason was the kind of guy who put his mind to something and he’d always be good at it.
The portrait attached is a plaque one of Jason’s coworkers crafted, the artists name is Albert Daigre and the signatures and messages are all from people here who worked with Jason and loved Jason. Having had Jason on my team, both at work and at play was a pleasure. His confidence, his ability, and his imaginative craftsmanship were a fantastic addition to our team, and now a horrible loss as well.
Jason’s quirky humor, quick wit, imagination and easy smile will be sorely missed. He was the kind of guy who made friends everywhere he went.
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