Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

hi honey...

i can't believe two years ago today, you were taken from us...

this has absolutely been the worst week of my life since you have been gone...as you know already, my father died of a heart attack july 13th...can you believe this?...we sure can't!...i haven't even really been able to mourn you today, as i have been extrememly busy with my mom and trying to help her just as she helped me two years ago...

i just want you to know i love you, and i miss you!...i know you met my pop at the gates of heaven...thank you!

love,
susan

susan shea
widow of cpl. shea

July 18, 2006

Susan, I am so so very sorry about the second greatest loss in your life. However the two most important men in your life have no more pain and suffering and are able to be with each other. You know I love you girl, and I wish there was something I could do to take all your pain away. No one deserves the hand you have been dealt these past 2 years. I will ALWAYS be here for you when you are ready to talk. I dont want to keep calling and bothering you, I know you will call when you feel ready. Just know I have been thinking about you since your sad call last week all the way up until especially today. The two year anniversary isnt any easier than the first, but I hope you know you have me to talk to and be there for you. Love you, Denise

Denise Zimmerman
Wife of NJ State Trooper Bert Zimmerman EOW 2-5-04

July 18, 2006

May you Rest in peace and may Our Lord continue to comfort and strengthen your loved ones.

July 18, 2006

Susan,

I am keeping everyone (your families, friends and Chris' co-workers) in my thoughts today. May all of you find the strength and courage within to get through the day. I am always only an email, phone call or short drive away if you need anything.

Jennifer Aaron
Wife of Duke G. Aaron, III (EOW 07/20/04)

July 18, 2006

happy fathers day honey!!!

i hope you are enjoying your golfing, since i am sure that is what you are doing...;)

the kids and i laid flowers for you today...i hope you like them...

love,
susan, christopher and elizabeth

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

June 18, 2006

Happy Father's Day Chris!

June 18, 2006

happy father's day chris....i know you are so proud of the kids...we will spend the day talking about you and remembering the times you spent with christopher and elizabeth....

miss ya much.....love....shannon

shannon fowler
sister-in-law

June 18, 2006

hey honey...

thanks so much for watching out for me!!!...you know what i mean!

i love you!

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

May 29, 2006

Hey big cousin,

Well i know i haven't come by here in a while but i have made my own site for you on myspace. you have gotten some many loving comments from those who didnt even know you. We miss you dearly and you are always in our hearts. we thought about you and wish we could go down to d.c this you but it was to much for todd and i to get off of work for . he misses you too ... we are planing to come see your resting place soon .

Rest in peace ,

Love you always

Kristin
Cousin

May 23, 2006

God Bless You Brother...

TFC. J. Marsh C.S.P

Trooper First Class J. Marsh
Connecticut State Police

May 19, 2006

Gone, but never forgotten.

Det. Grant
New Castle County PD

May 17, 2006

Susan,

Happy Anniversary! Know that Chris is with you, always.

May 15, 2006

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!!!!...today would have been 7 years for us!...i am really, really bummed today...i feel somewhat lifted as i got home from washington, d.c. last night and i got to spend the weekend with other survivors...so, that is good...

but, as we should be celebrating one of the happiest days of our life, instead you are being memorialized in washington, d.c. with countless other heroes!...

may you rest in peace today and always...the sun is shining, and it just got brighter as i type you this message...i am off to lay flowers for you in remeberence of our love and devotion to each other...

with all my love forever!

susan

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

May 15, 2006

happy mother's day sissy....i know that if chris were here, he would spoil you today....just look at the kids and find the twinkle in their eyes....that is chris saying thank you for buddy and lizzie...you are a great mom to them......hug, cuddle, and snuggle with them always...

Shannon

May 14, 2006

Happy Mother's Day Susan!

Love,
Jenn A.

May 14, 2006

"A Grateful Citizen"...

your words were absolutely beautiful...thank you so much for your beautiful thoughts...

it is kind people such as yourself, who have helped my children and i face each day...

thank you so very much!

sincerely,
susan shea

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

April 11, 2006

I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Corporal Christopher Shea. May God be with you and guide you through these most trying times. I wrote a poem to express my sincere thanks to your husband as well as to offer you some sort of solace....if that is even humanly possible.
THANK YOU

You gave the ultimate sacrifice,
To protect us all from harm,
Doing the thankless job of policing,
While we were home,..safe and warm,

The first to get the call that day,
A senseless tragedy struck,
You were taken away by carelessness,
By a citizen who was drunk,

One of the very people you chose to protect,
That day also lost his life,
He changed the lives of so very many,
Including your children and your wife,

I can only imagine their sorrow,
At the loss that they now must face,
Although you’re watching over them,
Such sorrow is impossible to erase,

They say time…it heals all wounds,
But from my own experience I must say,
The sorrow gets easier to deal with in time,
But it never fully goes away,

Just know that it’s there to remind you,
Of the cross you bear for your love,
The times that you feel the weakest,
He will lift you up from above,

The children will remember him through you,
Stories of his honor, his laughter, his love,
That’s how he will live on forever,
In the hearts of the ones that he loved,

That day, God needed a soldier,
Someone to sit at his own right side,
He only takes the very best you know,
In that you should take pride,

Be proud of all that he was,
And all that your children will be,
He forever watches over you,
God bless you and your family.

Thank you to a fallen officer,....for your faithful protection of everyone without prejudice. Rest in peace.

A Grateful Citizen

April 4, 2006

hey baby...

just stopping by to say hi...today has been an "up and down" day for me...i don't know what has gotten into me...i am putting these scrapbooks together, so that is really tough...i pulled out the video from your funeral that the state police gave me, and watched it today...what was that for?...i don't know what possessed me too, but i did...i think i am just bummed, because i go and register christopher for kindergarten tomorrow for september 2006...i can't believe he starts kindergarten in september...another milestone you are gone for...man, i struggle with that stuff...the kids and i even went to the cemetary today since it was so nice out today...lizzie got bubbles in school, so the kids were blowing bubbles...it was too cute...

well, just wanted to stop and tell you how much i love you still...i am working hard on this survivors ball i am helping to organize for our DE C.O.P.S. chapter...it is ALL for you...all my energies go for you and our kids...

continue to rest in peace my sweet love!...

until we meet again...

your wife!

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

March 29, 2006

Chris,

We miss you dearly i know its been a while since i stoped by and left a message to you ... i miss you and love you and thinking about you dearly ... and dont worry we are taking great care of you kids and lovely wife ...

love always
Kristin

Kristin Cousin of Cpl Shea

March 28, 2006

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

March 4, 2006

hey chris i know its been awhile but i think of you everyday. we all miss you and keep you in our hearts say hi to my mom and pop pop lynn and everyone else up there that you are making laugh. thank you for watching over us i know you are there. i hope you can hear me when i am talking to you i know i know i can be annoying but i wouldn't be your little cousin if i wasn't, well chris i miss you a lot

i love you
sarah

sarah gomm loving cousin

March 1, 2006

hey baby...

i won't even write a long drawn out message...as you can imagine, this day "stinks" right now...i have "showered" the kids with presents, and they love them...they got lots of cards and candy from school too...

so, just stopping by to say "happy valentines day" to you...i left roses for you, i hope you know i was there...

i love you so very much still with all that i am!

love,
susan

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

February 14, 2006

hi sweetheart...

today is my 30th birthday...it frankly, stinks since you are not here to celebrate with me!...shannon and i had a huge party this past saturday to celebrate...capt. nolt, keller, cathell, and burns came to help us celebrate...it was really nice of those guys to come...

it is crazy i am about to embark on a new decade in my life...i wish i could live from my 20's to 27's forever!!!...that means you would be with me!...my "20's" were the absolute best and worst times of my life...i met you, we got married, and we had the two most beautiful children ever!!!...how i thought my life was going exactly as i had dreamed ever since i was a little girl...then, july 18, 2004 came...and my whole world, and all my hopes and dreams vanished!...in just a blink of an eye!...you know, they say you never truly realize what you have in life until it is gone!!!...that is so true...i knew i had the best in you, but i never fully realized just how good you were!...you are an "untouchable", and just an amazing person...people strive to be the type of person you were, just naturally...always willing to help people, and just be the best person you could...i wish i were as good as you were...

well, just wanted to spend some time with you...tell you how much i love you still and forever!...that will never change...it can never change...i am the person i am today, because of you...not because of me...you make me wanna be a better person, and to continue your legacy as best i can...i pray that you are proud of me...i know i am not perfect, and i make mistakes...but, i try to do the best i can with what i have been dealt!...it is not easy as times...

continue to rest in peace my sweet love...i love you more and more with every passing day!...because as the saying goes, "absense makes the heart grow fonder!"

with all that i am forever...
susan

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

February 7, 2006

hi honey...

well, today is christopher's 5th birthday...i can't believe he is 5, and i never thought i would celebrate this milestone without you!...as i type this note to you, christopher would have been born 2 minutes ago...i can still see your face as he was born, "ten fingers, ten toes" you shouted...i can hear it in my head as if you were standing next me...oh, how i wish you were standing next to me!

it is so hard to watch our kids growing up without you here...growing up is what christopher and elizabeth are sure doing!...as each birhtday passes for them both, it painfully reminds me of another year you are gone...gosh, it stinks!...

five years ago today, we were on "cloud nine" as our family had begun...never in our wildest dreams did we ever think it would change so drastically for the worse...i have been doing really well today...but, as i type this letter to you, it is tearing me up...the kids are saying to me "mommy stop crying"...if only it were that easy!

well, time to read to the kids then tuck them into bed...please continue your watch over us...as we need your strength to get us through each day...i know i sure do!...i miss you so much with every passing day...you are my eternal love, and you always will be!

with all my love forever,
susan

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

January 16, 2006

MERRY CHRISTMAS my sweet love...God, i miss you so much, and it just isn't right without you here...

the kids just love all their toys, but i know you know that already because you are here with us...watching them has helped me get through this day without you...

enjoy our Saviors birthday with Him in heaven...please know that I love you with all that i am STILL and i know that i will FOREVER...

continue to rest in peace honey...

with all that i am, forever...
susan

Susan C. Shea
Widow of Cpl. Shea

December 25, 2005