A Beloved Son, Brother, Sweetheart, and Friend to Many. Touching the hearts of all whom he met.

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Poem Written by David himself and graciously passed to me for posting by a dear dear friend of David's. A dedication to that kind person, May your heart be always so gentle, and your thoughts be as caring. Your gift is that of this poem to all of us who loved David, you have brought an eternal tribute to me and my family and I will always consider you a dear freind. Thank you for your warm generous HEART, your kindness has brought tears to my eyes and all I can say is THANK YOU. You know who you are..... THANK YOU...!

A Million Times I loved You

A million times I’ve loved you,A million times I’ve cared.

A million times I’ve prayed for you,A million times you were there.

A million times I’ve tried for you,A million times I’ve failed.

A million times I’ve needed you,A million times I’ve cried.

A million times I believed in us,A million times I knew it wasn’t wrong.

A million times you tried to make me see,A million times I was blind.

A million times I had the chance,A million times I blew it.

A million times I’d die for you,A million times I’d lose.

A million times I meant forever,A million times too late.

I’ve lost you only once and a million times I couldn’t get you back.

A million times I’m sorry.

A million things I could’ve said,A million things I could've done...

Written By David to a very special lady...

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Thoughts From Here to There

My Soul Is Everywhere

From here I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Fearing no evil
I wait my turn with each and every breath
Rise from the earth I will stay the course
I will do this without remorse
My soul is everywhere

The time has come when I shall be immortally pleasant
Taken in stride from both past and present
Walking and talking to the angels as they guide me along the way
I look upon heaven because I am here to stay
My soul is everywhere

When you all bid your farewells, I was at rest, and felt cold to the touch
Do not despair because it does not mean much
My soul is everywhere

Silently I caressed you and your sorrow
You will feel this with each and every tomorrow
My soul is everywhere

I have walked the earth and enjoyed my stay
God willing I will return another day
My soul is everywhere

How often I have given my all with pride
Things have not changed much now that I have died
My soul is everywhere

The torch I have left behind undone, must now be taken up by you
Remember me and all I have done, this I ask of you just be part of my crew
My soul is everywhere

Take up where I left off, stay the course one and all, this I ask
Dear brothers, dear sisters, dear mother, friends one and all it is up to you now, please take up the task
My soul is everywhere

You will think of me and I will be there
The ponder you give will be much more than a stare
My soul is everywhere

Life was good even though it was short, how can it be like any other
I cherished it so, as did the love I have had for my mother
My soul is everywhere

There will be thoughts you have of me every now and then, do not dispair
My heart went out to you all the way, and boy did I care
My soul is everywhere

I say this to you, and that is to trust in life one and all
Because someday soon you too will get the call
My soul is everywhere

Let the tears you shed be that of happiness and not sad
It will be hard but try and remember all the good times we had
My soul is everywhere

I have joined my father, sister and brother who went before me
When we are all together we will still be family
My soul is everywhere

With this, I leave you now with a touch from my heart
Your sorrow has been tough but, know this, we are never really apart
My soul is everywhere

My heart is your heart, and my soul is your soul,
Facing the times ahead, throughout the past, present and future will always take their toll
My soul is everywhere

Believe in me, I am always there for you, just remember me now and forever
Love conquers all with each and every endeavor
My soul is everywhere

(kmvrjr. july/96)

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In Fond Memory of my Brother
Dear Dave:

There are so many things that I wanted to tell you but now it's too late. How often have people got caught in that quandry. I wanted to tell you how proud I am to have you as a brother. How you were so kind hearted and how all children and adults alike, loved you. It made my heart swell with pride when every year you chose a name off the angel tree and bought a complete stranger who was less fortunate than we, a toy to give them a smile and something to open at Christmas. All your nieces and nephews sure looked up to "uncle Dave". You were always teasing them to death and they loved all the attention. They will surely miss you.

I still can't believe that you are no longer with us in body but, I sure do know your here in spirit. You get me through many days. I don't know if you can hear me in heaven but, I often talk to you. You have become my guardian angel. When I am having a bad day, I remember your smile and the way you used to tease me and I feel much better and not so alone. I have so many good memories of you and I will cherish them as long as I live. I hope that God has chosen to bring you home so that you can take care of all of us and keep us on the right track. You have already taught us a very valuable lesson. That is, .... to be kind to your loved ones and friends because you never know if your will see them again. Life can be all too short as yours certainly was and the only thing that keeps me going is knowing that God had bigger plans for you.

Every time I go home, I still expect to see you come up from downstairs to make your lunch and go off to work or tease mom or talk about sports with Larry or something of that nature. You were so much part of home that it hurts to realise that we will never see your smiling face again. I remember your cold touch at your funeral and find it hard to understand because you always had such a warm heart. Dave, if you can hear me where you are, I love you very much and look forward to seeing you when I leave this world. I wonder, does heaven have exercise rooms? I hope so because you loved to exercise and I hope that it has lots of kids so you can take care of them until their mommies and daddies join them. Perhaps that is your purpose, to take care of Gods children. That's what I will believe as it will make your passing easier for me to handle, if that's possible. Each day, you are in my thoughts and not a day goes by when I don't pray that you are happier where you are. I will miss you all my life. You touched each of us in a very positive way. For that I am thankful.

Dave, I have written this small poem in your memory.

My Guardian Angel

Dave, I sit...
...gazing into space...
expressionless.

Then I remember...
and my face takes on a lonely look.
Then I smile
as you enter my thoughts.
It is there that you will stay,
close to me
forever.

(pcr. sep/96)

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"Guide me Dave"

I am still searching for you in the morning air,
knowing all along its to late to care,
Time drifts by and your memory; so strong,
I can only wonder what went wrong.
I miss you in the summer and all day long,
And now on my wat to work I hear your song.
As I helped to guide you to your new world,
I can only wonder what it has in store
Save for me a special place,
So once again I can see your face.
And as you look upon me with eyes so true;
Help me find my way back to you.
And if upon my way you see my son,
Tell him that lifes just begun.
Though there aren't enough words to say,
My thoughts will be with you until we see each other someday.
Pave the path till there is no other and guide me along till we see each other.
Look upon me with the light; for I would give my world to give you sight.

Guide me, .....Guide me,

Until we see each other again
Not one road will have a dead end.

Guide me, .....Guide me! Dave.

For Eternal life and sight.

Guide me.

(gr. sep/96)

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To My Son Dave

There are so many times I think of you I am just sitting around the house or walking or trying to sleep and you in my mind for hours at a time I never really stop thinking of you. I will thank God for the sons and daughters that are left and also of the three that are gone ahead. I cry for no reason sometimes and think of all the work you have done.

People have asked what you did and I could not think of what you have done at the time and then I could, like carrying a 50lb bag of patatoes or shoveling the drive with a shovel and making sure there was enough space for 5 or six cars to fit in the middle of the night so no one would know that you did things around the house.

Your girlfriend would be here and you would make supper for the three of us or if she wasn't you would ask me if I wanted some when you made your own. As I said I was asked what you did and I could not think of very much only that you were gone. My son now I know how much you did for me like taking me to up town, picking up things at the store, cutting the grass, painting rooms in the house, feeding the birds, showing me how you mop and scrub the floors till they shone, carrying things like the groceries from the car. Taking me to vote on voting days, buying things like clothes, making me a coffee or a tea.

Oh my Son... I would give anything to have you back, I pray that God looks after all the rest and keeps them safe and there husbands and wifes and children I pray that they are well all the time. Always wishing them to be well and help them so they don't have the pain that I, my brother (Cecil) and sister (Linda) have went through with our kidney disease or your sister Christine with her aneurysm that just about took her life but, not my will be done but God's will be done.

My Son, as I sit here on your birthday I think how I cannot wish you a happy birthday anymore and how some time I did not buy you birthday gifts and how sometimes I could not buy them because, I could not afford to do that. Lots of times you tried like the rest to get me something even if you could not. There were times like Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, or Valentines day when you did not get too much not even food because I could not afford to buy you much, after paying the bills but, all of you were always trying to help as I could never give you money for anything. So from the time you were little all of you would cut grass, shovel snow and do odd jobs to make money for yourselves to buy little gifts for each other and me. You all were so happy to try and make everyone else happy.

Today I am not happy about your birthday as I know you are up on the Hill in that cold cold place and I know you will not be with us.

Oh how we all wish you could be with us but, we know that someday we will be with you.

It is so hard to see your truck and boat and know that you never got to use it but, once. How you loved to fish and water ski. As soon as you got the chance to have some fun with it, fishing and things like that and you were taken away if only you had not went to work that day but, I guess it was to be.

I don't know why, I hope it will help others it sure did not help you. We know that you had to work when the machinery was broken and things were not right but, does no good for you. I hope when the inquest is over that it will help someone else and prevent this tragic and unecessary accident from happening to some other family or to anyone else.

We all Love You Dave

All My Love

Mom

XOXOXO

Take care of him God and his brother and sister that are with him.....

Ps. .. .. the other brothers and sisters and families always ask me not to worry about them, How can I not when I know they could be gone in a minute as well.......

I love them

Mom...

XOXO

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Dave,

No one knows the loneliness,
we feel from day to day...
Nor the pain and anguish
in which you went away.
Our hearts are truly breaking
because you are not here...
As only you could lighten
and bring us so much cheer.
The special way you'd joke,
or tell a little tale...
Or the look upon your face,
when your boat set sail.
You had the biggest heart
that anyone could know...
In all your deeds for others,
that's when it'd really show.
Your lifetime of memories,
in which you left behind...
Each day become more precious,
for they're the ties that bind.
Mere words cannot express,
what memories really mean...
For those of us still grieving,
it's the memories on which we lean!

ALWAYS LOVED...
ALWAYS MISSED...
ALWAYS CHERISHED...
THE ROESLER FAMILY
(r. - Jun./97)

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Dave,

Days are like fog...
try to get through.
Some days I'm confused
and I don't know what to do.
When I was so sick,
it seemed touch and go.
Life is that way,
you just never know.
"Take nothing for granted."
that's what I say!
You just don't know...
Will it go away?
My memory is bad now,
sad but true...
And my biggest fear,
is forgetting you.
Big Brother "I miss you...
I always will..."
There is a void,
this world cannot fill.
Each day I thank God
for the life that I live,
As gifts from the Father
He's chosen to give.

I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
ALWAYS,
XOXOXOXO
(cr. - Jun./97)

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CHRISTMAS IN HEAVEN

I see the countless Christmas trees,
Around the world below,
With tiny lights, like heaven's stars,
Reflecting on the snow.

The sight is so spectacular,
Please wipe away that tear,
For I am spending Christmas,
With Jesus Christ this year.

I hear the many Christmas songs,
That people hold so dear,
But the sound of music can't compare,
With the Christmas choir up here.

For I have no words to tell you,
The joy their voices bring,
For it is beyond description,
To hear an angel sing.

I know how much you miss me,
I see the pain inside your heart,
But I am not so far away,
We are really not apart.

So be happy for me, dear ones,
You know I hold you dear,
And be glad I'm spending Christmas,
With Jesus Christ this year.

I send you each a special gift,
From my heavenly home above,
I send you each a memory,
Of my undying love.

For after all "Love" is a gift,
More precious than pure gold,
It was always more important,
In the stories Jesus told.

So please love and help each other,
As my Father said to do,
For I cannot count the blessings,
Or the love He has for you.

So have a Merry Christmas,
And wipe away that tear,
For I am spending Christmas,
With Jesus Christ this year.

I can't tell you of the splendor,
Or the peace, here in this place,
Can you just imagine Christmas,
With our Savior, face to face?

I'll ask Him to lift your spirit,
As I tell Him of your love,
So then pray for one another,
As you lift your eyes above.

So please let your heart be joyful,
And let your spirts sing,
For I'm spending Christmas in heaven,
and I'm walking with the King.

(special dedication from SkyeLight, 12/96, Author Unknown)

A Special Dedication

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Family Speaks out on Loss of LOVED one

Note: The following is the text of the presentation made by a member of Dave's family at the United Steelworkers' press conference on Friday, April 25, 1997, to announce a new safety awareness program aimed at reducing deaths and injuries in the workplace.

To the editor:

Hello, my name is Gail and I'm here on the behalf of my family and Dave who passed away as a result of a workplace incident.

***(see bottom of this letter for more information on explanation of this terminology referred to as incident)

Dave was a hard worker and a dedicated person who was killed in an industrial incident.

Dave loved life! He would have been a great father because he loved children. Did you know for instance, that every year he chose a name from the angel tree to make some little boy or girl smile. He didn't do a thing to take credit for this practice; he did them in total obscurity because he cared. Dave had a way of making you feel good; he always wanted to put a smile on your face and he always tried to get you to see the less serious side of life.

Dave had a laugh and special thought for those less fortunate than himself. Dave never wanted to see anyone in pain, yet his life ended in such terrible pain.

Will Dave be there to see his young nephew score that hockey goal, or his nieces and nephews go on to university and suceed and will he be able to hold their children. Everyone's life goes on! Does Dave's!

Dave's family picture, will never be the same.

It could happen to your family. Are your children going to work at a large corporation that only cares about profits?

Our brother was so in charge of his life, he cared about people, he had such a great future planned. It was all lost on June 24, 1996. What would you do to protect your son or daughter from working on a work site that is unsafe where their life might be ended in a blink of an eye. Have you ever thought about how a family could recover from such a tragedy.

Is life so valueless that we risk it everyday in an unsafe work environment.

Shouldn't we be able to go to work knowing that we will come home safely. Is the risk worth it just to have a job. Can we be assured that our sons and daughters will live a full and productive lives. Dave's family can answer that, because we are living without Dave. The answer is NO!

Shouldn't legislation be changed to allow grieving families more time to make decisions on their course of action. How long does a family have to wait before they can have closure. Our family will never rest knowing that his life was lost in vain.

There are so many unanswered questions, that only God can answer. Like why did the ministry of labour not keep the family up to date on the proceedings of the investigation.

Dave's family would like to leave you with one thought.

If money was power, what is the power of love...?

Each death and injury on the job is one too many. That's why I'm here to show my support for the United Steelworkers campaign to reach young workers.

I hope that by talking to students in high schools, on radio and newspaper ads and leaflets, Steelworkers will be able to save lives and keep other kids healthy and safe in the workplace.

I don't want any other family to have a loss like ours and I don't want any family to see someone they loved hurt on the job.

Thank You.

Dave's Family

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*** incident - because of certain legalities this is the term that can be used legally and may or may not reflect actual events.***

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Pre-trial set into

death at Timminco

by Lucy Hass

Renfrew Mercury staff, Renfrew, Ontario Canada

The Roesler family pilgrimage to Pembroke continues.

Seventeen months after the tragic death of 32-year-old David Roesler in an industrial accident at Timminco Metals, his 63-year-old mother Angela, brothers and sisters continue to follow two charges against the Ross Township company.

Timminco has been charged with "failing to guard" and "disturbing the scene" under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after Roesler was caught in machinery at the magnesium mine facility on June 24, 1996.

In court Monday, Judge CR Merredew announced that a senior judge will oversee a pre-trial conference January 28 in Ottawa.

"There will be a judicial pre-trial in order that a judge, who will not be the trial judge, can explore, informally with counsel, all of the outstanding issues and seek to gain admission on matters of fact that are not going to be in controversy, and generally seek to find agreement to reduce the amount of trial time." If a full week is still required, it has been proposed that the trial commence March 23.

Judge Merredew also ordered that the medical notes and records of both Renfrew Victoria Hospital and the Renfrew Provincial Ambulance Service, regarding their treatment of the victim, be provided to Ontario Ministry of Labour lawyer Bridget Lynette and Timminco council Norman Keith.

In the lobby of a Pembroke court room on Monday, family members expressed frustration with court delays and an apparent lack of company concern for their deceased family member.

Brother Al recalls well the day when he received a phone call that his brother David had suffered "a bit of a squeeze" in a press. A former employee of the company, he sensed there could be no such thing.

By the time he arrived at Renfrew Victoria Hospital to meet the ambulance carrying his brother, the young man was dead. Today his sisters wonder why Timminco didn't even send someone to accompany their brother to the hospital but sent him alone.

The Roesler family has been in court every time the case has been addressed, a total of six appearances. Some family members have even lost income, taking time off work to support each other through this difficult time. They are anxious to see the case proceed and finally achieve closure.

David Roesler died in an industrial accident in 1996.

A Special Dedication to A very Special Brother We Love YOU

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Westray Coal Mine Disaster, Nova Scotia

In recognition of the grieving families and in commemoration of the 26 miners who were killed in the Westray coal mine disaster on May 9, 1992, we will remember them I am dedicating this to them, below is a list of the men who were killed my heart goes out to the families and friends, I understand your loss and weep with you:

John Thomas Bates

Larry Arthur Bell

Bennie Joseph Benoit

Wayne Michael Conway

Ferris Todd Dewan

Adonis Joseph Dollimont

Robert Steven Doyle

Remi Joseph Drolet

Roy Edward Feltmate

Charles Robert Fraser

Myles Gillis

John Philip Halloran

Randolph Brian House

Trevor Jahn

Laurence Elwyn James

Eugene William Johnson

Stephen Paul Lilley

Michael Frederick MacKay

Angus Joseph MacNeil

Glenn David Martin

Harry Alliston McCallum

Eric Earl McIssac

George James Munroe

Danny James Poplar

Romeo Andrew Short

Peter Francis Vickers

Always to be remembered.