David William Waite, age 56, Collingswood High School Gradute
Monday, April 21, 2008
WAITE, DAVID WILLIAM
Suddenly,
on April 15, 2008, at 10:45am, age 56, David William Waite entered
Glory and has joined the ranks 'with so great a cloud of witnesses'
(Hebrews 12:1) and now is walking 'by sight' (2 Corinthians 5:7).
David
was born October 17, 1951 and graduated from Collingswood High School.
After battling childhood polio, he survived and learned to walk. When a
fire engulfed his apartment in recent years, he escaped through a
window. With disfiguring burns covering 31% of his body, he lingered
between life and death in the Crozier-Chester Burn Center. Despite
months of physical and mental torture, he survived. David was never the
same after that. In many ways, his life was a continual nightmare. The
doctors presumed that a blood clot in his legs released an embolism and
triggered excruciating pain in his legs and body.
He was put on an
ambulance at 9:30am and was taken to Underwood Memorial Hospital in
Woodbury, NJ. A blood clot apparently reached his heart. Despite
efforts by the hospital personnel to restore him, he was gone. He was
'born-again' and 'saved' by genuine faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. God
took David quickly and mercifully to Heaven, a place where there is no
more suffering or sorrow. His family loved him. They will miss him.
He
is survived by his father and mother, Pastor D.A. and Yvonne of
Collingswood, NJ; three brothers and one sister, Donald, Jr. (Jeanette)
of Chesapeake Beach, MD; Richard (Lorraine) of Lusby, MD; Daniel
(Tamara) of Collingswood, NJ; and Dianne (Reginald) of Jacksonville,
FL. Other relatives are: three nephews, (Richard, Jr. (Summer),
Jonathan, Jacob (Amber)), five nieces, (Elizabeth (Justin), Rebecca,
Kristen, Megan, Anna); two aunts, Dorothy (R.H.) and Ann; and six great
nephews and nieces.
The service will be held on Wednesday April 23,
2008, 2:00pm at 2nd Baptist Church, where he was a faithful member,
1540 Swedesboro Ave., Paulsboro, NJ 08066(856-423-0499). There will be
a viewing at 1:00 pm prior to the service. Interment will be at the
Harleigh Cemetery, 1640 Haddon Ave., Camden, NJ 08103 (856-963-3500).