Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Will you do me a favor - tell Andy Happy Birthday for me. And I love him. And I miss him. Take care of him for us.

November 10, 2005

There are no words that can adequately describe the bravery and courage that you showed on this day.
The coward that took you from us will pay for his sins and evil ways.
Your are immortal through Police Officers everywhere and through your family and friends.
You will never be forgotten, you are a Hero.

Retired Police Officer.
EOW. 4-16-96.

November 10, 2005

So there I was, in Bishop Hall, fifth floor, discussing class schedules and internships at different departments, when I walk out of an office and stop mid-sentence as I come face-to-face with your picture on the wall and just whispered, "Jessica." I don't know why it was so surprising, I just wasn't expecting it right then, I guess. You're so beautiful. And so there I was, rendered speechless, feeling compelled to reach out and touch your picture, as though it would somehow be really touching you, as I was simply watched until I regained my train of thought... and continued down the hallway to finish talking about my options for the future... I wish I could be discussing them with you.

October 18, 2005

I haven’t written in awhile because it’s been too hard to put down in words how things have been. It was very difficult for us with Manda getting married. We shed tears for Manda as she moved into another phase of her life but we also shed tears for you. You were supposed to be here. You were supposed to be her Matron on Honor. I do have to say, when the time came for her to walk down the aisle, she was beautiful and just glowed with happiness. She wore the same tiara that you wore when you married Matt. On her handkerchief, she pinned a blue ribbon. You were not forgotten by any means. Kerrie did a great job as Matron of Honor, the little girls were so cute in their dresses, with their hair done up and the guys, Dad, Rob and Matt all did well. As in the normal Nagle wedding tradition, a good time was had by all and maybe a little too much by some. The last one married so no more weddings for us! Now we just have to wait for babies. Oh by the way, could you put in a good word for us and send a boy. Dad would be very happy. He loves the girls but he wants that grandson really, really bad.

Love and miss you,
Mom

October 13, 2005

Never had a song so perfectly fit. Everytime I hear this one I can't help but wonder who slipped into my head and set the words to music. I just thought I'd share it with everyone because I know I'm not the only one who thinks of Jess when you hear this song. Still missing you, bff


Who You'd Be Today
Sunny days seem to hurt the most
I wear the pain like a heavy coat
I feel you everywhere I go

I see your smile
I see your face
I hear you laughing in the rain
I still can't believe your gone

Chorus:
It ain't fair
You died too young
Like a story that had just begun
But death tore the pages all away
God knows how I miss you
All the hell that I've been through
Just knowing no one could take your place
Sometimes I wonder
Who you'd be today

Would you see the world
Would you chase your dreams
Settle down with a family
I wonder what would you name your babies
Somedays the sky's so blue
I feel like I can talk to you
I know it might sound crazy

Chorus:
It ain't fair
You died too young
Like a story that had just begun
But death tore the pages all away
God knows how I miss you
All the hell that I've been through
Just knowing no one could take your place
Sometimes I wonder
Who you'd be today

Today, today, today

Today, today, today

Sunny days seem to hurt the most
I wear the pain like a heavy coat
The only thing that gives me hope
Is I know, I'll see you again someday

Someday, someday

October 12, 2005

Jessica,

I knew you from Ferris DPS. I remember you teaming up for foot patrol with Zylstra or Shore or whoever while I sat in dispatch. I remember thinking you had a quiet strength and would be a great officer. I had only been a police officer for two months when I attended your funeral. I want to tell you a story.

Maybe a year after your death I stopped a car in Mt. Pleasant where I use to work. The driver was a young woman of college age. As I asked for her info I looked into her purse and vehicle in typical officer safety practice. I noticed a picture of a police officer in her wallet. I asked her about it and she showed it to me saying "it is my sister". It was you. I remember the huge lump in my throat as I recalled the story of your heroics and memories of your funeral. I think I told her I knew you but could hardly speak. I wish I could have told her how remembering you gives me strength and courage in this job. I read your reflections often and know you are in a better place. Keep watching over your Ferris friends.

Tpr Carissa Schneider
Michigan State Police

October 11, 2005

To Jessica's husband, thank you for the t-shirt in memory of Jessica at the 2005 NLEOM. I remember our conversations and your love of her. Though I have never met Jessica I know she is smiling down on you. My prayers are with you.

DFC Terri Straw
Orange County Sheriff's Office

October 9, 2005

Does it not matter what we feel
Are feelings not actually real?
Do we create them in our minds
And just think they're one-of-a-kind?

Is the world dirty and dead
Or are those just negative thoughts in our heads?
Is there something worth fighting for
Is it worth it to ask for more?

Are we blinded by selfish motives and beliefs
Thinking we're the only ones with grief
Do we ignore what is ugly and not try to help
And instead only believe in self-help?

Do we see weakness and just think less
Instead of acknowledging that we're all a mess
The hand reaching for help, we step on and kick
And anyone with difficulties is so often "mentally sick"

We see things we don't understand
Automatically we deem them as bad
People who need help are just burned with a brand
And this naive belief is now iron-clad

Is this the world or is this one small piece
Will the destructive behavior ever cease?
Is there enough good to overcome
Or will the good just turn and run?

We always try to change everything else
But we rarely take a look at ourselves
Sometimes we need to change, too
But how many will accept this view?

What kind of world will we be living in
Will we cry when thinking of how it could've been?
Or will we make this world worth fighting for
Is this just my dream or will it also be yours?

October 6, 2005

Family, Friends, and Loved Ones of PO Jessica Ann Nagle-Wilson....My sincere condolences for the loss of an amazing woman. It is evident from all of the condolences left on this page that Jessica was loved very much. I am truly sorry for your loss.

I never knew Jessica, but had the priviledge of meeting her husband and co-workers at police week this past May. I was engaged to Deputy Sheriff Joshua Blyler (EOW: 5.2.04), and went to police week in his honor. I know and understand the pain of losing the one person you love most in this world. It is life shattering, heart breaking....it is a devastation that cannot be expressed in words.

One night, Matt shared Jessica's story with me and my heart broke once again. I wish that I could've known Jessica, as I know from so many that she was such an amazing woman....a woman who made an incredible sacrafice.

I know there aren't any words that can be said to heal the broken heart or ease the grief of losing Jessica. Just know that you all are in my thoughts and prayers. Before police week, I had never heard her name, but now I will forever remember the name, Jessica Ann Nagle-Wilson and the amazing legacy she left.

To Matt, Jessica's husband---know that Jessica will always be with you. She is a part of you and her memory will forever live on inside your heart.

To Jessica,
Thank you for your dedication and service to your community. You will forever be remembered....never forgotten.

Sincerely,
Kelly

Kelly Gillain
OfficerDownSignificantOthers

September 23, 2005

If today isn't proof that you are looking out for us all, sending cheerful memories and songs just to brighten the day.....I don't know what is. still missing you

September 16, 2005

Jess - I apologize that it has taken me so long to write. I didn't get the chance to know you as well as I would have liked, but I did consider you a good friend. Every time I look at my graduation pictures and see the shiner that you gave me, I think of you. I never thought that I would say this but having that black eye now brings me joy. I have thought a lot about you this past year. A friend went to DC and got a rubbing of your name, I now have a little reminder of you and everything you stood for. Another friend of mine recently passed away on duty. I now grieve for you both but rejoice in the fact that you are both watching over all of us crazy people who are, or are trying to get into, law enforcement. You are truly missed by everyone who got the great opportunity to meet you.

Lauren Golembiewski

September 5, 2005

I've been thinking about you a lot lately... And for some reason have felt very disconnected from you recently. I don't normally feel that way. I hope you can help me figure out what the barrier is.

I just wanted you to know I'm thinking of you. And I hope you can make me feel "right" again.

Katie

August 16, 2005

They say "time heals all wounds". Well, its been 3 years now and it isn't any easier to except. Many of us visited you yesterday at the cemetery and then went to the FOP hall and I know you were with us. Please keep watching over us. We miss you!!!

Patrolman
HPPD

July 29, 2005

Jessica and her family, friends and colleagues are in our thoughts this day. To her mom...I read your reflection and hope that you see this entry and know that Jessica lives in all men and women who wear a badge and are humbly honored to serve with her memory, courage and sacrafice in our hearts.

OMY/COP/WPD
7/28/05

Chief of Police / Olen M. Young
Wauneta PD Nebraska

July 28, 2005

I was a nurse in the emergency room where they brought Jessica that night. Her death has touched my heart forever. I only wish I had to chance to meet her. It was obvious to ALL of us she was not only loved but a very special woman.

Hospital employee

July 28, 2005

I am someone that never had the pleasure of meeting you. I am a mother, who cant imagine to lose a child, I am a sister, who cant imagine life without my best friend, I am a daughter, who cant imagine my mothers days with out me, I am also a "Daddys Little Girl" and couldnt ever imagine my father having to burrying me. I am ever so proud of you Jessica. Once again you are gone but never ever forgotten. With love I pray for the Nagle family and as well as the Wilson family.

July 28, 2005

I remember this day so vividly. I was got out of bed in the morning, and had a text message from Sgt. Williams, of FSU DPS telling me of you death. We only met a bunch of times in Bishop Hall, but you are the type of person you don't forget, so friendly and kind.

If you could only read the reflections, and see how numerous they are and that not a day goes by that we aren't thinking of you.

I remember what Sgt. Schnidder told us the last day of fireams training as we are sitting at the tables cleaning our weapons. "You all are going to be super heros, you are going to put on a uniform and protect others. But when you meet that on villian in a dark alley, and he tries to kill you, you send him to hell." I'm sure he's proud of you, because I am.

Class 2002

Brian Rhoa

July 28, 2005

On the third anniversary of your passing, you are remembered.
As a wife, daughter, friend and police officer, you touched many lives. I can only imagine how many are thankful for that.
While your tour was short, know that all who wear the badge continue each day in your memory.

Master Trooper
Virginia State Police

July 28, 2005

Thinking of you and the ultimate sacrifice you made for the rest of us. Rest in peace

Sterling Heights PD, MI

July 28, 2005

On this third anniversary May God Grant Officer Nagle-Wilson's Family, Fellow Officers, and Friends, the Serenity to accept the things they can not Change, the Courage to Change the things they Can, and the Wisdom to know the difference...Please know we will not forget this Warrior's sacrifice... Rest in Peace Sister in Blue...Peace to your family...

Officer Debra McFall Ross
East Buffalo Twp P.D. Lewisburg, Pa.

July 28, 2005

I wanted to let you and your family know that you have not been forgotten and that you are a true hero.

Robert Gordon, father of fallen officer Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

Robert Gordon, Asst. Chief, Retired
Riverside PD, Illinois

July 27, 2005

We thought of you today
But that is nothing new
We thought of you yesterday
And will tomorrow, too

We think of you in silence
And make no outward show
For what it meant to lose you
Only those who love you know

Remembering you is easy
We do it everyday
It’s the heartache of losing you
That will never go away

July 26, 2005

I had the experience of knowing you from college. We worked together and shared a few clases. I know that you are looking down and knowing that your memory is being remember by all those who knew you and those that know of the spirit you showed us all.

Officer R. Pate
MDOC

July 25, 2005

The day is remembered and quietly kept,
no words are needed,
we shall never forget,
for those we love don't go away,
they walk beside us every day.
Unseen and unheard, but always near,
so loved, so missed, so very dear.

July 25, 2005

Once again,
that date draws closer.
Once again,
we relive,
Once again,
we grieve.
Once again,
we lose you
Once again,
it will never end.

We never got over losing you Jess, just learned somehow to put one foot in front of the other, and go on.

The day of your memorial service,
will be a celebration of your life.
And a mourning of our loss.

My dear Jess,
we will forever and ever,
DO ONCE AGAIN

love you and miss you

July 15, 2005