Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Tom, you are missed so much and loved so much. No matter what is happening on this crazy earth, you in heaven will always know the truth.I wish that you were still here. You know by watching over us that you know who I am.I have always respected you and always know what you stood for. May your daughters find some kind of peace in their lives. (why does life have to be so cruel).I just wanted you to know that I went to the PD on the am of the 13th and left a rose on your stone, I kissed it and wished you and your family the best. Why did this have to happen. I can remeber when you came to me in the middle of the night and said go IRISH. Wow! Now I can say to you Tom, Go all they way baby!!!!!!!!!Sleep tight BLUE ANGEL. I do miss you so very much.I hope that you will join me on my day off and watch the IRISH with me in the bowl game. Love you Tom

December 16, 2005

Thinking of you Tom, Deb, and the girls. You are in our prayers often.

December 14, 2005

THINKING OF YOU! THINKING OF DEB, THINKING OF YOUR DAUGHTERS!PRAYING FOR YOU! PRAYING FOR DEB, PRAYING FOR YOUR DAUGHTERS!GOD BLESS YOU ALL DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

FRIEND

December 13, 2005

OPIE,GO IRISH. WE ARE GOING ALL THE WAY BABY

December 12, 2005

God bless Deb and Toms daughters as we approach your E.O.W. Rest in peace and with ease blue angel!!!!

December 12, 2005

Tommy, Please help watch over your daughters and Deb as they approach the 2 year EOW day. May God be with us all BLUE ANGEL. You are missed so very much.
Wife of a Mishawaka Police Officer.

December 11, 2005

Don't cry because its over; smile if you were fortunate enough to know,love and spend special times with this wonderful person.This man who valued and looked forward to every day of his life and lived each day just as he wanted to.

Thankful

November 18, 2005

Cpl. Roberts, As the holidays approach, along with the second anniversary of your passing, I hope you daughters will find some comfort knowing that their Father IS a true hero. Peace and Blessings to them.

OHIO
11-17-2005

November 16, 2005

Tom's daughters were a part of him, and the part of him that will live on forever. While some people may move on and forward with their lives, Tom's family, his faithful friends and loved ones will never replace him in their hearts. No dollar value can be placed on what he meant to those that really and truly loved, valued and cherished him.

Tom, you will always be remembered.
A Faithful Friend to Tom and his Daughters

November 2, 2005

I am not gone, I have simply changed my form.You will find me,in the calmness of a raindrop and in leaves that brighten the autumn ground.You will hear my voice,in the whisper of a falling stream.You will feel my touch,when the warmth of the sun meets your skin.My soul will travel to you in the flight of a seagull.And you will see my smile in a fresh summer flower.I am the energy that fills your spirit,when you witness the beauty of nature.We are called together,when you remember a time we shared,for I exist within those thoughts.Whenever your heart is touched,you are receiving the gift of my love.And every time you cherish me,my soul is blessed.FAAD.

November 1, 2005

I am not gone, I have simply changed my form.
You will find me..
In the calmness of a raindrop,and in leaves that brighten the autumn ground.

November 1, 2005

Tom's daughters were a part of him, and the part of him that will live on forever. While some people may move on and forward with their lives, Tom's family, his true friends and loved ones will never replace him in their hearts. No dollar value can be placed on what he meant to those that really and truly loved, valued and cherished him.

Tom, you will always be remembered.
A True Friend

November 1, 2005

REST IN PEACE BLUE ANGEL AND TRY TO HELP YOUR FAMILY FIND PEACE. ALL THIS FIGHTING OVER MATERIAL THINGS IS JUST SO UN-IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE A MAN WHO LOVED HIS GIRLS AND A WOMEN THAT HE HAS SPENT 10 YEARS WITH, HE PROBABLY IS CRYING ANGEL TEARS WATCHING THIS WAR. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND PLEASE FIND IT IN YOUR HEARTS TO FORGIVE AND FORGET AND FIND THE LOVE YOUR FATHER HAD FOR ALL OF YOU FOR EACH OTHER.

FLORIDA

October 27, 2005

My Dear Tom, The Irish are going proud and strong and with a great coach. You would be looking forward to every game more than ever. I talk with the guys here at work and they comment that Opie would be a FORCE to be dealing with. You are missed and loved so very much. Steve stops in nearly every day he works to share a smile and sometimes just a nod if its busy.It soon will be Halloween and the time you and Lily sat on the porch to greet the trick-or-treaters.Lily with her costume and you with that spooky music playing.Lily bites everyone now.She still looks out the door, chases squirrels and barks at the bunnies. I take her to the cemetery with me sometimes, only because I know that you know we're there.Loving you will never end,that is safe in my heart and as strong as ever.Out of sight out of mind isn't true for everyone.You added hope,love and kindness to this world and to my life.I will never understand why the good are taken and the evil left behind I only know that you were taken much too soon from all of us who truly loved you.Missing you and loving you is still as natural as breathing the air that God allows me to breathe.I know he and only he controls our destiny and I also know that anything is possible through him and by him.He made it possible for all the years we did have together and I cherish every one of them.I love and miss you Tom so very much.We will be together again one day,until then I'll see you in my dreams. Loving you forever and a day.

Deb

October 18, 2005

Dear Oppie,
I know you will be cheering for Notre Dame as they battle USC tomorrow. I am sure you have a seat front and center on the sidelines. We will be thinking of you.

Rest In Peace Brotha
Mishawaka PD

October 14, 2005

GO IRISH!!!

September 28, 2005

My dear Tom:

After almost 2 years, not a day goes by that I don't think of you and what we might have had together given the opportunity and more time. My heart aches for your daughters and what they have endured since your death both privately and publicly. I know you feel their pain as only a father with love in his heart could. Only you and I know what the future might have brought. Peace be with you and always be with the angels.

J.

September 13, 2005

My Dear Tom, I loved you then,now and always.There are no words to explain life here on earth as it is without you.I can still close my eyes and see you walk through the door.I can hear your laugh and feel your touch.I'll see you in my dreams.I love you forever and a day.

Deb

September 12, 2005

You will never be forgotten and are a true hero. Keep watch over your family and help ease of of their pain. Also, protect those officers still out on patrol. God be with you.

Bob Gordon, Father of fallen officer
Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

Bob Gordon, Asst. Chief, Retired
Riverside PD, IL

August 26, 2005

To the family and friends of Cpl Tom Roberts and his fellow officers in the Mishawaka Police Department:

I wanted to extend my deepest condolences to all of you for the grievous loss you suffered when Cpl Roberts was so brutally murdered in December of 2003. His valor and bravery will be forever remembered. The loss of two brave officers in this one horrific crime must have been a devasatating blow to the department.

To his family, I know they will be embraced by a circle of love and support from the law enforcement community and other police survivors. Our family lost our beloved Larry Lasater of the Pittsburg, CA Police Department when he was fatally shot on April 23, 2005 during a foot pursuit of two bank robbers. Our family shares your agony and we grieve for you.

To his daughters, I believe that yur father is with you at every important milestone in your lives...he is not physically present but he is there in spirit. Continue to reach for your dreams as that is what fathers want their children to do. I have read that he was enormously proud of you, and I am sure that he still is because pride is forever.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the service Cpl Roberts gave to his community and the citizens of Indiana, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made in the line of duty.

Phyllis Loya, mother of fallen officer
Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

August 24, 2005

It is sad enough that initially, a tragic death of a hero is endlessly splashed all over the headlines of the local news. My heart goes out to the family of Corporal Tom Roberts, as I am certain that he would not want his family to have to endure the ongoing legal proceedings that continue to go on.
My prayers for love and peace go out to Tom's family and friends. May they find peace in remembering the wonderful person that Tom was, and keeping a piece of him in their hearts. May his Spirit continue to watch over you all.

June 27, 2005

My Dear Tom, You are still with me in every moment of each day. I can still see you when I close my eyes and its as though I can feel your touch when I reach out to you for the touch that I miss and need so much in my life still. I have always loved you and carry your lasting imprint of what true love means and feels like. I know there will be a time again when you and I will be together as one forever.I try now not to cry because our life here on earth is over but I try to smile because we were fortunate enough to have more than many will ever know who may live a hundred years.You are missed by many and the caring and kindness you showed people are spoken of often. I received several letters recently from some young men and women whos life you touched and how they knew you cared for people not just as a police officer but as an everyday person.You are held near and dear to many hearts.You will never be forgotten.I miss you, I need your strength to continue to be my guide.Days are tough and the nights are still only tougher.Writing to you,thinking of you and speaking to our family and friends of you always brings joy to my heart and a smile to my face. And yes still tears to my eyes.I will always love you,need you,want you here with me and miss you with all my heart and soul.Please continue to walk by my side.I love you forever and a day and I'll see you in my dreams!

Deb

June 17, 2005

"The mention of my dad's name

May bring tears to my eyes,

But it never fails to bring

Music to my ears.

If you are really my friend,

Let me hear the beautiful music of his name.

It soothes my broken heart

And sings to my soul."

(Author Unknown)

May 25, 2005

Until We Meet Again



Each morning when we awake

we know that you are gone.

And no one knows the heartache

As we try to carry on.



Our hearts still ache with sadness

and many tears still flow.

What it meant to lose you,

No one will ever know.



Our thoughts are always with you,

your place no one can fill.

In life we loved you dearly,

In death we love you still.



There will always be a heartache,

and often a silent tear,

But always a precious memory

Of the days when you were here.



If tears could make a staircase,

And heartaches make a lane,

We'd walk the path to heaven

And bring you home again.



We hold you close within our hearts,

And there you will remain,

To walk with us throughout our lives

Until we meet again.



Our family chain is broken now,

And nothing will be the same,

But as God calls us one by one,

The chain will link again.

Missing You Oppie

May 25, 2005

Dear Tom,
We just wanted to wish you a wonderful and beautiful Happy Birthday. I am sure that Heaven is an lovely experience, and I can't imagine the party that they will have for you. It is still completely amazing after almost a year and a half and to those of us left on Earth who will never understand why it is that you had to leave. There are so many that say "everything happens for a reason", but I don't think anyone in their heart really believes that.

Thinking you today Tom,
Happy Birthday!

P.S. We will be tipping our margarita glasses to You tonight! :)

Forever Your Friends and Your Family in

May 25, 2005