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Stories about Ben

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* We have not included some of the heartfelt stories shared with us by Ben's high school friends, who requested that they remain private,

or tributes lovingly posted on social media or other websites. If you wrote such a story and would like us to include it here, please let us know.

If you spot an error or we have missed your story, the mistake was ours and not intentional. Contact us and we will fix it.

Young Trumpeter

Just that quirky

Last winter when the entire music department was online, someone came up ...

Baking Cream

It's not just that he's funny ...

From a family interview of Ben’s grandfather, ...

Requayvious Germaynious ...

I was starting a Dungeons & Dragons campaign and helping Ben create ...

Miles upon miles of roads

To pick a single memory would be a difficult task. Ben was the kind of guy ...

His mask with the music notes

I met him in the elevator and noticed his mask with the music notes on them ...

Friendsgiving

We have so many memories of Ben, but one of our favorites was when ...

Absolute joy to teach

Ben was such a special person, loved by all who knew him. I can’t believe ...

Ben's positive energy

I will always remember Ben’s positive energy. He would make a point to ...

Norway

During the summer of 2019, Ben and I had the opportunity to travel to ...

Growing up on Upper Drive

My favorite memory with Ben was growing up on Upper Drive and we would ...

Paper mummies

One day many years ago, Ben, Abby, Danielle, Nicole, Emily and Alyssa wrapped ...

His presence lit up the dark

It will come as no surprise that Ben and I shared too many good memories ...

Belmar

When we graduated high school, I went with you guys to Belmar for the ...

Arts and Crafts

TCNJ

After Ben's first visit to TCNJ during his junior year of high school, there was ...

Cutting Clay

Fishing

The last time that we saw Ben was in August. He came up to our house and spent ...

Boots

One of my favorite events each year is making Christmas cookies. It is ...

We left like nothing happened

Ben is truly an inspiring person who brought so much joy into my life. ...

Ben is amazing

We were driving back to school from the camping trip. He was telling me ...

Any day with him was a great day

It was tough to choose a favorite memory of Ben because any day with him was a great day. ...

His Instagram posts

I used to eat lunch in Mr. Eaton’s room my senior year. I remember walking ...

Team player

I feel blessed to have known your boy if only for a few years while in Watchung ...

Fellow musician, kindhearted figure

I first met Ben during my freshman year at Watchung Hills. He was always ...

Always willing to get his hands dirty

At the beginning of the semester, I bought potted roses for my room. I’ve ...

Just two of the freshman band nerds

Music has been said to do many wonders in this world and for me it brought me ...

A loyal and good friend

It’s not easy to write something when words don’t make the cut. Ben ...

And more

Ben was always a fun neighbor. One of my memories of Ben was, I ...

Tennis Balls and Racket

Ben's steel-toed crocs

When we were going through some of Ben’s things, we dug through his ...

Ben's laugh

I think what I will remember most about Ben is his laugh. From when he was little ...

Livestreaming

Anybody who has spent any time with Ben in the past several ...

Always had a joke or a funny story

I wish I had more than a few memories of Ben to share, but unfortunately, ...

Wolfe memories

Every Friday or Saturday night, we would always order Chinese or Sushi. ...

The kid who drove 6 hours just for Waffle House

He’ll always be the kid who drove, I think, 6 hours just for Waffle House, and that ...

His superpower

Abby would always tell me stories about how “dumb” Ben was in the most loving ...

The worst basketball player, but ...

From our 1 on 1 talks to the group laughs, Ben was one of a kind. When we were ...

A legend

One time we were on a Zoom for Wind Ensemble (Fall 2020, I believe) and Ben reached for ...

Selfless acts

I have been so blessed and grateful to have known and developed a friendship with ...

A warm "hello"

Though I never had Ben as a student in one of my classes, he always ...

Three long bike rides

I did not know Ben for very long, but I was able to make a few memories with him ...

Modern Dance

Spanish in person

In the peak of COVID, Ben and I were the only two in-person attendees of our ...

The gummy shark story

When Ben was in preschool, he came to visit us in Florida over the winter. One day, ...

Friend

When I was pregnant with Ben and I found out that I was having a boy, I was so ...

Maturity beyond his years

I have the fondest and warmest memories of Ben. Seeing Matthew and Ben ...

Gift grab

Some of our favorite memories are being together every New Year’s ...

Ben had a way of bringing people close

Ben was key to our Wednesday night psychology class, full of ...

Such was Ben's talent

A few weeks before his passing, I sat next to Ben at rehearsal. I asked him ...

His cookies are still remembered

There are so many amazing memories. He was the nicest and sweetest person ...

Some students, you just don't forget

As a school counselor, some students enrich my life. Ben did just that! ...

I will miss everything about him

Ben was someone very special to me. I met Ben last fall when we were all ...

Genuine

One day when I was having a rough panic attack, despite not knowing me, ...

One unforgettable whirlwind

My first encounter with Ben was sitting next to him in the high school ...

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