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Matthew Edward Yack
was born in Howell Michigan on
January 20, 1988 at 6:52 pm
weighting 6 LB 15 OZ and 20 inches tall. |
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| 1988 |
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Matthew was Baptized on April 10th 1988 at
St John Catholic Church.
Godparents are his Uncle Rick and Aunt Karen.
He recieved a candle from the church, which stands for
Everlasting Light. The white outfit he wore stood for purity. |
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Matthew started kindergarten on August 27th 1993.
He attended Latson Road Elementary School.
His first school teacher was Mrs. Sandy Johnson.
Matt really liked going to school to be with the other kids and it made him feel "bigger", he said.
One of his first friends was Kyle Saari.
Kyle also lived down the street from Gramma & Grampas house.
He was also close with Kyle Burns as they went to school and played baseball together.
Matt made friends with Brian Dunt the year Brian moved to Howell schools. He also lived down the street was his grandparents house. They were inseparable for many years. Even vacationing with each others families.
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| 2000 |
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Matt took a trip of a lifetime. He went on a 4 week road trip to Alaska with his Dad, Uncle Bob, Grampa Yack, and two cousins, Arron and Brian. It was a guys trip. He had a wonderful time and took many pictures and talked about that trip for along time.He thought it was great to go on this trip as he was one of the only kids he knew that had been to Alaska. |
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| 2000- 2002 |
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Matthew attended Highlander Way Middle School.
Matt liked to be the class clown. The older he got the more friends he got and the less he got picked on. |
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| 2002 |
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Matthew turned 14 in January and got a job at Brighton Cinema 16 in Febuary. He worked the consession stand until his promotion to usher the next year. He worked there for 1 1/2 years up until his death. |
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| 2003 |
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Matt attended Howell High School Freshman Campus. His class was the first class to be in there. Matt had so many friends by now that he liked going to school more to be social. He loved talking to friends and having fun. He loved to make people laugh, he didn't like to see people sad and he did whatever he could to change that. He was a jokester and he was a tender hearted young man that cared about people.
Matt was in the Men's Varsity Choir, he so loved that class and he thought Mr. Bushey was the best. Matt looked so handsome in his Tux that they performed in.
The class did a mural on the wall inside the school, it is of a fishing boat with men fishing. Everyone in the class of 2006 signed this mural in the sky or in the water. They put Matthews name on the back of the boat as a memorial to him. |
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| 2003 |
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He was just 15 years old. In the 9th grade.
Matt had a brain aneurysm on April 4th. He laid in a coma until he passed on April 11th at 3:39 pm at U of M Hospital in Ann Arbor.
The aneurysm was caused by infection that had set in the cerebral artery, is what the brain surgeon told us after a 6 hour surgery. Matt had had pneumonia in March.
That evening our very dear friends, Steve and Ann, named a star after him. At his funeral luncheon (which my co-workers held for us) Ann gave out star pins to everyone in the family . She said that way all the family even Texas and Illinois family can look up and see Matt.
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| 2004 |
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Matthews First Choir Scholarship was Awarded to
Ryan Klien |
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| 2005 |
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Matthews Second Choir Scholarship was Awarded to,
Robert Lane |
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| 2006 |
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Matthews Third Scholarship was Awarded to
Brandon Price |
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| 2006 |
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The final choir concert May 25. 2006.
They sang "Homeward Bound"
and ran a slide show of pictures of Matt through the years.
Graduation was June 4, 2006
We recieved a diplomia in Matthews honor.
The class of 2006, carried Matt through ALL graduation events.
Thank you Class of 2006
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| January 5, 2007 |
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We recieved a letter from the Howell High School Class of 2006 Advisor, it was to inform us that the Class of 2006, Matt's Class.
Donated $1000.00 to Matthews Scholarship, to help it to continue on for many years to come. We were very over whelmed at the donation from the class, here we are three and a half years after Matt's passing that he is still being thought about and carried through life by those of us that carry him in our hearts.
Matt will not be fogotten .... ever... |
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| March 2007 |
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Article published Mar 19, 2007 in the Press and Argus Paper
Thanks to Howell's Class of 2006
This January, we received a letter from the Howell High School 2006 class adviser stating to us that the Class of 2006 had donated $1,000 to our son's scholarship.
Our son, Matthew Yack, passed away in 2003 as a freshman at Howell High School. The community and classmates were quite overwhelming with their support. Those wonderful kids carried our son through all of their high school years including graduation, where we received an honorary diploma for Matt.
We want to make sure that we thank these wonderful kids for donating to the Matthew Yack Memorial Scholarship Fund at Howell High School.
They have truly shown us that our son is not, nor will he be,
forgotten.
So, to the Class of 2006, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
The Family of Matthew Yack
Howell
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| May 19, 2007 |
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The second annual Monson/Yack Memorial Skate Competition was held at the Howell Parker Skate Park. We were presented with a metal in Matt's honor. |
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| May 24, 2007 |
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Matthew's 4th Scholarship went to :
Tyler Hoornstra |
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| May 17, 2008 |
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These are the winners of the 3rd Annual Monson/Yack Skate Competition.
Best Trick
Kyle McPherson
Advanced
1st-John Kight
2nd-Kyle McPherson
3rd-Billy Christie
Intermediate
1st-Dillon Hammell
2nd-Calvin Compagner
3rd-Eli Dress
Beginner
1st-Evan Wood
2nd-Taylor Hobby
3rd-Zachary LeBoeuf |
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| May 2008 |
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Matthew's 5th scholarship was awarded to:
Blake Bensman |
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| 2009 |
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The 6th Matthew Yack Choir Scholarship went to:
Caleb Wimbrow |
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| 2009 Monson/Yack Memorial Skate Competition |
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This years Winners
Beginner
1. Mitchell Hamann
2. Donovan Day
3. Aaron Osborne
Intermediate
1. Alex Lynch
2. Dillion Race
3. Tyler Spano
Advanced
1. Josh Kaschish
2. Karl Hofmeister
3. Zach Hoisington |
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