The Memorial Service...
Dinner will be at Il Cielo in Beverly Hills.
The service will be held at the Reese's home in Bel Air on March 12th, 2008.
There will be live music, stories and prayers given.
All whom are attending need to do so by March 1st.
Chelsey's Eulogy...
We are here today, to honor and remember Nikrovan Rhinaldi Jelenovicz.
He was a loving son, brother, and friend. Nik was of the kindest, most genuine people I had ever met in my life. Our
meeting did not happen upon coicidence or chance, it was fate and I believe to be a gift from God. He was the one person I
could trust with my deepest of secrets and pour our my entire soul to, and know I would never be judged. He did the same with
me.
He was not a man of few words. He had lots to say for
just about anything. Anyone who ever had the chance to talk to him would say, he indeed had lots of things in his mind. I
guess you can say Nik was “opinionated”. He was passionate about science and could find a solution that could
justify everything.
He was a giving person, who never put himself first. He loved volunteering at local
charities. And when he was sick, he would walk around the hospital visiting children who were terminally ill and would play
his guitar for them.
When he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, my heart fell out of my chest. The night
he told me I cried until I lost the strength to... and he held me and said "You know, it's not so bad...I mean,
at least you know you'll have someone up there putting in a good word for you". And he smiled. That amazing smile that warmed
my heart for the past 5 years that I've known him. I believe that he has touched all of us and will always have a place in
our hearts. And I know he's up there, smiling and doing his best to look out for us.
He lived his life the best way he could. He never had enemies
nor did he step on anyone. He was well loved and I guess seeing everyone here right now, having this big a crowd on his
funeral only proves that indeed Nik was and is well loved.
Since his passing I haven't been the same, I lost my best friend, I loved him so very
much...but;
Love is stronger than death. So I must be content to know that love is not affected by
death--it doesn't end, it doesn't diminish, it doesn't change.
Instead, love is immortalized and eternalized through death.
And the possibility of that love ever being damaged or broken is eliminated forever.
I'll put my trust in love.
(She stopped there because she couldn't go further.)
Chelsey's Prayer...
Most faithful God, lively is the courage of those who hope in You.
Nik, our beloved, has suffered greatly, but placed his trust in Your mercy. Confident that the petition of those who
mourn pierces the clouds and finds an answer, we beg You, give rest to Nik Lord. Do not remember his sins, but look upon his
sufferings Lord and grant him refreshment, light, and peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
