Amanda Renee Speck was born on September 11, 1981 in Detroit, Michgan. She died at the age of 24 October 17, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona where she was a student at Pima Junior College.
Amanda is the dearly loved daughter of Dr. Lisa Beth Speck and Dr. John Speck (Nancy Kathryn). Loving sister of Adam. Beloved granddaughter of Dr. John C. Speck (the late Mary) and Ruth Marshak (the late Dr. Seymour). Loved by many aunts, uncles, relatives and friends.
We love you Mandy, and miss you terribly.
Thank you all for coming and honoring Mandy and suppporting the family and each other in our collective grief. Mandy was brilliant, pretty, creative, generous, funny, loving and empathetic.
She loved all the arts--books, poetry, movies, the visual arts, theater, and, perhaps most of all, music. She truly loved everything from classical to jazz, R&B, blues, rock and roll, bands whose names can't be repeated in polite company, and more.
Mandy could sing a song, paint a picture, solve an equation, do carpentry, create great earrings, make the computer be her servant, and write with wit and style. All in all, she was a bit of a renaissance woman. She also loved to snow board and to go camping; to tease and be teased. She was quick to laugh and quick to forgive.
In the last several years we saw this part of her undermined and ravaged by severe bipolar disease and substance abuse. This is called "dual diagnosis" and is all to often a terminal illness. As if she had a cancer of the personality, there were fewer and briefer glimpses of her wonderful self, and more frequent and severe bouts with her demons. Mandy was often described as troubled, but we think a better word for the last 5 years would be "tormented". She didn't like what was happening to her any more than the rest of us. In fact, she was often miserably frustrated about her life and behavior, yet helpless to stop it despite excellent medical care and the love and support of those close, and even not so close, to her.
Please, let's remember Mandy for her wonderful attributes and the love that she gave to those around her. We thank all of you for helping bring out the best of Mandy even in the worst of times.
She was a sister, a daughter, and a loyal friend. We know she's in heaven with Grandma Mary, Grandpa Sy, and Uncle Mike. She's happy, loving and well cared for, and loved.
She's at peace, without spiritual or physical pain, and the demons are gone. She's free to be her wonderful self again.
As Mandy would say at the end of her calls or letters: PEACE.
Amanda is the dearly loved daughter of Dr. Lisa Beth Speck and Dr. John Speck (Nancy Kathryn). Loving sister of Adam. Beloved granddaughter of Dr. John C. Speck (the late Mary) and Ruth Marshak (the late Dr. Seymour). Loved by many aunts, uncles, relatives and friends.
We love you Mandy, and miss you terribly.
Thank you all for coming and honoring Mandy and suppporting the family and each other in our collective grief. Mandy was brilliant, pretty, creative, generous, funny, loving and empathetic.
She loved all the arts--books, poetry, movies, the visual arts, theater, and, perhaps most of all, music. She truly loved everything from classical to jazz, R&B, blues, rock and roll, bands whose names can't be repeated in polite company, and more.
Mandy could sing a song, paint a picture, solve an equation, do carpentry, create great earrings, make the computer be her servant, and write with wit and style. All in all, she was a bit of a renaissance woman. She also loved to snow board and to go camping; to tease and be teased. She was quick to laugh and quick to forgive.
In the last several years we saw this part of her undermined and ravaged by severe bipolar disease and substance abuse. This is called "dual diagnosis" and is all to often a terminal illness. As if she had a cancer of the personality, there were fewer and briefer glimpses of her wonderful self, and more frequent and severe bouts with her demons. Mandy was often described as troubled, but we think a better word for the last 5 years would be "tormented". She didn't like what was happening to her any more than the rest of us. In fact, she was often miserably frustrated about her life and behavior, yet helpless to stop it despite excellent medical care and the love and support of those close, and even not so close, to her.
Please, let's remember Mandy for her wonderful attributes and the love that she gave to those around her. We thank all of you for helping bring out the best of Mandy even in the worst of times.
She was a sister, a daughter, and a loyal friend. We know she's in heaven with Grandma Mary, Grandpa Sy, and Uncle Mike. She's happy, loving and well cared for, and loved.
She's at peace, without spiritual or physical pain, and the demons are gone. She's free to be her wonderful self again.
As Mandy would say at the end of her calls or letters: PEACE.
Amanda Renee Speck was born on September 11, 1981 in Detroit, Michgan. She died at the age of 24 October 17, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona where she was a student at Pima Junior College.
Amanda is the dearly loved daughter of Dr. Lisa Beth Speck and Dr. John Speck (Nancy Kathryn). Loving sister of Adam. Beloved granddaughter of Dr. John C. Speck (the late Mary) and Ruth Marshak (the late Dr. Seymour). Loved by many aunts, uncles, relatives and friends.
We love you Mandy, and miss you terribly.
Thank you all for coming and honoring Mandy and suppporting the family and each other in our collective grief. Mandy was brilliant, pretty, creative, generous, funny, loving and empathetic.
She loved all the arts--books, poetry, movies, the visual arts, theater, and, perhaps most of all, music. She truly loved everything from classical to jazz, R&B, blues, rock and roll, bands whose names can't be repeated in polite company, and more.
Mandy could sing a song, paint a picture, solve an equation, do carpentry, create great earrings, make the computer be her servant, and write with wit and style. All in all, she was a bit of a renaissance woman. She also loved to snow board and to go camping; to tease and be teased. She was quick to laugh and quick to forgive.
In the last several years we saw this part of her undermined and ravaged by severe bipolar disease and substance abuse. This is called "dual diagnosis" and is all to often a terminal illness. As if she had a cancer of the personality, there were fewer and briefer glimpses of her wonderful self, and more frequent and severe bouts with her demons. Mandy was often described as troubled, but we think a better word for the last 5 years would be "tormented". She didn't like what was happening to her any more than the rest of us. In fact, she was often miserably frustrated about her life and behavior, yet helpless to stop it despite excellent medical care and the love and support of those close, and even not so close, to her.
Please, let's remember Mandy for her wonderful attributes and the love that she gave to those around her. We thank all of you for helping bring out the best of Mandy even in the worst of times.
She was a sister, a daughter, and a loyal friend. We know she's in heaven with Grandma Mary, Grandpa Sy, and Uncle Mike. She's happy, loving and well cared for, and loved.
She's at peace, without spiritual or physical pain, and the demons are gone. She's free to be her wonderful self again.
As Mandy would say at the end of her calls or letters: PEACE.
Amanda is the dearly loved daughter of Dr. Lisa Beth Speck and Dr. John Speck (Nancy Kathryn). Loving sister of Adam. Beloved granddaughter of Dr. John C. Speck (the late Mary) and Ruth Marshak (the late Dr. Seymour). Loved by many aunts, uncles, relatives and friends.
We love you Mandy, and miss you terribly.
Thank you all for coming and honoring Mandy and suppporting the family and each other in our collective grief. Mandy was brilliant, pretty, creative, generous, funny, loving and empathetic.
She loved all the arts--books, poetry, movies, the visual arts, theater, and, perhaps most of all, music. She truly loved everything from classical to jazz, R&B, blues, rock and roll, bands whose names can't be repeated in polite company, and more.
Mandy could sing a song, paint a picture, solve an equation, do carpentry, create great earrings, make the computer be her servant, and write with wit and style. All in all, she was a bit of a renaissance woman. She also loved to snow board and to go camping; to tease and be teased. She was quick to laugh and quick to forgive.
In the last several years we saw this part of her undermined and ravaged by severe bipolar disease and substance abuse. This is called "dual diagnosis" and is all to often a terminal illness. As if she had a cancer of the personality, there were fewer and briefer glimpses of her wonderful self, and more frequent and severe bouts with her demons. Mandy was often described as troubled, but we think a better word for the last 5 years would be "tormented". She didn't like what was happening to her any more than the rest of us. In fact, she was often miserably frustrated about her life and behavior, yet helpless to stop it despite excellent medical care and the love and support of those close, and even not so close, to her.
Please, let's remember Mandy for her wonderful attributes and the love that she gave to those around her. We thank all of you for helping bring out the best of Mandy even in the worst of times.
She was a sister, a daughter, and a loyal friend. We know she's in heaven with Grandma Mary, Grandpa Sy, and Uncle Mike. She's happy, loving and well cared for, and loved.
She's at peace, without spiritual or physical pain, and the demons are gone. She's free to be her wonderful self again.
As Mandy would say at the end of her calls or letters: PEACE.
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