Jessica Naomi Gagg-Lopez

Jessica was the most beautiful person I had ever met and she was one of those that you always wished that you could have that beauty and everything that she did was. Beautiful. She was a gift to anyone that knew her and she always had beautiful people in her life. My love and condolences go out to everyone who has lost her and my memories with her span thousands of memories. I look at her beautiful son, and it gives me comfort that she lives on in him.. I have so many wonderful and funny memories with her beautiful friends, Christian and Maggie I also would love to thank the wonderful man that was with her for so many years of her life. and I’m sure there are so many other people that are missing her right now. I thank her beautiful mother for bringing her into this world and giving her to me as my sister, and many condolences to her siblings and their families. may she have wonderful Travels

Auntie Jess, I hate that I even have to write this because it's simply not fair that you are gone. You left this world too soon but you made such an amazing impact while you were here with us. I loved how you truly listened without judgment and how you always had something positive and supportive to say. Maddy and I find ourselves reflecting on the incredible impact you had on everyone you met. Maddy said when she first met you she felt so much love and kindness that it was like she had known you her whole life. That's because of your kind, loving, and welcoming spirit. Your kindness was a light that brightened every room you entered, and your sense of humor brought joy and laughter to even the toughest days. You had a love and kindness that was felt whenever you walked in a room. You had a beauty that radiated from within, making everyone around you feel valued and loved. Your passing has left a void that can never truly be filled, but I find comfort in the memories we shared and the love you gave so freely. You faced everyday with a smile no matter how much pain and suffering you were feeling. Though you left us too soon, your spirit lives on in the hearts of everyone who had the privilege of knowing you. We are truly going to miss talking to you and getting an Auntie Jess hug ❤️ and getting your "air hugs and love" across messages. It gives us peace to know you are no longer in pain but it also gives us pain to know we will never get to see your smile or hear your laugh. Rest in peace, Auntie Jess. You are deeply missed and forever cherished. Every time we dance and sing, feel the breeze, see a beautiful sunset across the ocean, see a bright moon in the sky, or see a dragonfly we will think of you and smile ❤️ we love you so much and we will forever hold you close to our hearts ❤️

-Love your Nephew Ryan and Niece-in-law Maddy ❤️

Dear Jessica,
It’s still so hard to believe that you’re not with us anymore. We didn’t get to spend much time together, but one thing I will never forget about you is how warm and kind you were to me from the first time we met. I remember being nervous that morning at Vernon Diner (because who could possibly be good enough for Cameron?), but you instantly made me feel at home. Your love and kindness knew no bounds.
You always encouraged us in our adventures big and small, whether it was flying to Germany for a week or crafting collages on the floor on a Saturday night.
It was clear every time we spoke that the most important thing in the world to you was Cameron’s happiness. I hope you find solace knowing that your love for him lives on in us all.
The last thing you told me was how happy he looked and how you couldn’t wait to join us on an adventure soon.
We miss you Jess, and you’ll be with us on every adventure.
Love,
Nina

   Do not stand
          By my grave, and weep.
     I am not there,
          I do not sleep—
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints in snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle, autumn rain.
As you awake with morning’s hush,
I am the swift, up-flinging rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the day transcending night.
     Do not stand
          By my grave, and cry—
     I am not there,
          I did not die.

— Clare Harner

My dearest Jessica,
How do I even begin to say how much you meant to me?
You were my lover, my absolute rock and my best friend for 18 years.
We experienced pretty much any and everything, good and bad, that life could throw at us.
We were two libras constantly trying to level each other out and you faced every day with a strength, promise and as an example of how GOOD a person could be even in spite of the trials you, and I, would and did face.
You made my life fuller, sweeter, better than anyone could imagine.
You made a beautiful human being in Cameron who loved you and who you loved, learned and listened to with your WHOLE HEART and the essence of your being.
I am awash still in grief and I can only hope that you are with all the people you shined your light and love on and no longer in any pain.
This is BY FAR the hardest thing that I will ever do and I must use MY love for you and our baby Daisy Dog to have a chance to come through this intact.
This is all I can manage to say right now as every minute my soul aches in your absence and my scale will hopefully rebalance with time.
I love you ALWAYS! If nothing else I KNOW this world was infinitely better with you in it... I know mine was... Rest in angelic peace now my beautiful, smart, funny and selfless Jessica💜
I will do my best to face the days ahead with half as much strength, compassion, vigor, hope and boundless love that YOU did.
My mother has said that none of us for, only change form.
I feel this is true however painful it is, and will be, to keep in mind and remember but I pray that you and your SO LOVING presence will help light my path until the day we meet again.
Goodbye my wandering star.
I know I will find you in the air I breathe, the sun and (your favorite) a crescent moon that you always said you wanted to sit in and let your legs hang from as you could watch the earth from up there.
THAT is where I know you'll be.
Thank you as well for your family and, by extension and through the love of you, welcomed me into as my own.
Until we meet again, up there in the stars and heavens, I remain your soulmate as you were mine💜❤️‍🩹🙏🌙 Love,
Adam 💔💞

Jess, I hate so much that you are gone. I have so many fond memories of you. I've spent this last week going down memory lane. Looking at old pictures of you, remembering all the times you made me laugh and the times we cried together. We had so many adventures together. I wish I had taken one more trip up to see you but financially wasn't able to and I'll always regret that. You were a true friend, beautiful inside and out and I know I will see you again my friend 🧡
Love you Jess always

Mom,

Every time that I look at this picture I can see in my face the pure happiness and excitement for life that I so often remember feeling throughout my childhood because of you. My earliest memories are of you smiling, of feeling absolutely and unconditionally loved. Words can't describe how lucky that makes me feel, to have had you as my mother. That love extended to everybody else in your life as well. You were always kind, always as positive as you could bring yourself to be. Never even in the most difficult of times and situations did I see you fail to take other people's feelings into account. You set an amazing example for me, and showed me among countless other things what love really means. In my adult life I found a best friend in you, somebody I could joke around with, talk about music and books and everything under the sun with, for hours. Everything reminds me of you, from the incense I light at night to the songs I listen to on the road. Now those songs make me tear up, but I never turn them off. You were beautiful inside and out and never deserved to feel any pain that you felt. I like to think that maybe you're somewhere happy. The feelings on my face in the picture, the happiness and excitement, I don't expect to feel them as intensely ever again now that I can't see you or hear your voice. They'll stay trapped in the pictures. But I know that you're still with me, and I'm still with you, and we'll be together forever. I love you mom.

-Cam

As Jessica's Mother, it is with a bleeding heart that I say goodbye to my beautiful daughter. She came into my life at 4:51 am October 1st, 1977 as a beautiful bundle of joy, and she left my life on the afternoon of August 9, 2024 as a smart, beautiful, kind, caring and loving woman. When she loved, she loved with all of her heart. All who were fortunate to be graced by that love were given a priceless gift. For her to leave us all so soon is such a sad loss. Jessica had the soul of an angel and I know that now she lives on in her own true home. I loved her for all of her life and I will miss her for the rest of mine.

Jessica,
What a tough week this has been coming to terms with your passing WAY too young! I will never forget all the fun times we had together in highschool.
Some of my fondest memories that I can remember from 30+ years ago.,…listening to Bauhaus in your room while perfecting our cat eye eyeliner; making our Riot Grrrl t-shirts in your basement while attempting to recruit other girls (not in our clique) to join when it was always just us 5 grrrls interested; attempting to start our band “Purl” which never was a success cuz I could never teach myself to play drums with a broken elbow in a cast; walking the wooded trail down through the woods to Christian’s house at night while I was terrified; singing painting our nails black with Delores while Christian played Primus on his bass; you smoking your Menthols between classes- when you even decided to attend school that day; singing along to Taco Bell radio station afterschool; trading Dougie’s baggie comfty overalls between us girls and fighting over who wore them that particular week; hysterically laughing at macaroni-n-cheese “bowl action” at my house that one weekend my parents were out of town & strawberries at the door while smoking weed. I could go on and on. We lost touch after highschool going our separate ways & only re-connected many years later on FB in 2014 & touched base here and there since then. I miss you being in existence Jess. Thank you for being my friend. 🫶🏻
Love,
Angie

Jessica,
“Shmesh” as we used to lovingly refer to you. This loss has hit me really hard and I’m sad to admit that it feels like I lost you a long time ago. For that I am truly sorry.
Realizing how much you loved someone like a sister when it is too late to tell them, is pretty heartbreaking. You were and always will be family to me. We spent countless holidays and fun times together. Thanks to you dating and eventually marrying my brother, you became a huge part of our young lives.
I was there when you became a mother(like quite literally in the room). I was there when you got married. You were there when our mom passed. I was there when Cameron needed all of us, and I was there for you in the end…when you needed us. I will always remember the good times. You deserved to have more of those. I will also ALWAYS be there for Cameron. So don’t worry about that.
I’m so glad that you are no longer suffering, but I wish that I could give you one last hug and tell you how much I love you. I’ll never forget you Jess.
Love,
Carissa
“Yesterday the sky was you
And I still feel the same
Nothing left for me to do
And I still feel the same

I wish, I wish I could fly
I wish, I wish I could lie
I will, I will try
I will, I will
Goodbye”

Rest in pain free peace, like the angel you are, beautiful Jessica. I love you. ❤️
Aunt Lynn

I chose a picture of you from before we met to remember you by. There are so many things that remind me of you. We shared music, we shared movies, there are smells and sounds, and there is our son Cameron. There won't ever be a day I don't remember you. The last thing we shared was our love for Cameron, and we had a laugh as well. I'm so thankful for that, and for your friendship.

I know you were comforted by our son's happiness, and I know you were armored from the fear of our own mortality in the knowledge that he is thriving. I think that you came to understand how thin the veil is between this life and the next, and that gave you a deep well of caring and generosity from which to draw.

I chose a picture of you as a child - you standing there with your "boppies" like an angel. We forget, as the years pass, that we all start the same. We come to this world as angels with a sense of wonder for everything. It's rare that we leave that way. But you did, Jessica. You came an angel, and you left an angel.

Rest now, sweet angel. I'll miss you forever.

My sweet sister, Jessica…you are gone from this earth but will never be forgotten. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of you is the day you were born. I remember it as if it were yesterday. I was 10 years old and I just remember being so excited to have a baby sister. You brought joy to my life from that day forward through every day. Although there were times when life got in the way and I was older and left home, I never stopped loving you and cherishing the relationship we had. I loved that we formed an even stronger bond through being new parents to Ryan and Cameron and all the fun times we shared when they were babies. I love that at some points in my life, you were like a big sister to me. We’ve always been there for each other, the way it should be.
Your smile and your laughter would light up a room and you always had such a love for your family and friends. Our hearts are shattered at the loss of you in our lives and this world will be a darker place without you in it but I know I will see you again. I know you are no longer suffering and in pain and I take some solace in that; although knowing that I will never be able to speak to you again, hear your voice or chat with you tears me apart inside. My world will never be the same without you in it. As much as my heart was full when you came into this world, it is even emptier now that you are gone. I know you are watching over all of us and sending us signs that you are with us and okay now. I love you my sweet sister, always!!
Love, your Big Sis