David William Waite, age 56, Collingswood High School Gradute

WAITE, DAVID WILLIAM

Suddenly, on April 15, 2008, at 10:45am, age 56, David William Waite entered Glory and has joined the ranks 'with so great a cloud of witnesses' (Hebrews 12:1) and now is walking 'by sight' (2 Corinthians 5:7).
David was born October 17, 1951 and graduated from Collingswood High School.

After battling childhood polio, he survived and learned to walk. When a fire engulfed his apartment in recent years, he escaped through a window. With disfiguring burns covering 31% of his body, he lingered between life and death in the Crozier-Chester Burn Center. Despite months of physical and mental torture, he survived. David was never the same after that. In many ways, his life was a continual nightmare. The doctors presumed that a blood clot in his legs released an embolism and triggered excruciating pain in his legs and body.

He was put on an ambulance at 9:30am and was taken to Underwood Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, NJ. A blood clot apparently reached his heart. Despite efforts by the hospital personnel to restore him, he was gone. He was 'born-again' and 'saved' by genuine faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. God took David quickly and mercifully to Heaven, a place where there is no more suffering or sorrow. His family loved him. They will miss him.

He is survived by his father and mother, Pastor D.A. and Yvonne of Collingswood, NJ; three brothers and one sister, Donald, Jr. (Jeanette) of Chesapeake Beach, MD; Richard (Lorraine) of Lusby, MD; Daniel (Tamara) of Collingswood, NJ; and Dianne (Reginald) of Jacksonville, FL. Other relatives are: three nephews, (Richard, Jr. (Summer), Jonathan, Jacob (Amber)), five nieces, (Elizabeth (Justin), Rebecca, Kristen, Megan, Anna); two aunts, Dorothy (R.H.) and Ann; and six great nephews and nieces.
The service will be held on Wednesday April 23, 2008, 2:00pm at 2nd Baptist Church, where he was a faithful member, 1540 Swedesboro Ave., Paulsboro, NJ 08066(856-423-0499). There will be a viewing at 1:00 pm prior to the service. Interment will be at the Harleigh Cemetery, 1640 Haddon Ave., Camden, NJ 08103 (856-963-3500).