David Michael Reinhardt

David M. Reinhardt Sr.

9/27/1983 – 6/14/2025

“Dave”

The battle of addiction steals more than a life, it alters time. Consumed by it and its evil plan to become reliant on something to ease the pain. Addiction tricked him into believing it was easier than healing. And maybe, for him, it was. He carried more than anyone should dealing with the grief of losing his Brother Bobby, it was then he changed, and he carried it quietly, until the weight became his silence.

He loved the Eagles and the Phillies through every win and loss. I’m thankful he got to witness both teams bring home a championship in his lifetime, moments that meant more to him than most would ever know. Dave did hurt a lot of people. And the deepest wound is left in his son David, who will hurt the most, who has hurt the most. A boy who loved his father beyond his failures, and who now carries a grief no child should have to bear.

And yet, somewhere inside the mess, there was still a man people once loved. A man some still remember laughing, helping, trying. That version of him mattered too. May those who knew his best remember it, and those who were hurt find peace. Now, Dave is with his brother Bobby in Heaven, where they can fish for eternity together, free from pain, free from struggle, held forever in God’s grace and mercy, where healing is whole, and love never fades.