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Jason Matthew Dahl, 41, of Castle Rock, CO, formerly of Fort Dodge, passed away July 4, 2011, at the Porter Hospice Care Center in Littleton, CO.
Jason was born October 20, 1969, at Fort Carson, CO. He graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High in 1988 and Wartburg College in 1992. Jason moved to Colorado in 1995 and began working for MetLife and was employed by Great West Retirement Services as a 401(k) Internal Wholesaler. Jason enjoyed sports, movies, music, and spending time with his loving wife and daughter.
Jason was married to Alexis Bankston on September 18, 2004. Survivors include his wife Alexis and daughter Abigail Kate, parents John and Cindy Dahl, Jacksonville, FL, (formerly of Fort Dodge), brother Chris (Marni), nephews Miller and Wilson all of Jacksonville, FL, grandmother Delores Sorensen, several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
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John Murphy
Jason came home from work on a Monday (6 June 2011), played with his two-year old daughter Abby, ate dinner, and sat on the couch with his wife Alexis. When they got up to go to bed he could not feel or move his legs. They called 911 and he spent the next day going through a series of tests, from which he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Melanoma. He had a large tumor on his back/spine and the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes, lungs, and probably the liver. Surgery was not an option; chemotherapy or radiation would not have had much effect, and would have impacted the quality of the life he had left. The doctors sent him home, put up a hospital bed in his living room, and called Hospice. They gave him only weeks to live. I had the chance to fly out to Denver the following week to visit him. His parents and brother were staying with him and his family. It was an emotional three-day visit, but I will cherish those days for the rest of my life. Jason died on 4 July 2011, less than one month after the diagnosis.
Dan Ervin
John - Thank you for the personal perspective. I was very sad when I heard the news. Even though I wasn't a close friend to Jason, he was always very kind, funny and fun to hang out with when I had the opportunity. He truly was one of the "good guys".
My prayers are with his wife and child.