Jeremy Brent Waggoner

Jeremy Brent Waggoner, age 37 of Detroit, June 10, 2008. Beloved son of Kathleen and the late�Robert Waggoner. Dear brother of Jennifer L. Vargo. Loving grandson of Alfred Martin and the late Jane E. Martin. Beloved partner of Robert Cafagna. Also leaves many dear aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Visitation Friday 5-9 PM and Saturday 1-4 and 6-9 PM at Vermeulen Funeral Home, 46401 West Ann Arbor Road (between Beck and Sheldon) Plymouth MI 48170. Funeral service Sunday 3 PM. Contributions in memory of Jeremy may be made to the Belle Isle Conservatory Society, Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, 8109 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit MI 48214. Jeremy loved gardening. It was his mission to find new exotic plants and get them to grow. His yard was a gardener's dream, and everything in it was bound for growth with his inherited green thumb from his gma and his mother. Jeremy was a hairstylist for 14 years. His most beloved "guinea pig" was of course his sister Jennifer, and yes, she did lose her eyebrows from over waxing while he was in beauty school! Jeremy enjoyed the challenges in his job, but also looked at his job as part of his ministry while here on earth. He understood with great depth the opportunity he had to actively listen to other people and emmanate joy back through them with his own energy. He realized that people were coming for more than just a hair cut and that everyone who sat in his chair would not only look different outside, but be changed on the inside as well. Jeremy loved camping up north in the summertime. Even when he couldn't go camping up north he "created" his own vacation right in his own back yard, so to speak. In the summer months it was not unusual to see him and Hugo crawling out of the tent that took up residence in the back yard, and every night became "backyard tent night." Recently Jeremy, like many others he knew, faced many personal challenges in his life. Meditation, self-healing, and organic and a wholistic lifestyle became a real source of elevation, healing and growth. These practices helped him achieve a personal calm about this life. He always said "This world is only a stopping place, the real happiness is on the other side." He was really on the path to a much higher self, and those who knew him and loved him could only be impressed by the calm and beautiful person emerging, like one of a thousand or more plants that he himself nurtured. His quest for spiritual truth and innate respect for eternal life is probably what made him so interesting to friends who found him unassuming. To his pets-his children- he was the nurturer, the playmate and the friend that you looked forward to seeing. To all of us who loved him we will look forward to seeing him on the other side. To share memories of Jeremy, please click on the online condolences link on this page.�

Jeremy Brent Waggoner

March 10, 1971 - June 10, 2008