In loving memory of
Shawn Principe

• June 16, 1982
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• December 04, 2022

Hey Big guy can’t believe it’s been over a week already since you have been gone. Not a second thru out the day I wish I was able to say goodbye. I am so glad I was able to have lunch with you Sunday prior to loosing one of the greatest brother and friends to many fortunate people who you chose to be in your life. I am amazed all the stuff I am finding out about you and your friendships with many woman who have nothing but great things to say about you makes me very proud to have been able to call you my brother for the past 38 years of my life. I wish we had more in common growing up and were a lot closer all these years, I will forever feel cheated for the many years I wasn’t hanging with you and Stephen. I hope you’re up there hanging with many great people we have lost in our family and the many great legends you were a fan of. Please give me a sign when you know I am about to do something stupid you were always great at talking me off the ledge, until we meet again I will be down here proud of the genuine man you were. Love you Shawn

Shawn. You were not only my brother but my best friend. We talked everyday whether it was football, movies or just sending funny videos. I feel numb, empty inside and just downright angry that you were taken from us soon. You were the silent bob to my jay, the Tango to my Cash, the Troy to my Abed We shared a lot of concert, trips, movies and just hanging out. I’m absolutely lost without you. I just hope Andrew and I can enjoy our time together on this earth and make some memories like the ones we had. I love you and will never forget you Shawn. I will look up to the heavens for your guidance I know you are looking down on us all.

Soar high in the sky

Where do I start. I've known Shawn for 23 years. Even though we hadn't talked for about a year and even longer before that we always kept in touch. Eventually one of us would see something that reminded us of the other and send it in a message. I always considered him one of my best friends wether he knew it or not. I know I told him before though. If I had a dollar for every time someone asked if we were dating I'd have quite a savings. Not to mention every guy I ever dated questioned our friendship lol. Fun fact though, I was Brenda and Ron's friend before I was friends with him. We met at Walmart. We actually had a class together at Lely at the time and then another next quarter but we were both so soft-spoken and shy that we'd have never talked to each other if I hadn't become friends with Brenda. Man we got into some shenanigans at Walmart. Such a fun 1st job because we had each other. We worked together for a long time. Even when we both moved we transferred to the same Walmart in Ft. Myers. He was an ear for me to vent with every relationship I've ever been in. When I moved to Tampa he would visit me when he was in town for a concert or expo and I'd visit him when I came home to see family. He has credited me in the past for getting him into a lot of the music that he loved. Who knows if we'd even have been the same people we are now without our friendship. I have so many burned cds and dvds he made me. I wonder if he still had those Blink182 cds he told me he would give me. I actually had been planning on sending a message to him a few days ago once I heard about his health scare but life got in the way. I was still planning on it but now I just have regret. Rest easy Shawn. I could write so much more... You'll be missed and never forgotten. Watch over us buddy!!

Shawn,
We met in 7th grade. I remember you being bigger than everyone else, so when Dr. Beck had us sitting next to each other, I totally expected you to have a deep ass voice. But your shy ass had a very soft and quiet voice. I laughed at 1st and you looked pissed until I explained why. We instantly became best friends and over the next 6 years, I practically lived at yall's house on Gulfstream Dr. Some of my favorite memories were made in that little apartment. Playing GoldenEye all night, you and me getting drunk and playing Twisted Metal until 3 am. Moving all the mattresses into the living room and having insane WWE style wrestling matches with you, Steve, and Andrew. Riding our bikes to the beach during the summers. Spending night after night online in AOL Chat rooms. The list goes on. We saw Linkin Park before they were big, when they were the opening act for Rehab, who was the opening act for Kottonmouth Kings. I remember I would always borrow your clothes because you stayed fresh and I was broke as hell. I could go on forever. You were truly one of a kind and one of the few REAL FRIENDS that I've made in my life. My heart is truly broken. Because we planned so many times to get together, for me to come up to Cape Coral, but life got in the way, and it shouldn't have. I will live with that regret for the rest of my life, but I will also be forever grateful to have known you. I love you, bro. You will be missed more than you would have ever thought possible. See you on the other side.

Sending all my love and strength to the family. Brenda and Ron...if you need anything, I'm on the first flight.