David Andrew Szucs
November 8, 2000 ~ November 7, 2024
Resided in:
Westbrook, Maine
Westbrook - David Szűcs, 23, passed away on November 7, 2024, just before his 24th birthday. David was born on November 8, 2000, in Dale City, VA, son of Mona and Andrew.
David’s early years were spent on Ivory Street in Noranda, Australia, and in Accra, Ghana. He attended school in both places with academic honors before immigrating to the U.S. at age 17 to continue his studies. Most recently, he was a student at South Portland Community College, where he formed many meaningful friendships and connections. His favorite part of Maine was the ocean; he loved to swim and kayak along its shores and lakes.
David had a rare gift for connecting with people. He was always kind, open-minded, and open-hearted, never judging others. He was a lot of fun to the ones who loved him. He always had the strongest hugs and unique laughter, like someone who was truly “having the time of his life”. His warm personality allowed him to make friends easily, and his kindness left a lasting impact on those who knew him. David worked for some time at The Chocolate Bar, where he especially loved meeting customers and forming connections with them. He enjoyed reading, playing the guitar, drums, and video games. He was just starting on acting at his college and he enjoyed that experience. David had an amazing ability to bond with children and animals. He adored his dog, Crypto, from his childhood, and his more recent companions, Zoey and his cat, Baby.
Even during challenging times, David found ways to connect and form bonds; sometimes true friendships with the ones crossing or walking his path with him. His heart mother would often remind him of his strength by sharing a quote from The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: “One day you will see how hard it was, and how brave you are.”
David is survived by his mother Mona, his father Andrew, his heart parents Andrea and Michael; sisters, Jasmine Szucs and Maya Dropkin; both grandmothers; aunts, Agi and Abena; cousins, Ester, Zoli, and Tamas. Also his childhood nanny Auntie Mary.
Family and friends of David are invited to visit from 1:30pm - 2:30pm on November 14, 2024, at Conroy-Tully Walker South Portland Chapel, 1024 Broadway, South Portland; a Funeral Service will be held at 2:30pm and will be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/conroytullywalker; the livestream will begin at 2:15pm. David will be laid to rest at 1pm on November 18, 2024, at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland.
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Rest in peace David. You will be missed.
You always had a gift in your hand.
Hmmm. Rest in peace
A great human being
His kind heart. He helped my friend and I build my son’s crib. We called him, and he immediately said he would help us. It was a night of laughter as we all tried to assemble the thing. I will forever remember that night.
We are in shock and utter disbelief!!
Nothing could have prepared us for this.
You were such a beautiful and pure soul!!
Have known you since you were a baby and you remained pure and loving throughout your life.
We are so devastated that this world has lost a beautiful person like you.
May God keep you in his loving bosom!
I have been his heart mom for 6 years.
You made a difference!Thank you for being you!
We only had a few weeks together, but since the very first moment, you treated me as you have known me before, offering all the love and caring you had in your heart so genuinely. Knowing you loved the ocean, today I will go watch the sea here in Brazil and think of you. Hope you can also watch it by my side.
May your kindness and all the loving memories always stay with us.
I love you David. Thank you for your friendship, love and the best hugs, (no ones hug literally will ever ever compare) 😂🩷 thank you for bringing out the weirdest sides of me I’ve never shown anyone else and making me feel comfortable as me, dancing to rave music in my bedroom😂😭 the night at pines point iykyk “I ain’t no BIIILLLLiionare”😂🫶🏼 screaming off the bridge “HELLO” and waving at cars driving by under us 😂 both of us going to our first pride festival together and it was amazing. Life changing. I thank god for putting you in my path, one of the most amazing people and souls I have ever had the privilege of knowing 🩵 forever my soulmate brother from another mother fr😔 this world will never be the same. I am just happy you aren’t suffering anymore.. you were ja lost soul who was misunderstood by many and also you always had a smile on your face even when you were sad inside you just wanted everyone to laugh🥺you deserved so much more David. I wish you could’ve seen yourself how your friends saw you🫶🏼🫶🏼 truly a blessing on this earth. God rest your soul. It’s not goodbye, just see you later..💔 until we meet again Bestfriend.🕊️
I haven’t had the opportunity to meet David in person, but we chatted a little bit when video calling his heart mom, Andrea. David seemed to be a great guy and will surely be missed by his loved ones.
Whilst giving my condolences to David’s heart mom, Andrea, her thoughts and feelings about David inspired me to write a short text to pay tribute to his memory:
“Empty Room
I open the bedroom door and instantly feel immersed in a wave of memories, weighed down by a profound emptiness in my spirit.
The pleasant memories of smiles, hugs, affection, and your voice now feel like arrows piercing my heart.
You would likely say, “It will pass.”
But when I open this door, I can’t help but doubt those words.
Although emptiness is essentially the lack of filling, nothing fills a space quite like absence—your absence.
What remains for me is longing and, above all, gratitude.
Gratitude for having breathed the same air.
For having shared the same laughter.
For having cried to the same songs.
For having, most importantly, had the privilege of witnessing your story.
Though I do not accept or comprehend your departure, I cherish the memory of your strength and the brilliance of your spirit. Despite the longing, I recognize that your light was too great for this world.
In this empty room that cries out for your presence, I manage to smile through my tears, as I hold onto a happy certainty full of faith:
We will meet again in a new adventure.
I close the door. I move on.”
the first time i met david we instantly connected. i immediately knew he was a sweet and friendly person. i wish i got to spend more time with him.
We met outside of his work one night and instantly became friends. We started hanging out, but I quickly realized that David knew everyone and everyone knew David. If you were as lucky as I was to spend even a small amount of time with him alone you got to see a side of him that was so precious and pure. He opened up about his life and was extremely lovable from the beginning. He made everyone feel welcomed and appreciated no matter where they came from or who they were. You were a light in everyone’s lives and that light will shine on forever.
May his beautiful and gentle soul rest in power and may God keep the family empowered even in this difficult moments
I work with his dad in Ghana
R.I.P.P
David , David, I bless God knowing and loving your Mom who is now my Sister gave me the opportunity to know you and love you like my own . The news of your passing on has taken me down memories lanes and I have no regrets knowing and loving you . Ahhhhhh , never wanted it like this NOOOO . I choose to live with all the good memories ,of times spent together, . GOD KNOWS BEST, REST WELL REST PEACEFULLY . TILL WE MEET AGAIN .
My heart felt condolences to My Dearest Sista Mona ❤, Andrews Dear Jasmine ,the entire family and friends . This is a real shock to all of us ,and God knows why , . May we take consolation in the fact that God knows best and His ways are never our ways, neither are our thoughts His . May angels rise to meet you David, Find rest in the blossom of your maker . You will be missed .
He cared , he was a caring person , He had a big heart ❤. He cared .
My heart is so broken over your passing. I will always think of you
I can’t believe you’re gone.. we had so much planned. Life without you makes me sick. I love you
Happy person in life, he brought me joy when I needed it the most; I will always appreciate him for that
I met him at our oral communications class in the spring of 2023.
David would look at the boats out in the water at school with me and would talk about wanting to go and work on a cruise ship. He talked about how much he loved them and how fun he thought it would be to travel all the time on one. I think it’s something he definitely would’ve ended up trying out.
Funny, Charismatic, Sincere
I met David at SMCC, the first thing he made me do was laugh. He was good at making people laugh, we kicked it off from there and were close friends ever since. I wish I knew him longer but I’m happy and thankful for the time I got with him. You will forever be missed David
Anybody who had the pleasure to know David is lucky, and I consider myself lucky to call him a friend. We would longboard and talk frequently, my whole family loves David. Me and my girlfriend met him at SMCC this year and even though we wish we had way more time with him we’re thankful for every second we got to spend with him. You couldn’t be around him without laughing and having a good time. The first time we met him he was making us laugh, I still can’t believe this, We love you David. Rest in Peace and Love. Until I see you again.
David, thank you for shining that bright light of yours during your time here with us in this lifetime. What a beautiful gift it was to share it with those around you. I am so proud to have had our paths cross and have been able to see you smile, bond over how much we both love Radiohead, and see you–this big, goofy, gentle giant–laugh and be silly. Know that you are loved just as you are.
His hugs
He was always there for me no matter what
One of the greatest people and friends I’ve ever been lucky enough to know
Everything
Creative, loving, genuine, one of a kind
my boyfriend and i met david at school, he made us laugh the first time we met him. he was an amazing friend we came to know and love, he was someone who knew everyone he was so outgoing and kind. we made so many memories together, he was the life of the party you always had fun when david was around he lit up a room with his personality i am absolutely devastated and in shock i can’t believe he’s gone he will be greatly missed. may you rest in peace brother 🕊️💔
he made every person he came across smile
i’ll always remember that night the three of us were at the skatepark and you slid down the ramp like it was a slide we were laughing so hard and then just laid there on the ground and i said you looked like a starfish, you were our best friend David and we miss you so much
He will forever be in our hearts, we love you David
I don’t think we will ever find anyone like him, he has so much love to give , I pray time heals our wounds
David was like a big brother to me , I grew up know him
David was too good for this world , so kind and try’s to make a bad day seem okay
Selfless
He took off my sisters wig at a party
David I never met you but I heard so many stories on how you saved people, gave others purpose. You lived a fuller life than many who live longer. Rest in peace knowing that you accomplished what many may not, you lived life with courage and an open heart.
you are so much more loved than you’ll ever know. i wish you could truly see the impact you had on your people and your community
charming, loving, kind, fun, pure, selfless
david was so musically talented, both vocally and instrumentally. one of my favorite memories of david takes place after a beautiful lake day of swimming and water skiing. we were all sitting around a fire, and david magically found a ukulele – seemingly out of nowhere. he started to play and sang “i can’t helping falling in love” by elvis for us. he danced around the fire while he played and encouraged us to sing with him. it was so beautiful and so human
i met david three years ago, in the library at our college. he asked everyone in the library for a dab pen charger. i watched him go down the line of people and ask until he finally got to me. i thought it was so funny. we just clicked and have been friends ever since.
his endless energy, love, and kindness. you would never see him without a smile
Every time I saw him he was dancing and having fun. He was always kind to everyone. I always saw him smiling
genuine, silly, fun, caring, resilient
He was truly one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met
When he shoveled his car out of a snowbank in the freezing cold just to take me to Dunkin
I loved his smile, his laughter, his intelligence, his presence. I loved his hugs and his kisses and his ability to make everyone so happy.
He loved to play guitar and to spend time with Baby 🙂
David was an amazing person, very kind and loving. May his soul rest in peace
David and I would go to open mic at high fidelity on Mondays. He’d sometimes preform, playing guitar while singing maybe a Radiohead song. He could really attract a crowd and have them connect through the standup he’d squeeze in between songs. They were so dumb and real.
David had Soo much love since he was little, he cared about everyone who was close to him, and has a charming personality.rest peacefully,you will always be in my heart
my friend and I met David at the bus stop on the first day of the semester and we all instantly clicked. he was such a funny and sweet person. I’m completely at a loss.
David was an extraordinarily kind individual and very friendly when meeting new people. He was an outstanding person and one to look up to for his actions and manners towards everyone around him. May he rest in peace.
I only knew David for a brief time, but it was a time well lived and it was absolutely beautiful! My heart is incredibly sore
I love u
David had contagious happy energy. I will always remember him as that and am deeply sorry for the family. He will be missed dearly. Sending all my love in a difficult time.
One of my first friends moving to Portland 4 years ago and a regular at BOC
Social. Positive. Accepting. Warm.
Happy to be asked to attend his Drumming Performance! His light filled the space and loved big to all without judgment. Sleep well sweet soul!
Your light will shine forever in all who knew you
by encouraging them
Everything about David was special. He had interesting stories to tell.
by always being there. Even after he had been my student he came to classes to sit in.
How much fun he was and how brilliant
He always had kind words for everyone
That he lived in Ghana for many years, he played the drums and he did all of his assignments EXACTLY as required and totally had an A+ in my class which is very rare.
Blowing up the microwave at the Orono campus.
people
He was a total joy
From a friend. Such a great human being. Much love.
His great positive funny vibes.
My condolence. David will rest peacefully and be proud of us.
All the time. Even in serious situations.
Making you smile when you down. Being a good friend. Sweet positive personality.
Being so kind and sweet. Making em laugh and smile. A great listener.
It’s almost as if he knew a little about everything ! He was a lot smarter than I think he even knew! He had a beautiful way of absorbing in information and also being attentive to people’s emotional needs