Aidan Daniel Moberg, 5
Aidan Daniel Moberg, 5, passed away May 17, 2005, in Oceanside, Calif., of cardio respiratory failure, secondary to late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL or Batten disease.)
Aidan was born Aug. 24, 1999, in Moses Lake, Wash., He was raised in Spokane and Whitefish.
He attended school at Head Start in Columbia Falls, and at a special program at Muldown elementary School in Whitefish.
Aidan has a small obsession with cars and trucks. If it had wheels; he loved it.
He loved spending time with his family. He especially loved when the family was altogether, when he would name each of us, one by one.
Aidan loved taking rides in "Papa's" truck. He enjoyed frequent trips with his family to Whitefish City Beach where he would play with his cars in the water. He was "our Water Baby."
He really liked going to school and being with his teacher, Faith, and his classmates.
He loved Scooby-Doo.
Aidan has a powerful impact on everyone who met him. He will be missed but will always be with us in spirit.
Batten disease is an inherited, degenerative, neurological disease which may affect a person of any age, but primarily strikes infants, toddlers and school-age children. There is no treatment, and the disease is always fatal. It is often mistaken for epilepsy, mental retardation, even psychosis. Onset is characterized by beginning vision loss, seizures, clumsiness, personality and behavior changes. It is a recessive inherited disease, meaning both parents must carry the defective gene.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandmother, Fran Boyle.
Aidan is survived by his mother, Jenny Moberg, of Whitefish; father and stepmother, Mathew and Tammy Moberg of Oceanside; grandparents, Daron Lime of Whitefish, Jim Casto of Whitefish, Gail Jones of Minnesota, Mike and Janet Moberg of Moses Lake, Wash., Koleen Boyle and Don Davis of Spokane, Lynn Newbigging of Idaho, Rod and Dixie Newbigging of Spokane, MaryAnn and Tim Naldrett of Kalispell, and Nancy and Paul Watson of Columbia Falls.
He is also survived by his stepsister, Brie; stepbrother, Gaylan; and sister, Katie; maternal uncles, Calvin Lime, Mark Lime, Daron Lime and Vick Lime; maternal aunts, Amber Lime and Elisa McMahon; paternal aunts and uncles, Jamie Moberg, Kassie Davis, Shaun Moberg and Lisa Harrington; and numerous cousins and other relatives.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. today, May 25, at Kaiser's Chapel of Memories in Moses Lake.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at Whitefish City Beach.
Donations may be made to the Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA) 120 Humphries Dr., Suite 2, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068, or online at www.bdsra.org; or to the Doug Betters Foundation: For the Children Inc., P.O. Box 21, Whitefish, MT 59937.