I met Ambs at Hope House. I was part of the staff that worked there, cleaning, laundry, preparing meals. Amber used to stay up and help me do the towels and loved helping out. I would always sneak her into the storage room and let her pick out things she needed or wanted, my way of saying thank you for the help! But our friendship didn’t end at the hope house doors. She took a special place in my heart and I felt like she was family to me. We stayed in contact even after I left there and moved onto a different job. She was there for me during my pregnancy with my now 4 year old daughter. I think she was more excited to meet her than I was, she called her “little peanut” and Kennedi knew her voice.  I brought Kennedi over after she was born and Amber held her and just stared at her with the biggest smile and was crying happy tears. I wish I had been more available these past few years but life got busy and I moved further away. But I will never forget how a hug from Amber could make the world right, it was so tight and genuine…. And I will miss those so much.   Amber, I’m jealous that you get to see my mom and my aunt Debbie before I do( the aunt you remind me of)   Tell them I love them and don’t have too much fun looking down on us fools still having to figure it out! I know God just needed another guardian angel to look after us,  Lord knows we need it!!  Oh I almost forgot to tell ya,  Jerek never forgot the bop on the head , he hasn’t acted up in the store since that day!!! So thanks my friend!!!!

I went to Jr. High school at Gary Middle School with Amber . I remember Amber as always being the sweetest and most fun person.  I was so nervous to start middle school, her and I quickly made friends . She made me feel welcome and liked . Soon we had a small group of friends that would hang together and we would often go to Ambers house near the school. Myself , Mistie , Lyra , Jackie,  and Amber were pretty much always together ❤ we had A LOT of fun . I will always hold her near to my heart .
Rest in peace Amber

I loved her smile, it would always make me so happy. This was at the Riverton East on the east side of the two apartment complexes I believe, and I think this is when she first got her knife she was so proud to have gotten it. I'm sure if she were here she would tell me, "no, Trisha, this was when ..." lol. I have always had a hard time with my memory and she would always make sure I knew what I was talking about by getting the story straight and reminding me of what it was I was trying to say. She remembered everyone's birthday every year and wished she was closer to her family so she could tell them happy birthday and celebrate it with them. She loved and missed her family more than anything and wished they would forgive her for any wrong she may have done to them because she loved them so much and just wanted to be apart of her family once again. Gosh, I have so many memories with her it's not fair I only get 2000 characters per photo to write all the various memories. I remember when she would have company over and she did this with me to. She would get on a tangent and start talking and talking and talking right through any care or concern people had to tend to and I loved her for that. She just be so happy to tell whoever was there all about whatever was on her mind that day and would just let em have it. No filters or anything she would just go on and on for hours. I loved it. Or she would make anything sound dirty and would giggle to her self about it or if someone said something that insinuated something dirty she would repeat it and giggle to herself about it. Whenever I would go there or jerry and I would she would do her best to make sure there was food for us to eat because she knew at times I would be scarce on food and she wanted to make sure I was taken care of. I remember running to her after a firework went off right next to me at mission park and I fell into her arms and cried and cried and cried and she just held me telling me it's gonna be okay.

I remember first meeting her at Frontier Behavioral Health in IOP. She was having issues understanding the content and so I told her I would be happy to help. We went outside to go smoke on a quick break and we talked about why we ended up in that class. The first time I went to her place at the Bel Franklin Apartments downtown  she was apartment 206 I believe and she told me about how when she ended up downtown after losing her mama and her grandpa she was lost with no where to go. That's when she ended up at the Hope house where she adored some of the people working there, "mama bear," is what she called one of the ladies would let her get away with murder she would say. But that's only because she was so honest with everything. She wouldn't hide or try to lie about what she got caught with. She said she was like the counselor to everyone who she came across because everyone could trust her and was comfortable around her. She didn't know why but I loved her for that. I related with that at the time and it made me really happy to meet someone who I could relate with. So I would get her cigarettes when I could or Tobacco and papers if I couldn't afford her cigarettes. Really anything I could shower her with, I always did. She was a blessing in my life, and when she lost her Bel Franklin apartment, I did what I could to get her rooms at hotels so she didn't have to be homeless downtown. When I fell and was in the hospital for two weeks she came up there and stayed all night with me. The nurses never said a word to her about leaving eventhough they were supposed to make her leave at  8 or 9pm. I woke up and there she was right next to my bed still. I was so happy to still see her there that morning. I remember staying with her all day almost everyday with her at holy family the first or second round she stayed at holy family hospital for her sicknesses. I would sneak her in my snuff and edibles so she would stay.

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Amber Nicole Dry

March 19, 1977 – August 21, 2024

Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services – South Hill

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