Remembering Jean Marc
This site is dedicated to the memory of Jean Marc Bazil who died tragically on the morning of July 14, 2008 in Port Au Prince, Haiti.
Jean Marc is survived by his mother and father, daughter, son, and many relatives and friends. He will be missed.
Please take a moment to visit the Guestbook page and leave a loving remembrance of Jean Marc. Feel free to share a story, a fond memory, or a simple thought.
If you have photographs of Jean Marc that you would like to share, please email them to johnkamys@sbcglobal.net and they will be added to the gallery.
Following is a note from Dr. Tracee Karaffa who was in Haiti at the time of Jean Marc's death.
Monday morning I received a call from Charles “we have a problem Dr. Tracee,” he said. “Jn. Marc is hurt bad. We called the police, and they said we have to wait for them to arrive.” I said, “no, don’t wait for anyone, just get him to the closest hospital ASAP if he’s hurt bad.” Then Charles said, “no, we have to wait, he’s dead. His girlfriend stabbed him.”
Jn. Marc, who always had a smile in any situation, the “Haitian Sensation,” my interpreter and our friend of many years is dead, stabbed in the early morning hours by a woman he was trying to help out by giving her a place to stay until she could save enough money to get her own place.
His body was taken to the General hospital and she was taken to jail.
In the Bethel Clinic of Dumay, a patient being treated for AIDS started sobbing when she heard of his death. She said “he was the one who encouraged me to always take my medicine. He gave me hope.”
Jn. Marc encouraged many people and gave them hope; more than we’ll ever know. Working in the clinic will never be the same without his compassion and joy. We miss you Marc. - Tracee Karaffa
