Man dies while hanging Christmas
lights for a 'winter wonderland' he
built for his 4-year-old daughter
and under which he planned to
propose to his girlfriend By Alexandra Klausner
14:49 26 Dec 2013, updated 14:56 26 Dec 2013 Jason Byrnes, 34, died while hanging Christmas
lights for a 'winterwonderland' he built for his
daughter Lily and under which he planned to
propose to his girlfriend Lauren Billodeaux He asked his neighbor Lindsay Schrama if he
could decorate her home because it was close
to the road where the motorists passed by 'Where's Daddy' his daughter Lily kept asking
as she was taken to a neighbors home while
the ambulance arrived Lily lives with her mother in Texas but was
visiting Maryland to see her father for the
holidays Schrama and her husband decided to leave the
lights on in memory of Byrnes A North Beach, Maryland man died while hanging
Christmas decorations for a 'Winter Wonderland' he
built for his four year old daughter and girlfriend he
planned to marry. Jason Byrnes, 34, asked his neighbor Lindsay Schrama
if he could decorate her home because it sat on Walnut
Avenue near the road where cars and trucks pass by.
Schrama, who teaches Byrnes yoga, agreed to let him
transform her home into a Christmas palace. Byrnes had already strung most of the lights on the
inflatable elves, on the backyard playhouse, and on a
tree that he planned to propose beneath. However, On December 16. he decided to make some
adjustments that would cost him his life. He brought an
extension ladder to Schrama's house and accidentally
hit a power line above his neigbors house in North
Beach, reports the Capital Gazette. Byrnes' 4-year-old daughter Lily didn't see her father
die. She Played with Schrama's children as Schrama
tried CPR. Schrama took Lily to a neighbors house
when the ambulances arrived. 'Where's daddy?' Lily kept asking. Schrama searched for her words but told Lily that her
father was with the doctor. 'you're not going to make sense of this. There is no
sense. It was a freak accident, said Schrama to the
Capital Gazzete. Lily stayed with Schrama's children that night until her
mother and Byrne's parents came the next day to pick
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Make-A-Wish Foundation After Byrnes died, friends told Lauren Billodeaux of
Virginia's Northern neck that Byrnes had planned to
propose to her beneath the shining decorations. He met
Lauren Billodeaux in the fall. The couple hiked together
and fished together.A month after meeting Billodeaux,
he chose a diamond ring. Billodeaux told friends she would have said yes to
marrying Jason Bynes. 'He was full-throttle,' she said. 'He didn't know how to
halfway love.' Byrnes was a loving and dedicated father to his 4-year-
old daughter Lily as well. He sometimes served her
cupcakes for breakfast and a friend recounted that once
Lily got her face painted like a butterfly at the zoo and
Byrnes got his face painted like a tiger. Lily, who lives with her mother in Texas, arrived to
spend the Holidays with her father. He built the 'Winter
Wonderland' for her. He was also an appreciated neighbor. In addition to
offering to decorate Schrama's home, he taught his
neighbor's sons how to fish. He told his neighbor Schrama, 'They're going to see
these lights from Mars.' Schrama and her husband considered turning off the
lights after Byrne's death but they don't know how to
turn the timer off. They decided to let the lights shine every evening in
memory of Jason Byrnes. Byrnes who was a mechanic who worked in Hanover for
Liebherr Equipment Source, which rents contsruction
equipment. He came to the neighboorhood in the spring
to fish the chesapeake, walk his terrier Jack, and to love
those around him  'full throttle' until the moment he
died.
Jason Byrnes  died before he was able to
propose to his girlfriend Lauren Billodeaux
Lily and her father were close-knit and he
sometimes let her eat cupcakes for breakfast Lindsay Schrama taught Jason Byrnes yoga and she
let him decorate her home into a 'winter wonderland' Lily lives with her mother in Texas but was visiting her
father for the holidays Lindsay said she would have said 'yes' to the man
who loved her 'full throttle'