Ryan Wurster

Ryan Paul Wurster was born May 13, 1984. Those who knew him in the Dallas–DeSoto area remember a young man whose life included the everyday bonds that anchor families: fatherhood, family ties, and the friendships people build in their communities. Ryan was a father to a daughter, Leah Paige Wurster, and a brother to Jesse Johnson and Joshua Johnson; those relationships are the clearest, publicly recorded parts of his life and speak to the personal connections that mattered most to him.

While public records of Ryan’s activities, work, and interests are limited in available sources, the record that remains is of a person whose loss was felt by family and friends. Official notices from Dallas police identify Ryan by his full name and date of birth, and community reporting around the time of his death shows family and local attention after he passed. Those references underline that Ryan was a real person with loved ones and a life lived in North Texas, not merely an entry in a public record.

For many families, remembering someone means holding onto names, small rituals, stories told at gatherings, and the ongoing presence of children and siblings who carry a person’s memory forward. Ryan’s daughter and brothers are named in public records; their connection to him is an important part of how he continues to be known. Where public details are sparse, the dignity of a life is still evident in the traces left behind: a name, dates, and the circle of family who survive him.

This life story is offered with respect for Ryan’s family and with restraint about the circumstances of his death. Public sources confirm his passing on April 14, 2015, in Dallas. Those facts are part of the public record, but they do not define the whole of who Ryan was. What endures are the human relationships — a daughter, brothers, grandparents mentioned in memorial references — and the reality that a person’s life matters to those who loved them. May this remembrance hold space for the private memories family and friends keep of Ryan Paul Wurster.