Colton Haynes Honors Late Mother's Birthday by Spreading Her Ashes Across a Lake: 'Love You'

Mar. 16, 2025

Photo: Colton Haynes/Instagram

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Colton Haynescommemorated hislate mother’s birthday in a deeply meaningful way.

“Happy Birthday Momma,” hewroteon Instagram Saturday, posting a photograph of himself and his mother. “The whole family is celebrating you today. We miss you so much. I can barely breathe. I miss & love you too much ❤”

Haynes later shared that he and his family had traveled to Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park in order to spread Dana’s ashes at Jenny Lake.

“Spreading my mom’s ashes on her birthday with my family. What an emotional/beautiful experience,” he wrote alongside a photograph of himself embracing his brother Clinton in the water.

TheArrowactor, 30, also shared a photograph of all of the family members that showed up to honor his mother that day. “Love you mom ❤ Happy Birthday,” he captioned the image.

In a separate post, his brother went on to explain that before her death, their mother had “called Jenny lake themost beautiful place on Earth.”

Nearly one month afterDana died in March due to liver complications, theTeen Wolfalum shared a touching post about the woman whom he had previously described as his “best friend.”

The month before his mother’s death, Haynes explained that she needed a new liver to live, revealing she had advanced cirrhosis of the liver and was experiencing kidney failure.

source: people.com