Claude G. Edwards III

November 8, 1952 September 5, 2010 Claude G. Edwards III passed away on Sept. 5, 2010 at St. Josephs Hospital in Eureka, CA at the age of 57. He is proceeded in death by his three grandsons Faustino, Royce and Rico Medina, his mother Ruby Maynard, stepfather Ken Maynard, father Claude Garland Edwards II. He is survived by his daughter Jennifer Solorzano son in Law Ulises Solorzano, grandson Oscar Medina, his son Zachariah Edwards and his wife Antionette and their children Sebastian, Jasmin, Jennifer, Savannah and Abigail, his son Ely Edwards and his wife Christina and their children Nathaniel, Aliea, Gabriella and Makayla, his son Kyle Edwards and his children Bradly and Kylie. He is also survived by his long time girlfriend Grace Medina and her children, Faustino, Reggie and Ruben Medina and his grand children Danielle, Janelle, Alexis Gracie and Shady Medina Xavier, Jasmine, Rayann, Destiny and Amanda. He is also survived by his sister Virgina Matlock and her husband Yuland, his sister Desa Edwards, his sister Debra Brown and her husband Bobby and his lil brother Eric Cordova. He is also survived by his sister n law Reyna Vargas and his best friend Robert (Dicky), and by so many nieces and nephews Judy Fini, Anita Richardson and too many more to write and all his family in Texas. Thank you to Dr. Palmer for being a great Doctor and person in general to all the staff and nurses at St. Joseph Hospital for taking such good care of my Dad! Barbara in PCU, Myrna in ICU for being so kind to my dad and our family and to Karis in ICU, you are the definition of what a nurse should be! Carolina, Nancy, Kathy, CJ; to all of you, thank you! You are free now daddy... No more suffering, you will forever be in our hearts, we will cherish always our last weeks together. You will always be the strongest, funniest man I will ever know.... I am the tough woman I am because of you! We love you dad! Love you... Love me... Forever! Jenny To my sister in Law, Christina. No words can ever express how thankful I am to you for everything that you have done for dad, he thought you were an amazing woman! He couldn't say enough good stuff about you, he loved you with all his heart! Thank you so much... I love you. And thank you to Lee Cox for being an awesome friend to our family. I can still hear dad say "Lee will bring it to me..." It just makes me smile... Thank you. We are going to have a celebration of life at a later date. To get information on the date and time please contact Ely Edwards at 834-3642