Edwin Eduardo Lagaso

EDWIN WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL FREE-SPIRITED PERSON. HE WORE HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE AND TRULY LOVED ALL WHO HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH. LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST WAS EASY FOR HIM. HE MADE AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO SEEK OUT ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL IN THIS CRAZY WORLD. HE LOVED FISHING, SINGING, GARDENING, TRAVELING, FINDING HIS ZEN THROUGH TAI CHI AND ZUMBA, BUT MOSTLY BEING OUTDOORS. EDWIN WAS BORN JANUARY 11, 1946 AND WAS RAISED ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII IN PAHOA. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF 8 SIBLINGS. HE LOVED TO FIND ADVENTURE AS A YOUNG BOY. AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE VENTURED TO THE MAINLAND TO LIVE WITH HIS BROTHER IN CALIFORNIA. HE STUDIED AT LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE AND USC. THREE YEARS BEFORE HE PRECEDED TO ENTER THE AIRFORCE, HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, CORAZON. THEY MANAGED TO KEEP IN TOUCH AND WHEN HE RETURNED FOUR YEARS LATER, THEY MARRIED IN 1975. THEY LIVED IN EL MONTE & LA PUENTE, CALIFORNIA AND WERE HAPPILY MARRIED FOR 46 YEARS. HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WORKING AT UPS AS A DRIVER, PACIFIC BELL AS AN ELECTRICIAN AND MADE HIS WAY TO BECOME THE MANAGER OF AT&T CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING. HE RETIRED IN 2015 AND TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD. ALASKA, CHINA, DUBAI, THAILAND, PHILLIPINES, VIRGIN ISLANDS, IRELAND, MADRID, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, LONDON, AND SPAIN JUST TO NAME A FEW. HE TRAVELED WITH THE KINDEST PEOPLE MAKING NEW CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE LAND. THOUGH HIS LIFE WAS ABRUPTLY CUT SHORT, ALL WHO KNEW HIM CAN TESTIFY TO HIS FULL AND WONDERFUL EXISTENCE. HE TOUCHED EVERY PERSON HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH. HIS SMILE WAS INFECTIOUS, HIS SINGING TOUCHED EVERY HEART. HIS FOOTPRINT ON THIS EARTH LEFT NOTHING BUT RIPPLES OF HAPPINESS AND WE THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING US TO EXPERIENCE THIS ANGEL ON EARTH. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE CORA, HIS SON MICHAEL & WIFE STEPHANIE, HIS DAUGHTER MICHELLE & HUSBAND ANTHONY, HIS GRANDCHILDREN KAYLA AND HUSBAND SKYLER, BELLA, GIANNA, MCKENNA, MASON, LINKIN, LEILANI, KIANA AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN KAHLEIO, KAWAI & ALANIA HE IS IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER AND WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED. WE KNOW HE'S HAPPY NOW AND NO LONGER IN PAIN. IT HURTS TO BE APART BUT WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN. WE ARE COMFORTED TO KNOW HE'S IN HEAVEN SHARING HIS GIFTS, SINGING AND SMILING DOWN ON ALL OF US. I HOPE AND PRAY WE CAN CONTINUE HIS PASSION FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, ADVENTURE AND EMPATHY FOR THOSE AROUND US MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS