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Manuel Salazar Obituary
Manuel E. Salazar
1952-2024
At 2:52 a.m. on September 14, 2024, Uncle Manny joined his girl, Gloria. Uncle Manny leaves behind "Junior," Pablo Velarde and Lynn, their children, Haile, Paul Jr., and Thomas; his brother-in-law Robert and his children Cassandra, Andrew and David; and his niece, Victoria and Lawrence. Manuel also leaves his sister-in-law, Judy and husband, Abenicio; sisters-in-law, Alicia and husband, Roland, Annie and Emily. Uncle Manny also leaves behind 11 other nieces and nephews and their families, which include 32 great nieces and nephews.
Uncle Manny fiercely loved his girl, Auntie Non and missed her enormously for this last year while he faithfully took care of her turtles.
Uncle Manny was born February 21, 1952, and spent some of his childhood in Española, NM. He attended Valley High School and graduated in 1970. Manuel joined the Army and was stationed for a time in Germany. He was honorably discharged after two years of active duty; he then joined the New Mexico National Guard; and was a respected member of his team for twenty-seven years. Manuel earned the Distinguished Service Medal and Outstanding Service Medal in 1980.
Among Manny's many passions was baseball; more specifically the LA Dodgers. He would wait very patiently for hours to ask someone for their autograph. For many years, Gloria would give him season tickets to go see the Albuquerque Isotopes because he enjoyed the game immensely.
One of Manuel's talents was the command of electricity. He earned many certificates in Electrical areas and was a Journeyman Electrician for the University of New Mexico for many years.
We wish to thank all the medical personal who made his last few weeks of fighting as comfortable as possible, but we especially want to express our gratitude to Robynn, Harriet and Chase with Assurance In-Home Care as they cared for him at his home during his last days. All of you were so gentle and compassionate with your care of Manny and we appreciate you so much!
A Mass for Manuel will be held on Friday, September 27, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church, 1837 Alvarado Dr NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110. Manny will be laid to rest on Saturday, October 5, 2024, with a Rosary at 10:00 a.m., and a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. at the Santo Nino Catholic Church and Cemetery in La Jara, New Mexico.
Memories and Condolences
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Andrew
October 9, 2024
Andrew
October 8, 2024
I love you uncle . Going to miss that great personality of yours . And yes I´m still stronger then I look It was great having you here with all of us for the short time you were here on earth. We made great memories together and I wish we had more time to make more.God called you to the real home to the better one then here on earth.You´re with your Gloria, Grandma Irene, Grandma Natalia, and my momma Flora and now one day I will reunite with you all . I love you guys till I see you again. Although I don´t recall meeting grandma Natalia but you and my mom told me bout her and I will get to know her one day. Love you forever Uncle you will always be in my heart
Lynn
September 26, 2024
Lynn
September 26, 2024
We´re definitely going to miss Uncle Manny. He was so kind hearted, soft spoken and a such a jokester. Uncle Manny tried to keep "Junior" out of trouble, but for some strange reason trouble always found them. Uncle Manny and "Junior" would take trips to La Jara to take his girl flowers as often as possible, they would travel the streets of Jemez looking for fry bread. When they could not find anyone selling fry bread uncle Manny would tell "Junior" to stop at random houses and ask if they had fry bread for sale. "Junior" would say "sorry Uncle, I´m not stopping at random houses asking if they had fry bread for sale." Uncle Manny and "Junior" spent many hours at the junk yards looking for vehicle parts that they did not need. Uncle Manny would play baseball trivia with the boys and he even went as far as finding Tommy´s high school baseball coaches professional baseball cards and had his coach autograph them after one of his games. Tommy´s baseball coach was smiling from ear to ear. We didn´t get to spend too much time with Uncle Manny m, but the little time we did will be treasured for ever. Thanks Uncle Manny for sharing laughs, stories and memories with "Junior"! Because of Uncle Manny I now get flowers every weekend from "Junior" Thank you for being so awesome to my kids! I will never know if Uncle Manny left hawk in our yard for "Junior" but I can only assume he did lol! Love you Uncle Manny, until we meet again! Lynn
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