Andrew E. "Andy" Martinez

Missing you every day! We miss your beautiful smile and quirky sense of humor and hearing you laugh.

Well be spending yet another holiday without you. Theyre just not the same, you were such an integral part of our family and we feel that hole at each gathering, be they big or small.

We know that youre at peace and resting your tired body and soul and we take comfort in that.

Youre loved by all of us and we know that youre preparing a place for us.

Love to you our dear Andy.

Dear Andy, It's your birthday October 20th!

And its the third birthday we've spent without you, the pain of losing you is still with all of us but we're so grateful for the time we had with you. You made us smile and laugh so much and we still do when we recall our favorite stories about you.

Dad always gets a twinkle in his eyes when he talks about you and remembers your great athletic ability when you played baseball, how proud he was and still is of you and what you accomplished in your 64 years.

Mom gets so sad this time of year knowing that you are gone, I know that both mom and dad miss your phone calls and hearing your voice, we all do. We all miss saying happy birthday to you, we miss not seeing you for Easter, mom and Stacey's birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. We just miss you period!

Suzie and I talk about you and your love of music and how you introduced us to bands we had never heard of, your taste in music was incredible, thank you!. We recall stories of you and fantastic sense of humor, you were so darn funny and were able to make so many people laugh and smile.

We think of you every day and wish that you were still with us, but you had to leave and go prepare our places. So our dear Andy until we see you again, Happy Birthday, Happy Easter, Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

With so much love in our hearts for you that will never end, from your loving family.

Dad, Mom, Linda, Suzie, Stacey, Andrew, Noah, Jacob, Sean, Jason, Shauna, Jade, Canyon

Today marks two years since you left us, but you're still in our hearts. We think of you often and recall so many memories of you that bring smiles to our faces and laughter in our hearts. We miss you daily but know that you're in a great place and are resting and at peace. We love and miss you, our beautiful son, brother, father, and grandfather. Your loving family

Andy, my dear brother today marks one year since your passing, and we are all still missing you so very much. I would give anything to hear your voice again, to be able to greet you with a hug and tell you that I love you. But, I know you already know that, and I know that you're watching over all of us. I feel as though I'm missing a piece of my heart that is now filled with a void of you being gone from our lives. When I hear a certain song or remember things we did as kids growing up it warms my heart, but also brings tears of sorrow. The other night I watched a special about Eric Clapton and thought how great it would have been to watch it with you. I know that you would have loved it; it brought back many memories of songs we listened to as teenagers. There were songs from The Yardbirds, John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, The Clapton Band and solo Eric Clapton. Others in this special were BB King, Jimmy Hendrix, George Harrison and one of your favorite drummers Ginger Baker. As I watched and listened to the songs from these great bands it reminded me so much of your love of music. And how you introduced so many of us to your great taste in music and how much fun we had when we danced together. It also reminded me of how much you looked like George Harrison in your hippie years; you were so dashing, handsome, and fun to be around.

I will always love and treasure you in my heart; you were a great caring person with such a big heart. You were kind and thoughtful sometimes to a fault. Because of your kindness some people took advantage of that, but you always gave them the benefit of the doubt.

Stacey made us a keychain in remembrance of you it has these charms on it, a heart that depicts your lifeline, a wing that tells us you're an angel now, and that we all loved you to the moon and back and to have faith that one day we'll all see each other again.

Thank you my brother Andy for being such a great person, and I'm so grateful that you were a big part of my life until we see each other again on the other side. Your loving sister - Linda

It is our 1st Christmas without you. You are missed more than anything!

You always gave me and my brother the best Christmases throughout our entire lives. Just know that this holiday was never taken for granted by us.

Your grandsons both missed you as well. Definitely not the same without the quirky, random and meaningful gifts from grandpa!

I love and miss you so very much dad !!!

Merry Christmas in Heaven ♡♡♡

Andy my dear beautiful brother, today we will be having our first Thanksgiving since you passed on to a beautiful and peaceful place. You will truly be missed today as you are everyday. We are so grateful to have had you in our lives and you will always be loved and remembered. I give thanks that you were my brother here on earth and will be in the eternal life too. Peace to you Andy, until I see you again. Your loving sister.

Andy a wave of grief overcame me tonight, my tears won't stop. I'm missing you so much tonight I wish that I could hug you and tell you how much I love you, I wish you were here. You were my very first friend, and I hope you knew how much I truly loved you. Your loving sister. Linda

Happy Fathers Day, our dear Andy. We all will be missing you today as we do every day. We would love to be able to hold and hug you, and tell you how much we love you. Thank you for being such a great father to your children, a great son to our parents and the best brother ever to your sisters. Thank you for so many great memories, we had so many great times as a family and we will hold those memories close to our hearts. So my dear brother again wishing you a Happy Fathers Day! You are so missed. Your loving sister - Linda

Good morning my beautiful brother, you are missed by all of us so very much. Today marks three months since you left us, but we all wish you here with us. I think of you daily about the things we shared as brother and sister and as a family we had so many great memories. And, it pains me to know that we can't develop new ones as a family. We are all doing our best in dealing with losing you at such a young age and so unexpected. I would do anything to have you here with us and to hear your voice and to be able to hug you and tell you that I love you. We know that you're in a better place, but its still so hard for us without you. You were one of a kind no one that knew you would disagree with that. Watch over us and help us to be able to learn how to live without you in our lives. We will always think of you and we all will love you forever. Rest our beautiful Andy until we all meet again. Your loving parents Eloy, Josie, sisters Linda, Suzie. And your loving children Stacey, Andrew. Grandkids Noah and Jacob. We will all try and "Do The Right Thing".

Andy, today marks two months since you left us. My tears don't seem to stop and come from out of the clear blue. I know that you're in a better place but it's so very hard for us to learn how to live without you, we are trying our best.

We had beautiful "Celebration of Live" for you and I know you saw and heard everything. Cousin Jose sang three songs for you in Spanish and even had those in attendance singing along with him. Your grandson Noah played two songs on the piano he told us that the first one was the very first song he played for you. You would have been so proud of him.

Andy Valdez (the Judge), spoke about you and things you, him and your friends did growing up. He had us laughing and crying. He did mention the time he wrecked your 57' Chevy and of course your expertise as a pool player, he said that while you guys were going to the "U", that he thought you may have been majoring in pool, that got a lot of laughs.

Roger Godfrey spoke about you as well, that is until he got choked up but he did finish. He's going to miss you!

Your children Stacey and Andrew also spoke about you. Many in attendance found out that your favorite color is blue, that you loved the smell of honeysuckle, and what your favorite baseball and football teams are. They learned about your love of music and how many concerts you had attended and the concerts that you took Stacey and Andrew to, there were so many I was very impressed. They talked about what a "COOL DAD" you were and how much you are loved by both of your children.


Our cousin Father Dave recited a rosary for you and of course since most of the attendees are Catholic they recited their parts as well.

We displayed photos of you throughout your life, as a little boy and up to our last photo of you. And, of course we had some of your baseball and pool trophies along with one of your baseball mitts and in a shadow box your favorite Pink Floyd tie dyed tee , which was kind of your trademark, along with a great picture of you with Stacey and Andrew wearing that same tee shirt.

We had a buffet after your services and played a great song list of many of your favorite artists and their songs, everyone enjoyed the music you had great taste in music!

We had cards printed with your name the year you were born and year you passed away, and we included your favorite saying DO THE RIGHT THING

It was a good night in honor of you and it was so nice to see so many people attend to celebrate you. You are loved and missed by so many!

God speed Andy

To the whole Martinez family please accept our deepest condolences for the loss of Andy. We are never ready for a loss such as this, but know that Andy is in a better place and is watching over all of you.

We are so sorry about Andys passing. We attended his "celebration of life" services it was a beautiful tribute to him. It was evident how much Andy was loved by his family and friends. We hope you all continue to have fun filled memories of Andy. He is at rest and peace now.

Many blessings to the Martinez family during your grieving of your beloved son, brother, father, grandfather and uncle. Take comfort in knowing that he is resting now and that you will all be reunited with our Lord and savior.

Linda, Suzie and family,
Dave and I are so very sorry for your loss and we are thinking of you at this sad time.

To the Martinez family we are so sorry to hear of the passing of Andy. We know how much you all loved him, no one can prepare for the sudden lost of a loved one. Take comfort in knowing that Andy is now an angel watching over you.

My beautiful father, I miss you every single day. I can feel your presence all around me and I have since you passed. I know you were with me when I went to the grocery store and Level 42 " Something About You " started playing in the store. When I walk into my closet, I smell your brand of cigarettes in there. Yesterday, I cleaned out one of my dresser drawers and found a birthday card you gave me last year, you wrote that you will love me for forever and a day in it. Last night The Ten Commandments came on tv and I was waiting for you to call me like you would every Easter Weekend and tell me to watch it. Today at Sean's families bbq, " Wish you were here " by Pink Flyod played on the radio. I know you miss us as much as we all miss you.... I love you so much dad and I will never ever be the same without you ! They say time heals all wounds but I don't believe that. The pain subsides but it will forever be covered with the scar tissue of your passing

Sorry to hear about Andy we have know each other since kindergarten. Spent may days and night at his parents home and summers in the backyard or on the roof of the garage. Play baseball with and against him for years. He will be missed. My the Lord bless your family and all who mourn your death we will miss you.

Good morning my beautiful kind brother, Happy Easter. Today instead of celebrating Easter as a family we are reading your obituary.

A special mass was requested for you today at church, so we will lift our spirts up today knowing you always "Did The Right Thing", and know that you are in a better place.

This is our first holiday without you it's going to be hard, but we will always remember all the special things about you to help us through our pain and sorrow of learning how to live without you. We love and miss you so much!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Your loving sister - Linda