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R. Benjamin Salcido
1982 - 2017
R. Benjamin Salcido
1982 - 2017
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BORN
1982
DIED
2017
R. Benjamin Salcido Obituary
Ruben Benjamin Salcido, age 35, lost his battle to cancer on December 31, 2017, at the Coronado Facility in San Antonio, Texas.
Benjamin was born on July 13, 1982 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He graduated there on May 22, 2001 and moved to Boerne, Texas in 2004. He had worked at Walmart and held other jobs around Boerne.
Benjamin had a beautiful smile described by his friends as "contagious" that would light up the room. He had such a vibrant spirit, always happy, smiling and giving hugs. He enjoyed joking and being silly. He stayed in good spirits throughout his long battle with cancer. He was so kind and had such a sweet heart, thinking of others before himself. Benjamin loved animals and was always wanting to take in a pet to nurture and mend back to health.
Benjamin's survivors include his mother Anna M. Salcido of Boerne and brother Joshua Salcido, sister-in-law Veronica Salcido, and nephew Davin Salcido, all of San Antonio. He was preceded in death by his father, Ruben V. Salcido.
Emily Comerio
May 24, 2025
Benjamin wasn’t just a friend—he was my favorite person. The one I called when everything fell apart. The one who saw through every mask I wore and loved me all the more for it.
He had a laugh that cracked open your soul and a way of making strangers feel like they belonged. I don’t know how he carried so much light inside him, but he gave it away like it was endless.
Even now, when I hear a certain song or see that kind of wild, goofy grin in someone else, I remember: love like his doesn’t vanish. It transforms. It threads through the people left behind.
And I carry that thread every day.
Stephanie Moreno
January 15, 2018
Benji honey, you will always hold a special place in my heart! I love you and thank you for all of our great times together. The titanic will always remind me of you!!
Ninfa & Joey Williams
January 7, 2018
Benj, you filled up our lives with sunshine. Everyone you touched has a memory of you in their heart, that caring spirit, that tight hug and heart warming smile. We will look for you in the "new world" where sickness and dying will be no more. And we will make a big meal of all the things you loved to eat. Love Always, Tia Ninfa a.k.a. Crazy Tia
Jamie Molina
January 7, 2018
Benny! I love you so much. You are going to be missed by so many. I am glad we had the opportunity to hang out over the last year. My condolences to the family and all of his friends.
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Always smiling!
January 7, 2018
Orlando & Rhonda Vigil
January 6, 2018
Love you hunny bunny always and forever
You will be greatly missed
Visiting Benjamin in November 2017.
Benjamin Salcido
January 4, 2018
Denise Escareno
January 4, 2018
I will always remember us laughing away in Spanish class. Your smile always brighten my day no matter how bad it was. Your words of encouragement and your love for life is something I hold close to my heart. May you rest in peace friend. See you when I get there!
Lorie Cobos
January 4, 2018
You will be missed alot now you are a special angel you will brighten up heaven with your big pretty smile you are now with Grandma grandpa an your dad and all your cousins an uncle's and aunts till we meet again love you benji
Ashlee Melendrez Garcia
January 3, 2018
Rest in paradise Ben, your big beautiful smile will be missed. Gone too soon..
Shelly Anton
January 3, 2018
You and your big smile and contagious energy will be missed Ben! Love always
Ina Sanchez
January 3, 2018
You will truly be missed Benjamin your beautiful smile and your kind heart, love you friend.
My deepest condolences go out to this amazing mans family.
Misty Kelly
January 2, 2018
Love you Benji
Alejandro "Alex" Briceno
January 2, 2018
Ben and I got through high school together! He was always there, hualing me around the city. We were all over the place but i would never replace any of our shenanigans! When we graduated we chose different paths. I served in the military and he moved to Boerne. I was able to visit him and his family a few time. Everyone always treated me well.
I will forever have Ben in my heart and mind.
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