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June 17, 2012
Missing you Papa. Happy Father's Day.
~Lydia
July 30, 2010
I miss you so much Papa. As Jenna gets older, and is playing more ball, I can't help but think of how proud you would be in the stands. I wish I could see your smiling face again.
Love, your baby girl,
~Lydia
June 16, 2009
Dad I know its been too long since I've written....but I do go see you! Its getting close to Fathers Day and I really don't look forward to it, without you here. I miss you so much, but I'm sure you are here with us, as we feel you and/or Ant all the time. I really wish we had "our chats" like we use to. I really need that now! Please keep watching over us and keep us safe!
Love you Dad.....your India
~Barbara
Lydia
June 9, 2009
Jenna made the All Stars!! I know you would be so proud of our baby girl.
Love, your baby girl,
Lydia
November 11, 2008
Happy Birthday Papa! I miss you so much, especially today....
Love, your baby girl,
Lydia Straka
July 30, 2007
Papa- Words cannot say how much I miss you. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you. I hate what July 30 represents-the anniversary of the day that we lost you.... Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Barbara Ortiz
July 30, 2007
Dad, I can't believe its been 3 years today when we lost you. It doesn't seem like its been that long. Its still too fresh in my mind. Today is especially hard, as I'm remembering that day and Sam has left to train to go overseas. He's gonna be gone for almost 10 months!! Dad please watch over him for me, I want him back home safely. Its so hard losing the "special men" in my life. Your "India" Loves and Misses you alot!
Lydia Straka
June 21, 2007
Papa- You won't believe what I'm doing tonight. I've been taking tap classes, and I (not Jenna) have a dance recital tonight and tomorrow. Help me to listen to the music, and hold my hand, and I know that everything will be alright. Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Lydia Straka
June 17, 2007
Happy Father's Day, Papa! I miss you so much.
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Lydia Straka
December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas Papa! I miss you so much. I hung your ornament on the tree last night. I know that you are with us in spirit. Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Lydia Straka
November 11, 2006
Hola Papa! I miss you so much everyday, but today especially. Happy Birthday! I love you so much. It's still so hard not having you here. I couldn't help but think of you yesterday while Jenna & I were at Disneyland in the Tiki Room. I could picture you singing and whistling along. Please watch over us all, and keep us safe. Love your baby girl, Lydia
RoseAnn Ortiz
November 10, 2006
Grandpa,
Happy Birthday!!! I miss you so much. I will come to see you soon. I love you. Take care of my Grandpa Joe up there and keep watching over us.
Barbara Ortiz
November 10, 2006
Happy Birthday Dad!! I really miss you, especially more on your birthday. I will come visit you as soon as I get back from New Mexico. Joe (Sam's Dad) has passed away, please take care of him. I'm trying to help all my in-laws, they are having a hard time with their loss. I told Sammy, he has to carry on his grandpas names now that you're both gone. Sam will be going oversees next week, please watch over him for me! I love you Dad and I always make sure Mom is doing good. She really misses you with all her spare time now. She feels your warmth when she sleeps. Again happy birthday and I will dance to your songs for us! Love Ya, your India
Rosie
November 6, 2006
grandpa, i need your help. i don't know how i was able to get through losing you but i lost someone else now too. you know him, my grandpa Joe. take care of him up there. and tell him i love him & i will miss him as much as i miss you. i love you! keep him company.
Rosie
October 7, 2006
hi grandpa. i miss you. i had a dream this morning. you were there. i can't describe how happy i was to see your face again, to touch you, to hold you. you should visit more often.
i love you & miss you.
rosie
September 6, 2006
hey grandpa...
i've been thinking about you lately. trying to find some strength i guess. life is tough. but i guess i'll get through. it helps knowing that you're watching over me, with uncle anthony. i'm sorry i haven't visited you in a while. i will make it down. i promise. i just need time. i guess i need some help that's all. but, i need to learn for myself. that's life right? que sera sera.
i love you & miss you dearly.
keep watching over us because i know i'm always looking up to you.
Barbara Ortiz
September 2, 2006
Dad, thinking about you as your anniversary is coming up. We are all getting together to bar-b-que at the house. It just seems so strange without you there. But I'm sure you are watching over us. We are doing okay, Mom too! Just miss you alot, wish you were still here! Sam is going on some trips up until the end of the year, so I will get to spend more time with Mom (love that!). I really miss our chats we use to have...Love ya, your India!
aviana sanchez
August 31, 2006
GRANDPA!!! wow this week has been a hard one! i just had 4 friends pass away not last night but then night before and i hope you meet them up there in heaven they are all very sweet boys!! and we are all going to miss them so much!!! so please if you see them up there tell them i said hello i miss them and love them!!!! wow grandpa i miss you and dad so much! and i love that my friends get to be up there with you their names are jon hopson. david barros. billy barefield. and kevin limbaugh. i love you grandpa and miss you so so much! tell my daddy i love him too and i miss him so much!!! please watch over us all like i know you are!!! forever and always!
Aviana Sanchez
July 31, 2006
Grandpa.... I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!! and everyday i wish both you and my dad were down here with us! i know you are watching over all of us everyday that we are down here! know that all of us miss you both so much! and its not the same. But we go on one day at a time! I LOVE YOU GRANDPA! and tell my daddy hello! i love you and miss you both so so MUCH!!!!
Barbara Ortiz
July 30, 2006
Dad, its been 2 years now since we lost you, I can't believe it! I love how peaceful it is when I go see you. Do you hear "your music", when I go visit? I wish we could dance our cumbias again. I miss you so, so much, it still hurts. I see your smiling face each morning and night. But I wish I could see and talk to you "just one more time". When I really need your strength, I sit in your chair and can feel you with your arms around me. Mom and all of us miss you so much but are okay, always have you and Ant on our minds. Our family gatherings are not the same without you. I love you Dad and I will do everything I can to take care of everyone, just like I promised you. your India ~
Lydia Straka
April 1, 2006
Papa, You wouldn't believe it, but Jenna had her first T-ball game today. It was a lot of fun. She hits the ball pretty well. I wish you were there... I know that you were, but I just wish I could have seen your smile today.....
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Barbara Ortiz
December 26, 2005
Merry Christmas Dad! We all got together at Moms, I'm sure you were watching. I sure miss not having you here for the holidays, its just not the same anymore. Mom loved the "Memories of Us" CD of all your songs together. I Love you Dad and miss you so much. Keep watching over us. Your India.....Me!
Lydia Straka
December 24, 2005
Merry Christmas, Papa! I love and miss you so much. I guess it will NEVER be the same without you.
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Lydia Straka
November 24, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving Papa! I Love you and miss you so much!
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Aviana & Alex Sanchez
November 12, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY G-PA!!!!! sorry we didnt do this yesterday!!!! WE MISS YOU SO MUCH & LOVE YOU EVEN MORE!!!!
Love Always,
the Lil As
Lydia Straka
November 11, 2005
Happy Birthday, Papa! I miss you so much! It is not the same without you here.
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Barbara
November 11, 2005
Happy Birthday Dad! I miss you so much and wish you were still here with us. There isn't a day that starts or ends that I don't see your loving face. I love you with all my heart!!
Lydia Straka
September 6, 2005
I Love You, Papa! I miss you today....
Love, your baby girl,
Lydia
Aviana Sanchez
September 5, 2005
hey Grandpa man o man i miss you so much!!! i wish you were here especially yesterday!!! HAppy Anniversary Gma and Gpa!!! I love you and i miss you!!!!
Lydia Straka
September 4, 2005
50 years, Papa! I wish you were here on this special day. We all miss you so much. Happy Golden Anniversary, Mamasita & Papa!
Barbara
July 31, 2005
Dad, its been one year since we lost you and I can't believe how the time has passed. We had a rosary for you, I'm sure you liked it. I miss you so, so much! I think its actually much harder now than back then, it hurts so much more! (if thats possible) I guess I really didn't want to face the truth of never seeing you again and I buried all that deep inside. (things needed to be taken care of) Now all those feelings are coming out and it hurts so bad. I want to see you, I want to hear and feel you. I sit in your chair and can feel your presence comforting me, but I want more. I miss sitting in your lap and you making me laugh. You will always have a special place deep in my heart! Keep watching over all of us. I will do my part here. I love and miss you! your India ~Barbara
Lydia Straka
July 30, 2005
Wishing you were somehow here again, wishing you were somehow near. Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed, somehow you would be here...
Papa, there isn't a day that I don't miss you and wish you were here with us. I can't believe that a year has passed. Know that you will live on in our hearts, and will never be forgotten. Please watch over us, and help us to do what is right. I love you.
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Barbara
June 20, 2005
Happy Father's Day Dad! As I sat at the cemetery with you, I felt, there just didn't seem like a good reason for celebrating the day without you. It still hurts so bad!! Rosie graduated and we really missed you not being there (although I'm sure you were watching from up above) Its coming up on 1 year since we lost you, but just seems like the other day. (its like the rose thorn slicing my thumb and doesn't want to heal) I wish we could turn back the hands of time and get you back. Please continue to watch over us, as I'm constantly asking for yours and Ant's help. I love and miss you so, so much.....your India!!
Lydia Straka
June 19, 2005
I miss you so much, Papa! Happy Father's Day! Today won't be the same without you. I hold all of the memories of you close to my heart: softball, riding in the back of your truck(hot rod), dancing, learning to drive stick shift(what a ride!). I'll never forget you! It still hurts.....I know that you are watching over me, please guide me to do what is right.
Love, your baby girl, Lydia
Lydia Straka
December 26, 2004
Hola, Papa. Christmas just isn't the same. I never dreamed of having to spend the holidays without you. It's so hard. I wish I could see your smiling face again. I miss you so much. I love you, Papa.
Your baby girl, Lydia
Aviana Sanchez
November 13, 2004
Hey Grandpa I still cant believe that you are gone and when I go to visit you and my daddy Ant I couldnt believe that it was you both that I was giving flowers too.Sorry Grandpa that I didnt take you flowers on your birthday I had no way to get there but Happy Birthday Grandpa.I love you and Miss you so much. I was there last Saturday and I was just crying my heart out when I was there with you and my Daddy I miss you both so much and everytime I look at your and daddys headstone I just cry knowing that someday we will all be reunited.Sorry its taken me a while to write back but Its been hard for me!We are all taken good care of Grandma as we all promised you we would. And everyday I look back to the day in the hospital when Angie and I were in your room and we both had your hands and you looked me straight in the eyes and told me that you wanted to go home and Grandpa if I could of I would of taken you home, but you never went back home and I am so sorry for that!! Everyday though I look back and wonder why you had to be the one who left us so early! Us,Lil A's, have enjoyed every moment with you grandpa and we will never forget you.we have your picture on our dresser and we look at you everyday knowing that you and my daddy are finally happy together. And we all know that you both are watching over us!Grandpa again,I look back to the day that you asked me to go home and I hated to tell you No but I had promised you that day that one day you were going to go home but you didnt and I will never forget that promise I made to you and how I didnt come through with it but you and my daddy are reunited and that was one of your major dreams that came true and I am sorry that it had to come true so soon!Grandpa and daddy I miss you and Love you So much !And I know that you are watching over us!I LOVE YOU ALL!!!Thank you everyone for supporting our family at rough times like this! P.S Your Philadelphia Eagles are doing awesome!!
Eddie Macias(avis nephew)
November 13, 2004
Lupe,
To be honest i didn't know you very much.Or your son,Ant,But i thank you because if it wasnt for you,avi and alex would have never existed.Which means that i would have never had anybody to go to when i had personal problems.and i admit,i am pretty out of control.so thank you because if it wasnt for you i would be or be doing a lot worst than i am right now.God Bless and thank you so much.
albert ornelas jr.
November 13, 2004
I still see your picture everyday and I can't believe it either. I am comforted that Anthony, My Grandparents, Tio Joe R. and now you are there. I have hope to see you all again. I know you are safe and okay cause I can still hear the way you would laugh. The Ornelas Family misses you...happy birthday.
rose ortiz
November 11, 2004
grandpa....it's taken me forever to finally find the words to express how i feel. i want to say Happy Birthday first. i still can't believe you're gone. i miss you so much. and i want the world to know what a wonderful man my grandpa was. what a dancer! Selfless and proud...a true fighter. i always admired you for your strength. you were so little, yet so strong. i know i have you with me in my heart everyday but it can't replace the feeling of a loving hug. i miss not being able to see you every weekend. and every time i sit in your chair, i feel like i'm in your arms and i again realize how much i love you. i remember everyday, how happy you were to see me that day in the rehab center and you wanted to show me that you could sit up on your own....it seems so surreal. sometimes i think, why you, why now, but then i remember that you weren't afraid. you knew you were going on to a better place and you wouldn't be alone. Uncle Anthony was there waiting for you. and that provides all of us comfort and we know that you are okay where you are. And we know you both are watching over us all the time. We miss you. I Love You!!
Jenna Straka
November 11, 2004
I miss grandpa a whole bunch.He'll always be in my heart. Here's a kiss for you! *muah* xoxo
Jenna Straka
November 11, 2004
Grandpa. Hi. And happy birthday!!!
I love you! Happy birthday to grandpa...happy birthday to GRANDPA!!! I miss you & i love you a WHOLE BUNCH too.
Barbara Ortiz
November 11, 2004
Happy Birthday Dad! I have tried for months to write something for you and it has been very difficult to even type words without breaking down. I miss you so very much, I can't stand it! It hurts so bad, it breaks my heart to see your name on your marker at the cemetery, but I know how proud you were being in the Navy, from our chats of your Navy days. I keep thinking you will be coming down the hall someday, I keep looking for you. I remember how proud Sammy was on his graduation day. He wanted to surprise you and Mom. I looked in your eyes that day and knew. But I remind him, "he" can carry on your name and he's so proud. I sure miss us dancing to the cumbias. The way you would extend your hand out and say "come on, lets dance". You were dancing even before we got on the dance floor. Then you would say to me, "ready, okay stay with me and I'd say....just hold on to me tight". I miss our chats about people at work, they really miss you too. They all have wonderful, crazy things to say about you. The crazy character you were. You always made them laugh as you always had us too. I promised you, we would take care of Mom and we are. With the help of your "union buddies", everythings taken care of. You don't have to worry about anything Dad, just make sure you and Ant keep watching over us! I just want to come sit on your lap on your chair like I used to. I see you before I laid down to sleep and first thing each morning. I love you so very much, I carry you with me everywhere I go. ~Your India
Clifford Birkett
November 10, 2004
Gpa, it's taken me forever to get the words right to put down in my letter to you. First Happy Birthday. Born into this world as your grandson you have become so many things to me within my life. As a baby my grandfather, as a teenie bopper my coach, as a young adult my second father and finally the most precious gift of all you the great-grandfather of my baby boy Jayden. We love you and miss you and I will NEVER let Jayden and the future great grandchildren to forget the wonderful man that showed me what it was to be a real man in this world today. (luv u ganpa) < jayden
Dancing with my Papa at my wedding, May 1999
Lydia Straka
November 9, 2004
…………Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I’d play a song that would never, ever end
‘Cause I’d love, love, love
To dance with my father again……….
Happy Birthday Papa. I miss you so much; it’s not the same without you.
Love,
your baby girl, Lydia
Lydia Straka
August 17, 2004
Hola, papa…I think that I am still in shock. I still can’t believe that I will never see your smile or hear you reply ‘hola’ ever again…and that makes me sad. Every day for the last several months, I’ve woken up wondering how your night went, and how you were doing this morning. And wondering what was the next step in your recovery. I know that what you wanted most of all was to just “go home”. How I wish that I could have made that happen for you. I miss you so much, and it hurts so much to see that “life goes on”. I want the world to STOP and see that the man with the biggest heart that I know is gone. I cherish the memories of dinners with you and Mom, family gatherings, softball- you were always there, and your dancing. What a rush of memories certain songs bring: ‘In The Mood’, ‘Butterfly Kisses’. I’m grateful for all of the time you were able to spend with Jenna. I remind her every day how much her grandpa loves her; and pray that she will never forget the hugs and kisses, the smiles, and the walks to the mailbox. I’m not sure how to let you go, Papa. But, I know that you and Ant are together now, and will be watching over us. Please know that you will never be forgotten…I LOVE YOU SO MUCH PAPA!!! your baby girl, Lydia
Aviana SANCHEZ
August 15, 2004
I will miss him just as much as I miss my father Anthony M. Sanchez! My grandpa was always there for any of us and always put smiles on our faces throughout these wonderful years.And boy, did he love to dance! (That is where I recieved my dance moves)But I would like to Thank my Grandpa for everything! And he is truly missed. But also a dream of his was to be with my daddy Ant. They are both truly missed and always will but we all know that they are watching over us and protecting us through these rough times in our lives. WE LOVE YOU GRANDPA AND DADDY! and we MISS YOU! Take good care of all of us! God Bless Everyone!
Josie Garcia
August 13, 2004
You will be missed.Especially the great smile that he gave to everyone.My deepest condolences to the entire Sanchez Family.You're in my prayers. LOVE YOU.....
albert ornelas jr.
August 12, 2004
God Bless My Tio Lupe
The man in my heart was honest, always had a smile and hard-working. He will be missed but Heaven has him now.
Albert Jr & Lucy
Beverly Osmonson
August 12, 2004
My heartfelt wish go out to you and family. May Lupe rest in peace Beverly Osmonson
Anjolina Garcia
August 12, 2004
Lupe was a very nice and loving man and I am honored to of met him through his son Ant Sanchez123.
Much love and respect to LUPE & ANT <-(I MISS YOU) and to the whole Sanchez Family!
love Anjo
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