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Raquel Colucci
September 8, 2022

Raquel was an amazing Raqstar wife and mother, whom suddenly and unexpectedly passed while on vacation in Las Vegas from a stroke. She was the most selfless and caring person…

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Daniel James Lenger
June 13, 2022

My son Daniel took his last breath in July 2020 at age 37. While tubing on a lake in Michigan, he sustained major trauma to his brain, which left him…

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Christopher
May 25, 2022

Chris was 20, and had completed a very busy day as a tire jockey at Discount Tires and an evening class of weightlifting at Pima College. He was coming home…

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Isidoro Carlos Maldonado
May 25, 2022

Our beloved Carlos passed away in April 2022. He was a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend who none of us knew was registered as an organ donor. We were…

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Meghan Mathys
May 6, 2022

Meghan died in a car accident in December 2017, at age 37. She was our only daughter and a beautiful soul. Not a day goes by that we don’t think…

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Chase Hunter Rae Lemons
May 6, 2022

Chase was 18 years old and taken from this world by the hands of violence way too young. He was smart, funny, kind, generous, selfless and everything in between. He…

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Ava Quinn
April 6, 2022

Ava Quinn was a beautiful, intelligent and goofy 15-year-old child when we lost her unexpectedly. Her giggle was infectious! Ava loved her family, friends and God. Ava was a weekly…

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Ricqual Machipiness Fandrick
January 11, 2022

My beautiful best friend, wife, daughter, mother of six…left this world way too soon. She was a beautiful person inside and out. I miss her every single day. Before leaving…

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Adrian
December 16, 2021

Adrian was so many things… He was my beloved son, an amazing brother, a loving fiancé, an adoring father of two little girls, a firefighter, an avid motorcyclist, and one…

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Connie Barnosky Scheafer
October 22, 2021

My sister Connie is a study in willpower. She was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus when she was 14 years old. She was given four months to live. This was…

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