Michael Jorge Candelaria, age 16

Lost to gun violence on September 28, 2020 in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

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  • Nickname:
    14 Big Mike
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    11 Caring
    8 Loving
    10 happy
    10 beautiful soul
    10 kindness
    7 ambitious
    8 carefree
    8 giving, loving
    5 Goofball
    6 kind and giving
    5 not to worry
  • Occupation:
    3 student
  • Workplace:
  • Schools attended:
    6 Hondo Valley High School
    5 Hondo High School
    9 The best Eagle 🦅 mascot and best dance moves.
  • Comments:
    6 he was always loving and so caribg he would go out his way for any one just to see them smile
    5 for ever in our hearts my love ❤️‍🩹
    7 happy birthday mike 🕊 i miss you everyday bro keep painting them sky's beautiful we see you !🕊
    6 our valley angel
    4 loved to dance, loved music, loved Michael Jackson
    3 loved panda expresz
    3 beast on the football field
    2 always dancing
    2 gone to soon.
    2 loved and missed by so many of us
    2 never forget the time we played basketball forever miss you michael🤍
    2 happy birthday mike💙we all miss you so much! forever in my heart
    1 our beautiful angel
    1 i miss you so much, my sweet boy🤍
    1 woke up this morning and my mind went straight to missing you. miss you sweet boy forever💙
    1 love and miss you

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