Bryan Proenza, age 34

Lost to gun violence on January 16, 2024 in Riverview, Florida.

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  • Personality:
    4 Loving
    4 Funny
    6 Great listener
    6 Best Friend
    6 Would always help out
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    6 Great Father
    2 Best Big Brother EVER!
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  • Comments:
    8 Hey bro, keep watching over us. Love & miss you every day. Fire it up :)
    7 We think about you everyday bro. Wish you could be here to make us smile. Love you Bryan <3
    7 Happy Father's Day Bro. Your children and family miss you very much! Keep watching over!
    7 We spent the weekend talking about you. Good stories and lots of laughs. Miss you.
    7 Love you Bro, think about you everyday <3
    10 Thinking about you everyday bro! FIRE IT UP!!!
    6 Keep watching over us bro, we miss you so much! Love you <3
    7 420 candles lit up for you my brother, we miss you. Love you Bryan - LP
    6 Today 09/16/24, marks 8 months since you have been gone. We miss you! - LP
    6 We won't ever stop fighting for your justice and peace. Love you bro - LP
    5 Today, 10/16/24 marks 9 months of missing you, and our niece Rhianna turned 16! We miss you - LP
    5 Halloween is tomorrow! Abby is Wednesday Addams and Eli is another scary monster thing. Miss you
    5 Halloween was fun, but Abby dressed up as a princess instead, lol. We miss you bro - LP
    6 Missing you a lot Bro, wish you were here. Fire it up! - LP
    4 This world is chaos without you. We all miss you and love you bro - LP
    4 Our first holidays with out you have been super hard. We miss you Bryan -LP
    4 our first Thanksgiving without you was really hard. We miss you.
    3 I made sure to eat as much as I could this Thanksgiving, we missed you <3 -LP
    3 Love you Bryan. We're doing all we can but we miss you SO MUCH! Keep watching over bro - LP
    3 12/16/2024: I can't believe you have been gone for this long. miss you bro, love you. - LP
    3 12/26/24- This was our first Christmas without you. We miss you so much, Love u - LP
    3 Happy New Year Bryan, Miss you and love you bro - LP
    3 Yesterday was Eli's Birthday, we missed you a lot. Keep watching over<3 - LP
    3 One year without you has been so hard on us all. We miss you Bryan. <3 - LP
    4 Life sucks without you here. I hate it more and more each day.
    4 01.23.25 - Today is my birthday and I just want to hangout with you. Miss you <3 - LP
    4 Just to hangout with you for a day I would trade anything for it. Love you bro - LP
    3 Superbowl wasn't the same without you. Elijah's Philly Eagles won vs The Chiefs 40-22. - LP
    4 Happy Heavenly Birthday Bryan, miss you bro. 2.17.25- LP
    3 Both Eli and Adrian got 34 as their jersey numbers! Keep watching over bro, love you - LP
    3 We will keep living for you Bryan. We miss and love you very much <3
    3 Miss you bro, wish you were still here. Love you - LP
    3 3/16/25 - We missed you a lot today but we felt you close by. Love you bro -LP
    3 FIRE IT UP BRO! Miss you very much, love you - LP
    3 Miss you bro so much, keep watching over us. We're trying to make it without you - LP
    3 Easter 2025 - We had fun but missed you so much. Love you bro - LP
    3 You would be so proud of your kids bro, they are staying strong and keeping you near <3
    3 Miss you more and more each day bro. Fire it up <3
    3 We all went to the beach for Mom's B-day. We missed you - LP
    3 Always thinking about you Bro, wish you were still here <3 - LP
    3 Forever missing you and your jokes. Love you Bro - LP
    3 Missed you this 4th of July. We made sure to eat, smoke, and blow stuff up! Love u - LP
    3 Love you bro. Miss you Bryan - LP
    3 Man do I miss hanging out and chillin bro. We miss you - LP
    3 Always missing you and your jokes. Love you bro - LP
    4 8/16/25 You are loved and missed daily. Your kids miss you daily. Mom
    3 Memories aren't enough, we wish you were still here <3 Love you bro - LP
    3 Could use one of your jokes today to feel better. Miss you bro <3 - LP
    3 09.14.25 - Your babygirl turned 5 years old! We know you're always watchin over. Love you!
    2 Miss you everyday Bro. Wish you were here, we love you Bryan - LP
    2 Love you bro, we miss you very much. FIRE IT UP! - LP
    2 Always thinking about you bro, hopefully you are at peace - LP
    2 Yo, Fire It UP! Happy Friday bro - Miss you always - LP
    2 It feels great outside, this is that weather that you would be scrapping in, lol - LP
    2 It's Halloween! Lets hope for some big candy bars and a good time, miss you bro - LP
    2 Love you bro, miss you always ❤❤❤ - LP
    2 Missing your laughter and smile bro. Love you Bryan ❤ - LP
    2 Elijah has a baseball game tonight! We'll be there to cheer him on! Much love bro - LP
    2 Eli played a great game, but they lost 10-6. We're proud of him for giving it his best - LP
    1 Missing you bro, fire it up! Love you - LP
    1 We had a nice family vacation in Orlando, and we know you were watching over - LP
    1 We had a good Thanksgiving, ate a lot of good food. And we talked about our favorite memories - LP
    1 Miss you bro, keep watching over us. Love you Bryan - LP

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