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Obituary for Apodaca


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday November 28, 1999

Arthur"Tudy" Apodaca2-3-3411-28-98I AM FREEDON'T GRIEVE FOR ME, FOR I'M FREEI'M FOLLOWING THE PATH GOD LAID FOR ME. I TOOK HIS HAND WHEN I HEARD HIM CALL I TURNED MY BACK AND LEFT IT ALL. I COULD NOT STAY ANOTHER DAY TO LAUGH, TO LOVE, TO WORK, OR PLAY. TASKS LEFT UNDONE MUST STAY THAT WAY, I FOUND THAT PEACE AT CLOSE OF DAY. IF PARTING HAS LEFT A VOID THEN FILL IT WITH REMEMBERED JOY A FRIENDSHIP SHARED, A LAUGH, A KISS, YES, THESE THINGS I TOO WILL MISS. BE NOT BURDENED WITH TIMES OF SORROW I WISH YOU THE SUNSHINE FOR TOMORROW. MY LIFE'S BEEN FULL, I'VE SAVORED MUCH, GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD TIMES A LOVED ONE'S TOUCH. PERHAPS MY TIME SEEMED ALL TOO BRIEF, DON'T LENGTHEN IT NOW WITH UNDUE GRIEF. LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS AND SHARE WITH ME GOD WANTED ME NOW; HE SET ME FREE.FIRST ANNIVERSARY MASS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1999, 10:00 A.M. SAN MIGUEL CHURCH, SOCORRO, NEW MEXICOARTHUR"TUDY" APODACA WENT INTO THE ARMS OF THE LORD THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING '98. WE MISS HIS LOVE, HELP, UNSELFISHNESS, HIS JOKES THAT MADE HIM THE LIFE OF EVERY PARTY AND MOST OF ALL, HIS WILL TO LIVE LIFE AT IT'S FULLEST. HE LEFT US COUNTLESS GOOD MEMORIES, BUT MOST OF ALL, HIS STRENGTH AND FAITH IN THE LORD."ONE DAY AT A TIME" WERE HIS FAMOUS CONSOLING WORDS TO US AND THAT WILL KEEP UP GOING UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. WE LOVE AND MISS YOU TUDY. LILLIE, ESTEVAN, CHARLOTTE, DANNY, LUCAS & CELINA. YES, YOUR LOVING DOGS TOO! HIEDI, PRECIOUS & CHELSEA


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