Assist in Samuel Aguilar's Funeral Costs

My name is Mariela Aguilar and I am starting this GoFundMe on behalf of my father Samuel Aguilar who passed away April 19, 2024. We are hoping to raise some money to help us cover the cost for his funeral arrangements. My father suffered from a brain injury, back in September of 2023 that we hoped he would recover from. After having a brain shunt surgery that appeared to be successful. However, in February 2024, he had another setback while at the hospital and it felt like we were heading back to square one. Despite everything, we tried to stay hopeful and be there for him to help in his recovery in every way possible. But on April 17th he had a drastic decline and my father did not make it. This has been an incredibly difficult time and something I don’t think I could have ever prepared for. I still can’t fully come to terms that this is a reality and have felt incredibly unprepared in all aspects. I know he brought so much laughter and great memories to so many people. This entire time my optimism in his recovery made it almost impossible to acclimate to the idea of losing him. He was one of the most giving people. Always greeting everybody making friends everywhere and always knowing how to make people laugh. This is the greatest loss I’ve had

to go through and I know my life will never be the same without him.

We are hoping to have his final resting place at Christ Cathedral in Santa Ana, California. This is a place that brought a lot of peace and strength during this entire process that helped me push through to be there for him during times I felt like giving up myself. It was very close to the hospital he spent a lot of time in. So sometimes we’d look out his hospital window to look over at it. For these reasons I feel this is the most fitting place for him. We are also trying to have a small memorial and mass for him. So that family and friends can join us to say our last goodbye. We appreciate any help to hopefully be able to get together all the funds necessary for the funeral and memorial costs. I cannot express how incredibly grateful I am for any support and all support that has been given that will allow me and my family to give my father a proper resting place.

Thank you.

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