Help Adela's Family Through This Difficult Time

For those who may or may not know, five years ago my wife Adela and I dealt with the devastating loss of our eldest son, who passed away at the young age of 19. Within the next year, with a heavy heart from grieving our son's loss, we were met with the diagnosis of my wife having Stage IV stomach cancer.

With the diagnosis came a life expectancy of one year, even with treatment. But with Adela being the perseverant person full of life that she is, she fought for herself and to be with her family, and was able to give us three more wonderful years with her. Three more years of her beautiful humor, her contagious laugh that you could hear across several rooms, and her motherly love and affection. Even with the side effects of treatment and the cancer itself, she has been such a hardworking person that she desired to attempt to live a normal everyday life and to continue contributing to our family's financial wellbeing by working a full-time job until she no longer was physically able to a couple of months back.

Adela is my wife, the beautiful mother of our three children, a sister-in-law, an aunt that has been a second mother to my nieces and nephews, and an amazing friend to many. Our children are her greatest pride and she always supported them to live up to their full potential - not only are they kind and hardworking, but all are intelligent first generation college students, with our oldest son prior to passing being a student at Georgia State, our daughter Lizette currently at Washington University, and our youngest son Miguel is also at Kennesaw State. She has lived her life as an incredibly lively, selfless, and loving person: she has loved to dance even when she's not great at it, she has joked and has been able to put a smile on everyone's face even in these darkest of times battling with her cancer, she has helped her loved ones when they were in need even before herself, and despite her not having any relatives here she has been such a nurturing person that she was able to find a family in my family and in the loving friends she has made along the way. Unfortunately, due to the rapid decline in her health the past couple of months and her relatives being in another country, her mother and brother were not able to see her one last time.

After a brave and long battle, Adelita passed away Friday May 30th surrounded by her family and loved ones. Her strength, love, and light will always remain with us. We invite you to join us at the funeral service to honor her life and bid her farewell with the love she instilled in all of us. Your presence will be a comfort to our family this Sunday June 8th, 3:00 pm at 4671 S Main St, Acworth, GA 30101.

With gratitude,

MIGUEL ARROYO and children Lizette and Miguel E Jr.

Zelle Miguel Arroyo (678)-756-0861