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Erik Jon Carder

New River, AZ

May 8, 2004 - February 20, 2020

May 8, 2004 - Feb 20, 2020

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Erik Jon Carder was 15, he passed on February 20,2020. He is preceded in death by his father Jeramy Carder. He is survived by his mother Katherine, his nana Tami, his grandpa Rob, his sister Callie and brothers Tyler and Alex, Grandpa Kel, Aunt Tonja, Aunt Ashley, Uncle John, Uncle Anthony, Mrs. Jeanine, and his cousins; Ethan, Evan, and Kiley. His grandma Cris, His uncle Brian and His other uncle John. Erik was born on May 8, 2004 and was named after his fathers best friend, “Big” Eric, and mother and father both had brothers named Jon (John). He weighed only 4 lbs 10.7 oz and 18 inches long, born over 2 months premature. He fought for his life just as a little baby, he was always so strong. Eriks favorite place to be was out in nature with his family. We would all go on big camping trips and have the time of our lives. One camping trip, our dads, Jeramy, van got stuck in the mud and in the process of trying to get his car out the other car got stuck I remember Erik and all of us just laughing. Erik was always one for making sure everyone else was okay. When our dad passed he was so brave for his sister and brothers. Erik loved his Uncle John, when our dad passed, Erik and I, his sister, were talking and he told me, “Callie everything will still be okay because uncle john will protect us.” and of course he was right. He always looked up to his Uncle John, and especially his Aunt Ashley. Everytime Erik saw her he would run up to her and just squeeze her... As we all do, just to annoy her😁. When my mom, Jeanine, would come to pick me up Erik would always get so excited to see her and he would try and leave with us, it was so cute how much he just wanted to be with his Mrs.Jeanine. Erik was always so bright and handsome, he always knew how to make you smile. Whenever he had the chance to hang with his cousins he did. He was obsessed with Kiley, he adored her and she adored him. Ethan and Erik were close in age and did boy things that I couldn’t even begin to explain. Erik always liked to rough house with Evan and boy did Evan truly love his amazing cousin. These past few months that Erik had been staying with our nana, I started to see a light in his eyes. He loved being there with them. Erik was so grateful for his nana and rob, he would tell me, he never wanted to leave. He would tell me how even though they made him do chores, he didn’t even care because he wanted to help them out. He always told me I was missing out on good food, because “Nana is the best cook” according to him. When we would FaceTime he would tell me the work outside he was doing with rob. I remember going over there one weekend and rob was all cut up so I asked “What happened” and they boys tell me well rob took us on a bike ride and we found ramps and rob had crashed, we were all laughing so hard that night I think we all started crying! He only met his grandpa Kel once, but he told me how cool he was and how much he acted like our father and how great he was. Erik loves his siblings; Callie, Tyler and Alex, he was always protecting them even if we were fighting like normal siblings do, he always wanted the best for us. Erik was always checking up on me and making sure I was being treated well by my boyfriend he always told me if I needed someone to beat someone up he was my guy. He always told me that even though him and his brothers fought he loved them more than he loved himself. They stuck together through everything it was him and those boys and it will forever be that way. I know this isn’t a normal obituary and it doesn’t tell much about Erik growing up, but I think that Eriks best memories should be shared and these were definitely some of them. He loved everyone so much and he made it known he would do anything for anyone, he was just the best and now he is in our hearts, I know he is watching over all of us!

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