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Personal note from ZACHARY'S MOTHER WENDY

ZACHARY'S PASSING WAS VERY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED. I KNEW MY SON HAD A PERSONALITY THAT HE GOT ALONG WITH ANYONE. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MICHAEL MCLANE HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR HIM EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T SEE EYE TO EYE ON A FEW THINGS. IM NUMB, I'M SHOCKED. IM THANKFUL FOR THE FEW FRIENDS I HAVE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ME AND THANKFUL FOR MY MOM, MY TWO DAUGHTERS, DAD, STEP MOM. I FEEL LOST NOT HAVING THE SUPPORT I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE AND WHAT I NEED AT THIS TIME BUT IT IS OKAY I KNOW I AM STRONG AND I CAN GET THROUGH THIS IF I HAVE TO ALONE. ALL I CAN SAY I WILL MISS HIM TREMENDOUSLY HE HAD GREAT POTENTIAL, HE HAD A VERY HIGH IQ, EVEN HAD PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. HE WAS A GOOD PERSON NO MATTER WHAT AND HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP SOMEONE IN NEED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY? I KNOW HE HAD A LOT OF PAIN HE STRUGGLED WITH PLUS OTHER ISSUES AND DOCTOR'S DO NOT HELP ESPECIALLY WHEN ONLY 22. I WENT THROUGH THE SAME KIND OF PAIN HE DESCRIBED AND IT KILLED ME BEING A MOTHER KNOWING A DOCTOR WOULD NOT BELIEVE HIS PAIN WAS REAL FOR ANOTHER 15 TO 20 YEARS LIKE THEY DID WITH ME! I HAVE FIBROMYALGIA PLUS A LOT MORE ISSUES THAT CAUSE PAIN. WAY HE DESCRIBED I HAD A FEELING HE ALSO SUFFERED FROM FIBROMYALGIA I NEVER TOLD HIM CAUSE ITS TOO FRUSTRATING SEEING DOCTORS AND YOU DON'T GET TREATMENT YOU SHOULD GET. I'M SICK MYSELF ALL I HEAR IS EXERCISE WELL YOU EXERCISE THEN IN BED FOR A WEEK CAUSE OF THE PAIN YOU CAN'T MOVE AND THEN U START OVER A WEEK LATTER THEN IN BED AGAIN FOR A WEEK. ITS A BATTLE YOU DON'T WIN UNFORTUNATELY MY SON LOST THE BATTLE WAY TOO YOUNG! HE LOVED KIDS SO MUCH!! I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM STARTING A FAMILY. HOPING ONE DAY TO HAVE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL GRANDBABY LIKE THE TWO I HAVE NOW. ZACHARY WAS WELL LIKED ADORED BY SO MANY AND I HAD NO CLUE HOW MANY PEOPLES LIVES HE TOUCHED. PLEASE NEVER FORGET THE GOOD ZACH HAD IN HIM. SOMEWAY SOMEHOW I'M GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY IN HIS HONOR TO REACH OUT TO OTHERS THAT STRUGGLE LIKE HE DID AND I'M HOPING PI CAN SAVE AS MANY TEENAGERS YOUNG ADULTS I CAN BY SHARING HIS STORY. ZACHARY MOMMY LOVES YOU SO MUCH REGARDLESS . YOU WILL SOON BE HOME WITH ME AND I'M HOPING IT WILL GIVE ME THE STRENGTH I NEED TO DO SOMETHING IN YOUR HONOR SOMETHING I KNOW YOU WOULD WANT ME TO DO. I'M SORRY ZACH I FEEL LIKE I FAILED YOU! I KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUFFERING ANYMORE BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE PAIN YOU LEFT EVERYONE LOSING YOU. MY SWEET ONLY SON I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME NO MATTER WHERE I GO OR DO! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH EVEN THOUGH WE HAD OUR PARENT- CHILD STRUGGLES IN RECENT YEARS. YOU WILL BE IN MY PRAYERs AND GOD FORGIVES ALL YOU DID MORE GOOD IN LIFE THEN BAD AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

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ZACHARY M. SOTO BORN APRIL 25TH , 1997- DIED JANUARY 30TH, 2020. ZACHARY- 22 YEARS OLD, UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY AT HIS CHILDHOOD HOME. HE WAS BORN IN APPLE VALLEY AND LIVED IN HESPERIA HIS WHOLE LIFE.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS MICHAEL AND WENDY SOTO, GRANDMOTHER GLORIA ECKERT, YOUNGEST SISTER JESSICA SOTO ALL OF HESPERIA, HIS OLDER SISTER STEPHANIE WILCOX, BROTHER-IN-LAW DEREK WILCOX, NIECE BAILEY MARIE AND NEPHEW VINCENT LEE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GRANDFATHER …

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You were the nicest person I knew when I was bullied. Sadden you’re hear you pass, but god needed his angel home I wis…
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Born

April 25th, 1997
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Passed away

January 30th, 2020
HESPERIA, CA, USA

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ZACHARY WILL BE HOME WHERE HE BELONGS!!! I WANT TO MAKE HIM.A SPECIAL PLACE WITH THINGS HE LOVED!!

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