Ignacio C. Lopez

Born in January 11th, 1948 in Tepic Nayarit, Mexico was where the story of a great man began. There are so many details like his childhood and being raised in Tijuana BC, Mexico. I know a few things like how he used to love to drink soda pop, Coca Cola was his favorite. He was raised by both parents, although I know that he wanted his children to have a stay at home mom and not one that had to work like his mom. At a very young age he came to California in order to earn a good living and help his mother financially. He met my mother and they married and settled in Sun Valley, California and then the story I really know begins. I can tell you countless stories of a father, who worked hard to make sure his family had everything they needed. He worked hard to provide so that our mom could stay home and take care of us. Because of him we had pretty much a dream childhood; we were poor but didn’t even know it. We were rich in so many other ways, had home cooked meals, never attended any type of child care service center, had clean clothes, new clothes, and food. I really can’t recall ever really needing anything that I couldn’t get. All this because he was there to provide for us, his family. But most of all you would be rich if you knew him and had memories of him in your life. He was funny, loving, caring, strong, honorable, charming, and responsible; really the list could go on and on. He was the best man I have ever known in my life. And he was a blessing from God, because out of everyone in this world God made him our father so we are the ones that get to remember the great times. We have pictures of good times together, we have memories of him in our lives and we have values because of him, because he raised us that way. There were bad times too, but those are lessons we had to learn to grow up and things that made our family stronger. He always put us first and he always made things better, no matter how bad they were. I grew up thinking that I could be or do anything I wanted, if I worked hard for it. He taught me that I am my biggest obstacle in life and everyone else can’t stop me. Because of him I believe that family is the most important thing in life, because in the end they are the only ones who truly love you and that he did, he loved us more than anything in this world that was obvious. In the end even though he is no longer here with us, he still lives through us. I think about him every day. Some days I laugh because we had such great times together and there are so many good memories. Some days I cry because I miss him so much and it hurts so bad. But no matter what I will always thank God for blessing us with such a great dad. And I thank my dad for being such a great father, husband, teacher , provider and protector. Arrangements under the direction of Pierce Brothers Valhalla, North Hollywood, CA.