Wishing you a very Happy Heavenly Birthday today.  I wish you were still here so that we could all celebrate you. I miss you everyday, Anthony. Until we meet again one day. 

Fernando

Well Anthony, we’re now here, one year later, remembering the day you left. It hasn’t been easy. A lot of things will never be the same again without you. From hanging out and laughing with you to cruising our classic cars together. I honestly wish I could get myself to do that more, but without you it just doesn’t feel right anymore. Maybe one day I’ll get myself to do it more, as a way of doing what you liked, because I’m sure you’ll still be rollin with me all the way from heaven. I’m still trying to get used to your not being there for me when I feel like talking it up with you.  I really do miss those conversations. 
I’m trying to do my best to stay close to your family and be there for them when they need me or need something. Just like we used to talk about. 
Rest easy and rest in eternal peace forever. I love you and miss you lots, Anthony. 
Fernando

Tony, I just found out at work about you passing.   You were one of the first guys I got to know at work and you were a friend ever since. We chopped it up the very few times I would see you at Media Center and it was always cool to talk. God bless you and your  family. I'm very sorry to just find out. I always tripped out on your cars and that one time you had saddle soap for your boots at wastewater.  Always looking Firme. Your friend Raymond.

I’ll never forget those that showed me what family really is. When my “sister” had her ups and downs with you I was there advocating for her. Asking you to call her, forgive her, go to her wedding/wedding party she was having. Regardless of the fight, I was there running relay to help her mend her relationship with you. It’s sad that the teenage me had more respect and dignity for her, than the adult her, for me. I tried to go to your services but was told I wasn’t welcome and I would be thrown out. I guess that’s just the way she was raised. 

People who don’t ask for your side of the story, believe the story they were given about you. And that tells you all you need to know about them. Just like no paragraph will convince someone of your worth, so why bother. 

To my siblings, my door will always be open. My number hasn’t changed 

Reanna

Happy Birthday Dad. I’m sorry we never got it right in this lifetime. I never gave up hope that we could reconnect and talk things out. I texted and called, but I guess some things are too hard to deal with. I never gave up though and I’m sorry you did. I’ll always regret not speaking up sooner - or maybe I’ll just regret speaking up at all. Probably both. I’ll never know what could have been, I just know I did the best I could as a daughter. Sorry if I never added up to the rest. Maybe we’ll get it right in the next life. Happy birthday dad, rest easy and play a game of crazy 8’s with Grandma for me 🤍
Love you,
Reanna

Anthony, 
I just wanted to come by here and wish you a Happy Heavenly Birthday today. May God bless your soul always and give you eternal peace forever. Not a day goes by that you’re not on my mind. I still can’t believe that you’re really not here anymore. It breaks my heart to know that I won’t see you again until it’s my turn to join all of you one day. You really were a big part of mine and my family’s life. If I ever needed to talk or wanted to share something with someone, I’d call you. Whenever I wasn’t sure about something and needed someone’s advice or opinion, I’d call you. Whenever I wanted to talk to someone on my long rides home from work, I’d call you. You always made everything better. We constantly talk about you and remember you. You’ll never ever  be forgotten, my friend.  I’ll continue to pray for you and your family and will help watch over them as much as I can. 
I hope you’re up in heaven being that same funny and laughing person that I used to love to hang out with and that you’re enjoying your eternal life with everyone we loved that’s up there with you. 
Again, I hope you have a happy heavenly birthday and please continue to watch over all of us, just like you used to do when you were here. 
Love you and miss you lots,  Anthony 
Happy Birthday 🙏🏼

My dearly missed friend, Anthony. 
Today made it one whole month since you went home to live in paradise with our Lord and loved ones who went home before us. Not a day goes by, since you left, that I don’t think about you. Especially today.  So much has been happening since you’ve been gone. Mostly disaster and heartbreak for many people. It’s really sad to see.  These are some of the times that I really miss you more.  Only because when big things in our world would happen, you and I would call each other up and sit and talk about it. If I didn’t know something, you always filled me in. You were always one who would bring me comfort during difficult times whether it was with us laughing at dumb jokes or just talking about whatever was going on.
 I always said that nobody could ever and would never replace my Dad, but even though you weren’t much older than I, I did in a way, see you as a fatherly type of friend to me. I had so much respect and admiration for you. I was always glad to have shared that with you from time to time when you were here. I’m glad I got to let you know that you were a great example and that your family was blessed to have had you, even though it wasn’t for as long as we all wished for. You always knew what to say or how to approach certain situations in certain ways. You really were a one of a kind friend to me and you’ll never ever be replaced. There are so many times, since you haven’t been here, that I catch myself almost calling your phone. I sit there sometimes and just listen to some of your old voicemails on my phone.  If only I could call you one more time just to get to hear you tease me about always being at work and then saying , “ You’re a good man, Fernando.”
 I’ll miss that voice of yours saying it to me, forever. 
Rest in eternal peace my dear friend and I promise that I’ll do my best to always be here for your beautiful family. You’ll always live in my heart and thanks for all the memories. 
Love you and miss you always,

Dad, 
I will forever cherish every memory we have shared together (which I’m gonna have to know start writing down) from getting a pillow people on Christmas from Santa, to teaching me to ride my bike, all my softball memories, late night field practices and the batting cage battles between us good and bad. You laughing at me because I got mad at Jax for striking out LOOKING at the ball. And when I told him why didn’t he swing, he looked at me and said “because I didn’t want to swing”.  Man you laughed at me for what seamed like 5 min and I think you even started to choke, at that moment while laughing with you I thought damn that’s what I would do to you. Although you didn’t say it, you were laughing because it was my pay back from our time on the softball field. 
Although we had a lot of good times, we also had some not so good times. I would give anything to have you back just for one minute, so I could tell you how much I appreciated you, how much I loved you, how much you meant to me, how with you taking me in and raising me, now means so much to me, without you I wouldn’t be the person I am today. Dad I will never stop trying to make you proud of me! I LOVE you so much am sorry if I didn’t say it as much as I should have. You are the best Dad I could have asked for. 

Gutierrez Crew FOREVER!

These were the good ole days you were a good friend thanks Anthony for the memories , RIP 🙏

To our Presidents club trips. Man, those were fun times. I remember we would start random conversations and then they would just turn into really good life conversations. Oh man, I am going to miss you dearly my good friend. 

"Though you're gone, your memory lives on in my heart, and I miss you every day.

March 2, 2023

This night was very memorable for me because I feel this is where we really clicked. We shared a deep conversation and then realized we were big family men. Our families were our “why”. We would text each other almost daily from here on out. I will miss you very much, Mr. Tony. Already do. The impact you made in my life will forever be there. You were a teacher of life, a mentor, a best friend, a father figure and an overall great human. Thank you for all.

The Sequoias with the families! Gutierrez /Gudino Crews . Happy to have made these memories, they will last a lifetime! Thank you Anthony, for being a wonderful, funny, caring, heartfelt person, and an amazing family man and friend! You will be missed.

The Sequoias with the families! Gutierrez /Gudino Crews

The Gutierrez/Gudino night out! Making memories.

Thanks for the memories! Good times with Anthony! We will miss you!

November 18th of 2023
Since I was getting surgery at the end of the month, mom and dad surprised us with a trip to Disney World. This is a picture of us in the happiest place of the world. We had such a great time. It will always be a trip to remember. I would scream on rides while he would just laugh at me screaming. I’ll miss all the fun times we had together. If only we could go back Daddy.

June 26th of 2024
We were in Santa Cruz, we only stopped by the beach boardwalk for the day to stretch our legs since we were heading home from seeing Uncle Jack and family in San Francisco. While on the boardwalk, Antonio and I went on the Ferris wheel because why not and when we looked down we saw Dad hugging and kissing Mom. It was so cute so of course we took pictures. Mom is truly the love of Dad’s life and vice versa. My parents’ love was something extraordinary. They were a true partnership: strong, supportive, loving and inspiring. He was her rock, her everything, and the glue that held our family together.

May 11th of 2024 
Mom and Dad threw a 16th birthday party for me. We had both a regular Photo Booth and a 360 Photo Booth. So much fun. And yet I still ended up getting a car for my birthday! This is one of my favorite pictures of us together. Daddy, I was truly your little girl, your princess. You always gave me so much more than I could have ever asked for. I LOVE YOU!!

December 1st of 2022
We were taking a good friend of ours Issac on one of Dad’s famous tours of L.A. One of our stops was at the Griffith Observatory, which we all took pictures with these angel wings. Fly high Daddy. I already see you in the night sky shining brighter than the rest of the stars.

November 11th of 2014
Dad danced with me all morning. He had said that if he weren’t there to share my special day of getting married that he wants me to always remember this day to say that we in fact did dance for my wedding.

My mom Anthony and brother Junior in this picture.. Anthony was a good kind hearted man and will be dearly missed..  we do have lots of memories of Anthony, whenever him and my cousin Pancho where together at birthday parties/weddings or any family gathering those 2 together were like Abbott and Castillo always making everyone  laugh.. one memory I have is when my sister passed away he reached out to me by text his message was very heart warming and good to know he was there if needed, that was one of  Anthony’s  best traits he was always there when needed and his friendly demeanor he will truly be missed.. may Anthony RIP love and prayers to all his family/friends 🙏🏼❤️

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, my love, my everything.

Anthony, I still can’t believe that this is all real and that you really are no longer here with us. 
I learned so much from you, Anthony. Just watching you be the person that you were with your kids, grandkids and with Gloria was beautiful. 
I’ll never forget all of our conversations, our rides in the classic cars together to the cruise nights or car gatherings. You enjoyed it so much and always had such a love for it. Hunting for parts for our cars or just being there and helping each other as much as we could with our cars was always a good time. I’ll miss all of your experience and what you would teach me about classic cars.  Man Anthony, I still don't want to believe that I can’t just pick up the phone and call you just to talk and laugh. Those were some of the best conversations I had. Conversations about anything or about nothing. Laughing at our own dumb jokes that nobody else may have found funny, but you and I. Your forever running “ Batista” (barista) joke was one of our all time favorites. It always brought a smile. I used to talk to you just about every day and now that’ll never be. Those moments of conversation and laughter will be with me forever. That one of a kind voice that used to tease me and laugh  at me, or with me, will forever be missed and remembered. 
Thanks for always being such a welcoming, amazing and caring person to my wife and kids. All of those summer weekends and holidays together with you and your beautiful family  will be cherished and remembered by my family and I for as long as we live. Our trip to the Sequoia’s together with our families, our Halloween pumpkin carving contests, that you started, the games you would come up with. You were always so creative and curious about a lot of stuff. You were definitely one of a kind and will never be replaced. 
Anthony, now it’s time to rest easy and cruise right into heaven, just like you would in your 63. You’ll forever be missed. 
Thanks for the memories. 
Love you forever,
Fernando

To the family of my dear and very loved friend, Anthony. 
My deepest and most sincere condolences to you all. My heart is broken and aching over the loss of my dear friend. I’m still in sorrow and total disbelief that Anthony is no longer here with us. As you all know, I had, and will always have,  a lot of love and respect for Anthony. He really was a one of a kind person. He was a great example of what a very caring and loving family man and Dad should be. 
God really did bless you all with a great husband and Dad. Family was always always #1 on his list. I know that thru each and every one of his kids his legacy will live on forever. 
Our thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you during this very difficult and life changing experience. 
We love you all very much and are here for whatever you may need. 
Fernando, Sandra and family

Anthony had an immense love for his family, always striving to make sure each of you were safe and cared for. He will be remembered as a loving and selfless man, always ready to give whatever he could to those he loved. Gloria, you were the light of his life—he lived for you and the children. Always making sure each of you had the best he could provide. Endless house projects, buying cars, RV getaways, making sure he was at the football games, giving you a hard time...all in the name of love. He loved hard! His dedication and love will never be forgotten.

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Anthony Ray Gutierrez

January 27, 1967 – December 14, 2024

Joshua Mortuary & Joshua Memorial Park

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