Isabelle Martinez, 16, of Matthews, NC, passed away in the morning hours of October 23 2016. Izzy suffered from a rare disease called HLH.
She was born in Queens, NY on May 24th 2000, and was a junior at David W. Butler High School.
Izzy had a passion for soccer and was always rooting for FC Barcelona.
She was survived by her parents Carlo and Shirley Martinez, her brother - John Martinez, and her sister - Sydney Lutin.
Although Isabelle always felt bad for having people care for her while battling her illness, she still loved being the center of attention.
Isabelle will be remembered as one of the most loving girls in the world as she would do anything to make anyone smile.
She will also go down as one of the toughest girls as she would take on girls twice her size on the soccer field and this toughness was seen all the way until she lost the battle against HLH and not once did she complain. She was a light. #flyhighizzy