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Sylvia Marie Nunez Cassidy
Jan. 22, 1974 ~ Feb. 28, 1998
Sylvia is missed so very much especially by her three sons, Michael, Cody, and Jorden
When Glenda and Tony first asked
me to speak here tonight, I only felt panic!
How could I stand up in front of everyone and show
how much it is hurting me? Can I do this and not cry?
No and will, they still understand what I am trying to say.
Maybe. If there is only one thing they understand,
let it be to stop the pain and violence.
I would dearly love to say this is my one and only
Beautiful daughter. Isn't she gorgeous?
She has all the height and body shape to be a top model.
Oh the looks and that big wonderful smile that says
SYLVIA. But all I have now is the pictures, memories
and three little boys that don't understand why they
Can't see their mommy..
Sylvia, 1996
Her father introduced Sylvia
to violence at the age of 2 1/2 weeks.I was only
16 years old, but I knew this wasn't what I wanted
for her. Then I was divorced with a baby and no
job or education. She didn't get all the toys or
clothes because I was scraping to feed us. Too
young to work or get a driver's license, so we
walked everywhere. But we made it!!Live did get better.
She grew up with long skinny
legs and the best olive skintone and could make
you smile even when you were crying. She had the
biggest heart and never knew a stranger. What was
hers was yours.. I can't count all the frogs and
frog parts that I took out of the washer and dryer.
That girl loved animals,even if she couldn't say the word.
Then she met a man who promised
her the world, but gave nothing but three beautiful
boys and pain. She got away just to land back into
a worse relationship, and she married him just to
have to give up her boys, one by one to protect
them... It was great in the beginning. Anyone who
has gone through domestic violence knows that one!
Now with only her youngest left, and her husband
in jail threatening to kill her when he got out,
she turns to a man who was feared by many to protect
her. Her protection cost her her life! She died
from a single gunshot through the head. Thin
bubbly, beautiful, just turned 24 year old mother
and daughter was gone forever...
The boys, Christmas, 02
Yes it does happen to us.
not just people you hear about, we live here, and
loved here, and desperately miss her..
We must open our eyes and stop this useless loss
of life and forever pain.. My Sylvia can't feel
this pain anymore, but many others can and do
everyday..
Please help Sylvia's memory to stay alive, and keep
others from feeling this pain.. Let's put a stop to
to domestic violence now!
I never thought I would have to say this,
Goodbye My Baby.
Sylvia Marie Nunez Cassidy....
God knows you had to leave us
But you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day he took you home.
To some you are forgotten
To others a part of the past
But to us who love and lost you
The memory will always last...
Sylvia's Final resting place
We will meet again someday
in a Heavenly place
Where there is no parting
A place where there are no words that
mean goodbye....
Remember My Name
 
Memorials by Martha
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