King Wayne Gomez

To our friends and family,

After a very short battle with liver cancer, King Wayne Gomez passed away on July 27th, 2022. I'm not sure where exactly I found this quote, but it hits very hard when thinking about my dad.

"Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days; and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back."

There were many things we still wanted to do, trips to plan, and places to go. But, in the end, King was taken far too soon from us.

We will have a viewing and funeral service in his honor in Lamar, Colorado, at the Peacock Funeral home on Tuesday (8/2), between 2-6 pm. A Rosary/Funeral Service at St Francis de Sales & Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church on Wednesday (8/3), starting at 9:30am.

We ask if friends or family would like to help with any of these arrangements to go ahead and do so through this page. We have also left a few remembrance messages from King's children below:

Jose: Yesterday morning (7/27), King Gomez, passed away. One of the most influential people of my life and the reason I am who I am today. This loss hurts deeply and I keep finding myself zoned out just remembering many of my memories with him. He touched many MANY lives out there and I'm sure everyone has their stories with him. But I'm definitely going to miss you dad. I'm sure even 20 years from now, I'll still be remembering the laughs and smiles you always brought out of me. I love you, miss you, and hope one day we can meet again, wherever you are.

Leo: So as many of you know we lost my dad to cancer yesterday (7/27). It was definitely one of the hardest days of my life. He wasn't only my dad, but the man I looked up to that helped me become the man that I am today. He was always the first one to lend a helping hand to anyone that needed it. Whether it be money, a ride, or a place to stay. He did whatever he could to help someone in a bind.

The last couple months were definitely hard, especially seeing someone you love fighting and in pain. It's always hard to say goodbye to someone you think you still have years with. I'm sorry we never gave you the opportunity to make you a grandpa but when I have kids I'll make sure they knew the kind of man their grandpa was. And I promise we'll take care of mom and Sparky so you don't have to worry about any of us. Rest in peace Dad. I love you

Rebecca: To the most amazing man I ever knew,

I miss you so much already. Why would God need you more than we do? I can’t get myself to understand… please always look over us and protect us daddy. I know you were so proud of us, and I promise we’ll continue to make you prouder.. 9 short months ago you walked me down the isle, you told me how beautiful I was and how lucky I was to find such an amazing man like Roman… you gave me away to the love of my life and you made him promise you that he would take care of me even though you had no doubt that he would. You loved him like he was your own…. you were always there when I needed you… no hesitation… I can’t believe you were taken from us so quickly.. but you’re not suffering anymore dad… you’re free from all the pain you were in.. all the stress that this terrible sickness caused you… I promise you we’ll take care of mom.. until we meet again Dad… I love you.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us.. we really do appreciate it