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Support Sammy's Final Journey Home

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In love and memory of Jose Samuel De La Torre Melendrez, the family has decided to make a GoFundMe to lay Sammy's body to rest in his hometown, Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.

My dear cousin Sammy lost his battle against cancer at just 26 years old. Last year, he came to the United States in hopes of making his dreams come true. He dreamed of coming to work and providing for his family back home, buying a house in Mexico, and owning his dream old-school Ford truck.

Months into being in the States, he was diagnosed with cancer. With all his hope, strength, and support of his family, he did all the measures he could to survive. At the beginning of this year, he began doing chemotherapy to start his battle against cancer. For a couple of months, he was found stable. After frequent visits to the emergency room, one month ago he was told that the cancer was very aggressive and had spread throughout his body. They found cancerous tumors in his head and even performed multiple head surgeries. It was up until two weeks ago that they began the radiations, and after that, it went downhill. He fought till the very end like a warrior with all his strength, but God needed him more.

I am making this fundraiser to raise funds so his parents, who were blessed to get a visa just in time to see his last days, can take him back home to finally rest in peace and be with his siblings. Anything that you guys are able to donate would be a great help for his loving family.
We will miss you very dearly. May you rest in love and peace cousin. We love you.


En amor y memoria de José Samuel De La Torre Meléndrez, la familia ha decidido hacer un GoFundMe para dejar descansar el cuerpo de Sammy en su ciudad natal, Tepatitlán, Jalisco, México.

Mi querido primo Sammy perdió la batalla contra el cáncer a los 26 años. El año pasado vino a los Estados Unidos con la esperanza de hacer realidad sus sueños. Soñaba con venir a trabajar y mantener a su familia en casa, comprar una casa en México y ser dueño de la camioneta Ford vieja de sus sueños.

Meses después de estar en Estados Unidos, le diagnosticaron cáncer. Con toda su esperanza, fuerza y ​​el apoyo de su familia, tomó todas las medidas que pudo para sobrevivir. A principios de este año comenzó a hacerse quimioterapia para iniciar su batalla contra el cáncer. Durante un par de meses se encontró estable. Después de frecuentes visitas a urgencias, hace un mes le dijeron que el cáncer era muy agresivo y se había extendido por todo su cuerpo. Encontraron tumores cancerosos en su cabeza e incluso realizaron múltiples cirugías en la cabeza. Fue hasta hace dos semanas que comenzaron las radiaciones y después fue cuesta abajo. Luchó hasta el final como un guerrero con todas sus fuerzas, pero Dios lo necesitaba más.

Estoy haciendo esta recaudación de fondos para recaudar fondos para que sus padres, quienes tuvieron la suerte de obtener una visa justo a tiempo para ver sus últimos días, puedan llevarlo de regreso a casa para que finalmente descanse en paz y esté con sus hermanos. Cualquier cosa que ustedes puedan donar sería de gran ayuda para su amada familia.
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