In memory of Maria Socorro Mikell…Our dear sister, mother and friend was taken on Sunday, May 21, 2009 at 6:30pm. Everyone who met her knew they had a friend. While Maria was visiting her boyfriend in the South Bay area, she was shot by a stray AK-47 round that went entirely through her car and body.
Our hearts broke when we saw the news about your mom… She was a wonderful woman, who cared so much about you. I can remember talking to her about how much she loved you and being involved with your sports. If you ever need anything, someone to talk to or just a place to chill, we live here in Novato now, so you just call. Take care of yourself and be strong my friend…
Love, Jenn & Val Luergan (your old neighbors from Merrydale St.)
Kenny-
I’ve been going through my pictures of you and your mother (you we’re just a baby!!) and I noticed that almost every picture I have of you, your mama was in too. She stuck to you like glue because, as she told me, you were the best thing she ever did and the thing MOST important to her in this world. She was proof that good people exist in this world. She is and will always be my sister although we didn’t share blood. My heart is broken for you even though I know that even now she’s got her eye on you and is probably at this very moment, negotiating with God Almighty himself, to make sure he keeps you safe. I feel selfish every time I cry for myself because I miss her and it won’t stop for a long time (if ever) but I am not her son so I can’t possibly understand. I’m sad for my children who she treated as her own, and I’m sad for anybody who never got the chance to meet her. She was beautiful, full of joy and mischief and had more energy than anybody in this world I’ve ever known. I have pictures for you. Call me and I will make sure you get them. She will never be forgotten.
maria,
through the years that we had been separated from those years we were stuck together like glue hit me hard…i cant even imagine but then i can because you werent just a good friend to my mom and to me both but you were a mother figure in my life…. it will only get harder from here but at the same time just one of those hardships we have to go through life and wen we will hit a speedbump everynow and then to its just give us a wake up call reminding us that life is short and so fragile… this isnt just a speedbump to me its the mittiest mountain in the world: Mt.everest… i will miss you sooooo much and i will always have love for you:( atleast i can go to sleep knowing that your in a happy place and always watching over kenny.
R.I.P I LOVE YOU MARIA
kenny,
i always be here for you kenny your like a brother to me and i love you unconditionally no matter what goes on in life… i may have just found you guys again but there was never a moment that i wasnt thinking about you and mom…
im just a call away and ill be there for you no matter whats happening and what you need im there… through thick and thin
Maria.
My High School Sweetheart, We met as freshmans and dated until senior year. We always kept in touch and always stayed a part of each others lives. Bad timesd and good times we were always there for each other. You were always a person that I could go to to talk with, and it was the same for you. You always made a special point to see me first when you came to Moreno Valley…Which made my day. I admired the way you were there for Keneth and it made me look up to you even more. I was so proud of you with the way you were there for him through all his schooling and basketball games. You kept me involved with everything he did just to share how proud you were as a mom. Maria I am going to miss you, you were a huge part of my life than most people would know, but you knew. I will miss your laugh, your smile,and the joy we had when we were together, but most of I am going to miss you; My first love. I will do everything I can do within my power to be there for Keneth and help him with his every need and Yes.. he has a special place in my heart. I Will Miss You.
How blessed I was to have known your Mom – Beautiful Miss Maria – and how lucky am I that my daughters had the honor to know her too. I can’t believe she was just here and for the first time Gabi said her name, over and over again. Your Mom was so happy Gabi finally could say it. Bella had just spent the night with you both and when I had to sit her down to tell her, she cried and said, “Maria was always nice to me and always let me go to her house when things got to be too much and who else will let me do that?” I don’t even know how to explain the enormity of the loss nor the senselessness to her. We just miss her.
What I will always remember most about your Mom is her contagious laugh and generous spirit and what an AMAZING mother she was to you. Just that day she came to discuss a concern she had for you – she never wanted anyone negative around you. She always talked about how wonderful you were and how much she wanted for you. And, of course, we talked about your bball skills.
I know she is here with us, watching over all of us – but most of all you. I know you will stay on the path to your dream.
Isabella, Gabi and I are here for you and we love you and we loved your Mom.
Well Maria, Tomorrow is the day that we must say farewell here on earth, i have been pretty quite during this period as i had a farewell conversation with you at the hospital. But i just wanted to THANK YOU for all that youve done for my family my mother and omari where would they have been without you, I mean the way that you loved was just not for everyone. I wont go into a sad story about you being gone because you are so very missed from the moment you left. But anyone who knows you, knows that your still here with us, I’ll be strong for the family and for Kenny as long as i can but I too have taken a great lost! I love you, and until we meet again, I’ll hold our lst conversation dear to my heart!
Lovem Natasha
Maria thank you for being a friend to me. You are greatly missed. I will always remember the advice you gave me and I will hold your memory in my heart forever. Love -Joyce
Funny thought, i was just looking thru the pictures of you, and when Akilah braided your hair you were so proud and drove all the way to richmond to show me and and i was asleep, and you just kept going and going.. lol lol miss you!! lol
Kenny,
Our hearts broke when we saw the news about your mom… She was a wonderful woman, who cared so much about you. I can remember talking to her about how much she loved you and being involved with your sports. If you ever need anything, someone to talk to or just a place to chill, we live here in Novato now, so you just call. Take care of yourself and be strong my friend…
Love, Jenn & Val Luergan (your old neighbors from Merrydale St.)
Kenny-
I’ve been going through my pictures of you and your mother (you we’re just a baby!!) and I noticed that almost every picture I have of you, your mama was in too. She stuck to you like glue because, as she told me, you were the best thing she ever did and the thing MOST important to her in this world. She was proof that good people exist in this world. She is and will always be my sister although we didn’t share blood. My heart is broken for you even though I know that even now she’s got her eye on you and is probably at this very moment, negotiating with God Almighty himself, to make sure he keeps you safe. I feel selfish every time I cry for myself because I miss her and it won’t stop for a long time (if ever) but I am not her son so I can’t possibly understand. I’m sad for my children who she treated as her own, and I’m sad for anybody who never got the chance to meet her. She was beautiful, full of joy and mischief and had more energy than anybody in this world I’ve ever known. I have pictures for you. Call me and I will make sure you get them. She will never be forgotten.
Ivy
maria,
through the years that we had been separated from those years we were stuck together like glue hit me hard…i cant even imagine but then i can because you werent just a good friend to my mom and to me both but you were a mother figure in my life…. it will only get harder from here but at the same time just one of those hardships we have to go through life and wen we will hit a speedbump everynow and then to its just give us a wake up call reminding us that life is short and so fragile… this isnt just a speedbump to me its the mittiest mountain in the world: Mt.everest… i will miss you sooooo much and i will always have love for you:( atleast i can go to sleep knowing that your in a happy place and always watching over kenny.
R.I.P I LOVE YOU MARIA
kenny,
i always be here for you kenny your like a brother to me and i love you unconditionally no matter what goes on in life… i may have just found you guys again but there was never a moment that i wasnt thinking about you and mom…
im just a call away and ill be there for you no matter whats happening and what you need im there… through thick and thin
I LOVE YOU KENNY
Maria.
My High School Sweetheart, We met as freshmans and dated until senior year. We always kept in touch and always stayed a part of each others lives. Bad timesd and good times we were always there for each other. You were always a person that I could go to to talk with, and it was the same for you. You always made a special point to see me first when you came to Moreno Valley…Which made my day. I admired the way you were there for Keneth and it made me look up to you even more. I was so proud of you with the way you were there for him through all his schooling and basketball games. You kept me involved with everything he did just to share how proud you were as a mom. Maria I am going to miss you, you were a huge part of my life than most people would know, but you knew. I will miss your laugh, your smile,and the joy we had when we were together, but most of I am going to miss you; My first love. I will do everything I can do within my power to be there for Keneth and help him with his every need and Yes.. he has a special place in my heart. I Will Miss You.
Love Always,
Charles James
Kenny,
How blessed I was to have known your Mom – Beautiful Miss Maria – and how lucky am I that my daughters had the honor to know her too. I can’t believe she was just here and for the first time Gabi said her name, over and over again. Your Mom was so happy Gabi finally could say it. Bella had just spent the night with you both and when I had to sit her down to tell her, she cried and said, “Maria was always nice to me and always let me go to her house when things got to be too much and who else will let me do that?” I don’t even know how to explain the enormity of the loss nor the senselessness to her. We just miss her.
What I will always remember most about your Mom is her contagious laugh and generous spirit and what an AMAZING mother she was to you. Just that day she came to discuss a concern she had for you – she never wanted anyone negative around you. She always talked about how wonderful you were and how much she wanted for you. And, of course, we talked about your bball skills.
I know she is here with us, watching over all of us – but most of all you. I know you will stay on the path to your dream.
Isabella, Gabi and I are here for you and we love you and we loved your Mom.
Whitney
Well Maria, Tomorrow is the day that we must say farewell here on earth, i have been pretty quite during this period as i had a farewell conversation with you at the hospital. But i just wanted to THANK YOU for all that youve done for my family my mother and omari where would they have been without you, I mean the way that you loved was just not for everyone. I wont go into a sad story about you being gone because you are so very missed from the moment you left. But anyone who knows you, knows that your still here with us, I’ll be strong for the family and for Kenny as long as i can but I too have taken a great lost! I love you, and until we meet again, I’ll hold our lst conversation dear to my heart!
Lovem Natasha
Maria thank you for being a friend to me. You are greatly missed. I will always remember the advice you gave me and I will hold your memory in my heart forever. Love -Joyce
Funny thought, i was just looking thru the pictures of you, and when Akilah braided your hair you were so proud and drove all the way to richmond to show me and and i was asleep, and you just kept going and going.. lol lol miss you!! lol