"I love that kid, god drafted him to the big leagues up above, with a huge contract. He will be playing with the angels,they are lucky to have him as their first baseman, to bad we are not going to be able to see him win the rookie of the year for the heaven's league. you will always be loved and remember."
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carlos/cesar
Cerritos, CA
Friday, March 26, 2010
1:45 a.m.
By Randy Economy
http://www.economy4abc.blogspot.com/
Cerritos:
Tonight, the City Council remembered the life of one of its very own "favorite sons" when they adjourned its meeting in the memory of Ryan Tiedeman.
Tiedeman, 18, a native son of this community of 55,000 residents was killed late Wednesday night in a horrific accident on the 5 and 605 Freeway in Santa Fe Springs that also claimed the life of his friend Jacob "Jake" Aragon, age 19 of Lakewood.
Cerritos City Councilman Jim Edwards, a longtime friend of the Tiedeman family, fought back tears as he broke the sad news to the community tonight. "This is one of those nights that you hope you never have to deal with, and Cerritos has lost a remarkable young man," said Edwards of the passing of Tiedeman.
Edwards read a prepared statement from the Tiedeman family, that talked about Ryan's deep roots here in Cerritos, (he was born at nearby La Palma Community Hospital), his childhood when he attended Mary Bragg Elementary School, and Ryan’s accomplishments as a standout student athlete at Gahr High School.
"Ryan was one of our Cerritos kids, who lived his whole life here in our community, and I am at a lost for words," said Edwards.
Tiedeman was also a promising baseball player with Rio Hondo College.
Councilman Edwards is a former coach at Gahr High School where Ryan was a star athlete.
It was a moving tribute.
Today the community is just beginning to fully understand the loss of these two young promising men.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced. As soon as they are available, I will be sure to post them here on my Blog.
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6 comments:
Councilman Jim Edwards did a nice, beautiful thing tonight, and he needs to be thanked by everyone! Thanks, Councilman for remembering Ryan and Jake.
God Bless Ryan and Jake's Family! My son went to school with Ryan and played ball with him. Ryan is very missed!
Too young!!!
God must have better plans for them!!
This was on his fathers wall~To all of those interested, here is the funeral information:The Rosary-Mar. 30th, 8:15pm and Funeral-Mar. 31st, 10am will be held at: Holy Family Church 18708 Clarkdale Ave Artesia, CA 90701 After the mass he will be layed to rest at: All Souls Cemetary 4400 Cherry Ave Long Beach, CA 90807 Lunch......eon... immediately following at:Cerritos Park East 13234 166th St Cerritos, CA 90703
i love that kid, god drafted him to the big leagues up above, with a huge contract. He will be playing with the angels,they are lucky to have him as their first baseman, to bad we are not going to be able to see him win the rookie of the year for the heaven's league. you will always be loved and remember. love carlos/cesar
Thank you CERRITOS for remembering Ryan exactly as he was. -Sandra.
Our lives will never be the same in losing our Ryan, he was deeply loved by all and we will miss his smile and laughter as well as all the hopes and dreams his family had for him. We take comfort in the fact that he is now with our precious Katrina as well as his maternal grandparents and fraternal grandfather who I am sure were waiting to welcome him home. We share this tragedy with the Aragons and pray for them today that god gives them peace and strenght for the days ahead.
RIP Ryan and Jacob..
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