FERNANDO LAZCON

MR. FERNANDO LAZCON WAS FULL OF LIFE AND ENOYED FOOD, WHETHER IT WAS SOUL FOOD ARE HIS TRADITIONAL MEXICAN FOOD. FERNANDO ATTENDED MCFARLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN MCFARLAND, CALIFORNIA. FERNANDO MADE AN APPEAREANCE IN THE MOVIE "MCFARLAND USA", BASED ON A TRUE STORY THAT STARRED KEVIN COSTNER, AS COACH WHITE. THE MOVIE WAS ABOUT A FORMER FOOTBALL COACH THAT CAME TO TOWN AND HELPED COACH AND BUILD THE CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM THAT HAD NEVER WON ANY CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS.  HE COACHED THE TEAM FROM 1987 FOR 14 YEARS TO WIN 9 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.FERNANDO WAS A MEMBER OF MCFARLAND'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM.

FERNANDO WAS BORN IN TIJUNA, MEXICO ON JUNE 24, 1972. HE GREW UP AND LIVED IN MCFARLAND, CALIFORNIA.HE MOVED TO ORLANDO, FLORIDA IN 1992. HE WORKED FOR PUBLIX SUPERMARKETS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. 

FERNANDO MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, JAMES LAVALLIAS, ON JUNE 26, 1994. THEY WERE ABLE TO LEGALIZE THEIR MARRIAGE ON JUNE 26, 2015, AFTER THE SUPREME COURT RULED IN A 5-4 RULING THAT THE 14TH AMENDMENT REQUIRES ALL THE STATES TO RECOGNIZE SAME SEX MARRIAGES. THEY REMAINED MARRIED UNTIL FERNANDO'S PASSING ON JANUARY 11, 2026. FERNANDO PASSED PEACEFULLY WITH JAMES AND HIS FAMILY AT HIS BEDSIDE.

FERNANDO IS SURVIVED BY HIS HUSBAND, JAMES LAVALLIAS; MOTHER, MARIA LAZCON; SIBLINGS, JOSE "JOE" TORRES (DELLIA), ENRIQUE TORRES,  SALVADOR GANDARILLA (KRISTY), AND LORENA TORRES; BEST FRIEND, RODOLFO "RUDY" RAMIREZ;  FORMER TEACHER AND DEAR FRIEND, ANN MARIE CARBIN.AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS

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