Archer-Jeremiah Kanekoa Padiong's Obituary
Archer-Jeremiah Kanekoa Padiong, Infant child of Michael R. and Diana K. Padiong passed away August 9, 2013 at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. We were blessed to have two hours with our precious son.
He is survived by his loving parents; paternal grandparents Dominador and Nelia Padiong; maternal grandparents Mitchell J. and Norma G. Kanekoa; maternal great-grandparents Mitchell and Rebecca Kanekoa Jr.; paternal great-grandparents Simeon and Flora Padiong; maternal great-great-grandmother Diana Liberto; aunts Michelle Padiong and Chanel Kanekoa; uncles Christopher Padiong and Samuel Kanekoa.
Funeral services will be held at 7pm, Friday, August 23, 2013 at the Full Gospel Temple in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. A second service will be held at 2pm, Sunday, August 25, 2013 at the Kahuliu Full Gospel Temple in Kahuliu, Maui, Hawaii followed by burial at Valley Isle Memorial Park in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii.
God, I know you gave your precious Son to give us life with You.
But we didn't want our son to leave, Cause he was precious too
We all are special in your eyes, and all to you return
We know our son will not come back, and for this our hearts still yearn
Our time on earth is for learning, and when our lessons are through
our Lord will choose the time we leave, and we come back to you
our precious son is with you, and there will be a day
that we too will leave this earth, and you will light our way
His arms will be wide open, and the wait will be worthwhile
when we see again our precious son, and the splendor of his smile
The world may never notice if a rosebud doesn't bloom
or even pause to wonder if the petals fall too soon
but every life that ever forms or ever comes to be
touches the world in some small way for all eternity
the little one we longed for was swiftly here and gone
but the love that was then planted is a light that still shines on
and though our arms are empty our hearts know what to do
every beating of our heart says We Will Remember You
I thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new.
I thought about you yesterday and the day before that too.
I think of you in silence. I often say your name.
But all I have are memories and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is my keepsake, with which I'll never part.
God has you in His keeping, I have you in my heart.
I shed tears for what might have been a million times I've cried
If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly. In death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a place no one can ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you but you didn't go alone.
For part of me went with you, the day God took you home.
There is a special Angel in Heaven that is part of me.
It is not where I wanted him but where God wanted him to be.
He was here but just a moment like a night time shooting star.
And though he is in Heaven, he isn't very far.
He touched the heart of many like only and Angel can do.
So I send this special message to the Heaven up above.
Please take care of my Angel and send him all my love.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him. and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
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