HERMISTON — Anthony Jiovanni Guizar of Hermiston was 10 years and 5 days old on Christmas Day 2023 when his life effectively ended after a car crash.
He died five days later, on Dec. 30, in Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland.
TOP: A portrait of Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, 10, and the Mendoza family handprints hang on their living room wall April 11, 2024, in Hermiston. Anthony was in a three-vehicle crash Dec. 25, 2023, and died in a hospital Dec. 30. ABOVE: Jennika Menodza, 26, of Hermiston, reminisces about her son at her home in Hermiston.
Jennika Menodza, 26, of Hermiston, reminisces about her son, Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, 10, on April, 11, 2024, at her home in Hermiston. Anthony, who family and friends called AJ, died Dec. 30, 2023, after a three-vehicle crash on Dec. 25 near Hermiston.
Jennika Menodza, 26, of Hermiston, left, reminisces about her son Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, 10, while her daughter Aniya Marin, 6, leans in to kiss her mother April, 11, 2024, at their home in Hermiston. Anthony died Dec. 30, 2023, after a fatal three-vehicle crash Dec. 25 near Hermiston.
Aniya Marin, 6, reminisces about her brother Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, on April 11, 2024, at her home in Hermiston. She enjoyed collecting bugs and talking about dinosaurs with Anthony, who died at the age of 10 on Dec. 30, 2023, in the wake of a three-vehicle crash near Hermiston.
Toys and other possessions April 11, 2024, surround the urn containing the cremains of Anthony Jiovanni Guizarm at his mother’s home in Hermiston. Anthony died Dec. 30, 2023, after a fatal three-vehicle crash Dec. 25 near Hermiston. He was 10 years old.
A banner hangs Feb. 6, 2024 in West Park Elementary School in Hermiston displaying messages to Anthony Jiovanni “AJ” Guizar from his classmates and friends.
Anthony Jiovanni “AJ” Guizar right, stands with Santa and classmate Braelynn McClusky Dec. 12, 2023, outside West Park Elementary School in Hermiston, 13 days before AJ became a victim in a car crash Christmas Day.
Jennika Mendoza, 26, wipes away tears April 11, 2024, inside her home in Hermiston as she recalls the day her son, Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, 10, died Dec. 30, 2023, after a fatal three-vehicle crash days before near Hermiston.
Jennika Mendoza, 26, of Hermiston, left, with her daughter, Aniya Marin, 6, holds the urn containing the cremains of her son, Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, 10, on April 11, 2024, inside her home in Hermiston. Anthony died Dec. 30, 2023, after a three-vehicle crash Dec. 25 near Hermiston.
A portrait of Anthony Jiovanni Guizar, 10, left, and Aniya Marin, 6, hangs on the wall above the dining table April 11, 2024, at the Mendoza home in Hermiston. Anthony died Dec. 30, 2023, after a fatal three-vehicle crash Dec. 25 near Hermiston.
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