Obituaries

Abraham P. Padilla, age 44, of Drummond Island, Michigan, died at Harborview Assisted Living & Hospice in DeTour Village, Michigan on June 15, 2023. He was born in Long Beach, California, on December 8, 1978, to Pablo and Graciela (Palafox) Padilla.

Abraham grew up and lived in South Gate, California until the age of 29. He then moved to Northern California and started working as a CSA in Martinez, where he met his wife, Megan. They married on July 24, 2009, in Fairfield, California. In 2011 they moved to Arizona to help care for Megan’s grandpa. In 2014, Megan gave birth to their only child, a son, Grayson. The family then moved to Drummond Island and have made some very close family friends and refer to themselves as the “Spodilla Clan”.

Abraham loved music and was a self-taught guitar player. He was in a band for a period of time, but when life led him to his wife and then the birth of his son, his focus shifted to playing family games and going on road trips to Tombstone and Disneyland.

Abraham was a member of the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall of South Phoenix – Kyrene Congregation.

He is survived by his wife, Megan Reneé Padilla of Drummond Island; son, Grayson Alexander Padilla of Drummond Island; sister, Melissa Padilla of Glendale, California; and brothers, Jesus Padilla of Buckeye Arizona, and Pablo Padilla Jr. of Compton, California.

Abraham was preceded in death by his parents.

A funeral discourse within the Jehovah’s Witnesses Congregation will take place at a later time.

In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association to help further research and cures in the future. Please visit www.alz.org to make your donation in Abraham’s memory.