Portrait shared in memory of Jose Vazquez

In loving memory of

Jose Vazquez

January 2, 1990 — June 5, 2016

Jose Vazquez (Jan 2, 1990–Jun 5, 2016) was a young Syracuse man whose life — family ties, friendships, and everyday moments — mattered deeply to those who knew him.

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Their life, in the words of those who remember

The story of Jose Vazquez

Jose Vazquez was born January 2, 1990. Public records place him in Syracuse, New York, where he was known locally as a 26-year-old who belonged to a network of family and friends whose lives he touched. While the public documentation about Jose is limited, the basic facts recorded by local incident data show a life cut short on June 5, 2016 in the Bishop Avenue area of Syracuse.

Jose’s years bridged the 1990s and the 2010s — a stage of life when many are building relationships, careers, and families. Although there is no widely published, family-authorized obituary available in the public record that I could find, his presence is recorded in local incident datasets that identify him by name, birth date, age, and the location and date of the fatal event. Those records attest that Jose was a real person with roots in the Syracuse community.

When obituary-level details are not publicly available, a memorial page can still honor the person who lived. For Jose, a respectful remembrance might emphasize the ordinary, meaningful parts of life that matter most: the relationships he carried with family and friends, the routines of neighborhood life, and the potential of a life in its mid-twenties. Even without an extended public obituary, it is appropriate to acknowledge the loss felt by those close to him and to invite visitors to the memorial to share memories, photos, or messages if family members wish to collect them here.

This page is intended to remember Jose Vazquez as a person first — not as a line in a record. If family members or close friends can provide an authorized obituary, photographs, or memories, those contributions would make this remembrance fuller and more personal. Until then, this note honors what is verifiable: Jose’s name, his date of birth (January 2, 1990), and the date recorded in public incident data (June 5, 2016), and it holds space for the humanity behind those dates.

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