Amanda Burr Obituary

Too many memories lost. We miss you. Everyday.

Karena, Devin and Derrick

Hey Beautiful, still miss ya. Wonder how life would have turned out if you hadn't left us so soon. Still see the peeps from the Fonda most are well, some have passed. Hope you're doing well do here now. Should be about 15 or 16 now. Curious how you're doing. Hope we cross paths again and that I recognize you.

Mandy, it´s hard to believe that we cannot see your smiling face and hear your uplifting and positive voice.

Will never forget how we met while working at Vogue theatre. Ah, high school days. From day one, we seemed to be like family, and I thought of you as a sister.

Your greeting cards from your travels with Alicia are still part of my cherished collection.

I never met your husbands or your children, but I´m sure that your children and grandchildren are just as sweet and energetic as you were. I´m also sure that they all have a hole in their hearts that is filled with the love for you.

May the loving memories of you be of comfort to your family and friends, and may you continue to be in their hearts.

Love you!

Ro Rivera
"Rosita"

Hey my crazy friend. I know you're back here already but still just want to shout out and say that I miss your face!! Love ya, Reuben

Amanda........Getting ready for Christmas. Without you again. Your Nutcrackers are out. I think about you everyday. Love you so much.

Mommy!! It's been awhile since I wrote here... Man do I miss you like crazy.. Everytime something happens I just wanna run to you and tell you all about it.. I mean I can but there wouldn't be an answer. You were the best mom ever and I'm so glad you were mine. I picked a good one lol!! Te Amo Tu Con Todo Corazon!! ❤ Your always in my thoughts and I definitely know Sonny and Cher miss you like crazy... Crazy to think you have been gone for almost 11 years now.. Seems like just yesterday I was still showering and singing with you. All the songs we sang I miss that more then anything..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Amanda. Sure do miss you. I have Sonny and Cher for a little while. I know they miss you still. Lots of love forever and ever....

Happy Mother's Day Amanda..........we miss you so much. Nothing is the same. We wish you were here. Think about you every day. We love you.

Happy Birthday, a few days belated, to my friend Amanda, who will live in my heart forever! Miss you sweet lady!

you are still my idol

Happy Birthday Amanda. We miss you.

Happy mothers day mommy!!!!! I love you so so much. I miss you every second of everyday.....I am graduating soon and i wish u were here.

I believe..........that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

I still think of you often .....

"Where you used to be, there's a hole in the world...which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime...and falling in at night. I miss you" ~Edna St.Vincent Millay

Hey mom! i know its been awhile but you know what really sucks is i'm growing up and doing more and more things everyday and your not here to see it. I miss you!!! It still hasn't gotten easier you be gone you know. Even though its been 5 years i still miss you like you died yesterday!!

Sister I miss you every moment of every day! I wish my kids could have met you, they only know of thier Tia Manda

Mandy,
I always thought I would see you again. Will you know my name, if you see me in heaven? You were taken from us far too soon.

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful friend! We all miss you sooo much! This is terrible without you...lots of love, forever.

Karena Rivera-Horner

I miss you

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Amanda! We all miss you so much! Lookin' out for your family all the time! Bless. Kellie

Happy b-day babydoll!

I miss your laugh!! ;-(

I miss you!!!! i wish you could be here mom. I am 16 years old at my sophomore year in high school now. I met the most beautiful and amazing friend and we became best friends in no time we have so much in common and you would love her. Her name is Tiffany Medina and we never fight and we have both had so much happen in our lifes. She wishes she could meet you i have told her so much about you. There is so much going on that i wish u could be here for because some of it i have no idea how to deal with it. I Love and miss you SOOOOOOOOOOO much!! I know you would be so proud of everything i have done and i wish you could be here to see all my choir shows and dance performances. ;-(

My deepest sympathy to you, Mark and the entire family. I am totally shocked and very sad to read this. Mark and Amanda were the best of the best! I moved away from Colorado Springs in 1999 and always thought about Mark and Amanda because of all the fun that we had on the bikes. I will NEVER forget Amandas laugh and how GREAT of a person that she was. I wish that I would have stayed in touch with the two of them. This is such a shame and another hard lesson of life is too short. Kelly and I send our condolences to the Burr family.

Happy Birthday Amanda! We miss you and we still need you. I wish you were here. Lots of love, always

Boe, Karena, Devin and Derrick

Mandy,
I always thought our paths would reconnect someday. I was devastated when I heard what happened. Your husband was nice enough to help me connect with Amanda. I feel blessed that I can share stories about you with your daughter. She misses you dearly and was so happy to hear from me. She said you talked about me all the time. I will always cherish the friendship we had. We weren't just friends we were like sisters. Love you Mandy.

Have thought of you often this holiday season. We miss you terrible Missy! Your family is doing well. We love you always Amanda!

Always thinking of you....missing you.

Boe, Karena, Devin and Derrick

Happy Belated Birthday Mandy - miss you

Hi mommy Just checking in on you. I love you take care of athena. I love you.

Sorry I forgot to say merry Christmas on christmas day. I love you very very much and Merry Christmas. I wish you were there because it wasn't the same with out you. I wish I could have had more time with you.I love you and take care of Athena. Tell her I love her and give her A big hug and kiss for me. I love you mommy and Athena. Be careful.
Love Lexi

I wish I could see you mommy I can't live my life with out you. I wish I could see because I miss you very much. I wish you could be here because Athena is gone. I miss her very very much. I need you here to be here with me to handle it because it is really hard. I hope she is better up there. Tell her that i love her very much mommy. I miss her very much. Give her a big hug and kiss for me and tell her I love her very much. Come to me in my dreams with her mommy to let me see her walking again like a regular dog. so I can see both of you and talk to you about things I miss about you and Athena. I miss you terribly and take care of yourself and Athena mommy. I love you very very very much mommy. !Please! !Please! COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS MOMMY. Pretty please! Love Lexi mommy

Babydoll,

I miss you more than I can express with words. Alexis is growing into a little lady and she misses you and your guidance. We love you... Happy Mothers Day

Mandy was once like a big sister to me. She always brought so much happiness to our home when she came over I will never ever forget her.

My deepest sympathy and sincerest condolences to the Lopez-Burr family on such a tremendous loss.I know you remember me and what a great friend she was all the years I knew Mandy and her Family!

Our dearest Amanda,

It has been a year now since you left us to be with God. We all miss you terribly, and there are many of us that could use your guidance from time to time. Know that many love and care for your babies and for your man. They are part of our family and we love them dearly! Rest in peace missy! All our love,
Rob, Taraleah & Kellie

Farewell My Friend


Farewell to you, my dear friend.
Your hard fought journey is now at an end.

May you find the peace you sought for so long.
May you now be where God feels you belong.

Your time with us was seriously all too brief.
And your passing fills our hearts with grief.

You leave behind grieving friends and loving family.
All of us wishing, your smiling face we could once again see.

We will never know all the reasons why.
Why God felt that you had come to your time to die.

A moment of stillness and now you’ve gone away.
We won’t meet up with you again for many a long day.

But now your pain is finally at an end.
With you, our love and prayers we do send.

In Gods warm embrace you now forever will live.
And we accept that for all the comfort it may give.

Farewell my friend, Till we meet again.
RDL

Jeez Boss Lady, I miss you so much. You truly taught me what it is to manage a place and to deal well and fairly with people. I know that our paths will cross once more. I hope your time in Sheol went well.
I look forward to meeting your energy once more.

Mark,

I just found out about Amanda and needless to say was shocked and saddened. Amanda was a wonderful part of our life and an incredible person. Her memory will live on for each of us whose lives she touched.

With deepest condolences.

Mark Baldyga

Mark, Amanda & Alexis,

You may not remember me, as I only worked with Amanda at the SandCastle for a brief period. Despite only knowing her for about 2 years, the memories of her are still so clear, as though it was just yesterday. Amanda was that kind of a person. She came into people's lives and touched them in a way that she will live in your memory forever. I remember Amanda being such a beautiful, vibrant spirit. When she walked into the office, the whole room would come alive! She had a sense of humor that left your belly aching from laughing so much. She was such a joy to work for, because she made the workplace a fun place to be, and she still managed to get the work done. She made the best come out in you, somehow.

Mark, years ago, you and Amanda hosted a small holiday dinner party for the Sales Division at your home in NAS. We played games, had drinks and laughed all evening. I had so much fun. It was so evident that you and Amanda shared a love that everyone dreams of, and hopes to experience in their lifetime.

Amanda and Alexis, you two were her pride and joy! I always enjoyed listening to her tell stories about you. Little Amanda, she always prided that you were her big helper when your sister came along... she use to say that you were her life saver :-) And Alexis, I remember her always saying that you were a true blessing! She loved all of you so much.

Amanda will be missed by all the people she touched throughout the years. Her spirit will live on forever in our hearts and memories. God bless you...

Desiree Garcia Faumui
(former employee- SandCastle, Guam.

Dear Mark, Amandita, Alexis,
Today I picked up my mother-in-law, Diana Caliyo, from the airport -- she's back on Guam for vacation after being away for 10 years. In the first 2 hours of our visit Amanda's name came up and I was told that she had passed on. Needless to say I was shocked and could NOT believe it!!! So I ran to GOOGLE and found the obit and this page. I've been at my computer for over an hour looking at the photos over and over and crying non-stop.

Amanda is the kind of woman that gets into your heart and enlarges it and make room and just stays there. She's beautiful, funny, strong, and one to encourage and build you up and push you on to bigger and better things. She taught me so much in the short 2 years we got to spend with you guys here on Guam!!! Even though we lost touch, you folks have always been in my thoughts and I love you. I'm so sorry for the loss of Amanda. I know the sadness I'm feeling is NOTHING compared to you, Mark, because like one other visitor said.."it is evident that you completed one another". I can't even really imagine life without the other half of me. I'm touched and blessed by your love and devotion to as I was reading your messages to her.

This message is probably sounding redundant and confusing, but It's from my heart and through my tears, cuz this today is the first I heard.

I will always remember and cherish Amanda cuz that big space in my heart that she made all those years ago is still full of love for her.

All our love and prayers,
Amy Caliyo (Mike, Michael-Ray, and Albert too).

(P.S. I had to pick Hawaii for state cuz Guam wasn't on there, but yes, we're still here in Guam.)

The Burr Family and Alexis C (my palio),
I am soo sorry for your loss. I just found out last night, and was so sad and shocked. I worked at Uintah Amandas for I think 2 years before I moved back home to NJ. Amanda was very good to me, whenever I had a problem she ALWAYS made me feel better especially when it came to men!!(even if I didn't like what I heard-she always knew) Her no nosense attitude and confindence made me feel stronger all around. Through my life so far, I can honestly say that I have only met a handful, if that, of people that are always smiling and laughing, loyal to there family and friends and loving. Amanda was one of those people. It is very rare. I wish the Burr family the best. And again, I am so sorry for you loss. Allison Slocum-DeFrancesco

Happy Birthday, Amanda! We are helping to look after Mark, Alexis, and Amandita. They, and we, all miss you awful! See you in our dreams,

Happy birthday mommy! I wish you could be here so we could do something special for your birthday. I love you and I miss you. I wish you could also be here for my birthday. I know you want to be here for all of the holidays and birthdays of your family. HAPPY BIRTHDAY and I LOVE YOU Mommy. It's your day today.

Happy Birthday Babydoll, it would have been a great party for your 50th. Everybody misses you terribly and it just doesn't seem right not having a birthday run this time of year. I love you sweetie.

To The Burr, Lopez & Palazuelos Families: Mandy was a true role model for me especially when I was a child. Till this day, she has been the most outgoing, confident and strongest woman I've ever met. She touched many people's lives in so many good ways. I pray for you Mark, Amandita and Baby Alexis...Love,

I have tried to write this many times before and could never get through it. I keep catching myself thinking of the next time we will all ride together again and then a sadness fills my heart like no other I have ever experienced, when I realize I will not see you on the back of Mark's bike anymore. God how I will miss you! You just don't know how much I miss you right now. I love you.

Our children miss you terribly babydoll. Happy Mothers Day

I Love You

Happy Mother's Day, Amanda.

You are deeply missed.

Well how can I find the words to say how amanda touched my heart,she was a beautiful person ,full of life,full of love for all the people she met,I had the honor of putting her beautiful face on marks upper arm,..they will grow old together because of it,..he will be able to look at her every day,...thanks for the friendship amanda,your in gods house cooking up some of your down to earth menu,..love always,...Jack and Donna D'Amore,.."art with a pulse tattoo".....peace!

Dear Burr Family,

I'm very sorry to hear about your loss. We used to live up the street from you until we moved last summer. We didn't know you too well, but we will always remember Amanda's cheerful wave as we drove by. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.

I was very impressed with Amanda since the first time we frequented the Uintah, Amanda's Fonda. She was so vibrant and the room just glowed when she was in it. She made sure her patrons were having the best visit ever. She shared with us how her menu was comprised and I was so impressed. Not to mention, this is the best Mexican restaurant in our city. When I first heard of Amanda's passing, I could not believe my ears. I don't personally know this beautiful spirit nor would she pick me out of a crowd. But I wanted to share how she touched my life just being herself. I dearly want to pass on my condolences to her family and friends. I am an example of how fibrant a being this shining star was in life and how she touched others without even knowing. I'm certain she shines like a star with the angels that watch over us all. My sincerest thoughts are with you.

Amanda was one of the most inspiration women in Colorado Springs. She was beauiful in so many ways. Her energy will always be remembered by all those that knew her. I am glad I got to meet her. My sincere condolensces to her family and friends.

Babydoll



You're still the one

I want to love forever



You're still the one

I want to wake up with every morning

and snuggle with every night,

the one I want to share my dreams with,

share my innermost thoughts with,

the one whose hand I want to hold when I'm afraid,

whose shoulder I want to lean on when I need support.



You're still the one

I want to encourage to make your own dreams come true,

the one I want to comfort

when you need a source of strength,

the one I want to hold close always.



You're still the one

I want to love forever

and I will love you forever.



Happy Valentine's Day



Your Husband

To My Sister in law;who took care of me and my daughter at the lowest time of our lives.

Who laughed when I spoke spanish and called me the mexican blonde,

Who went against her families beliefs to protect my daughter,

Im glad we became close, thank you for wanting me to be a strong woman!

I miss you!

Love marie

To all her family and her sister Alexis,

My most sincere regrets in the passing of Amanda. I truly hope that God gives you the strength to keep seeing life as wonderfully as Amanda did. I never personally met her but I am friends with Alexis and she always talked wonders about her. She loved her very much.



Alexis: Be strong and remember she's in a very good place now. I know how much she meant to you, and I hope when your baby arrives you will be able to tell her all the great stories of her aunt Amanda. It will take a lifetime to go through all of them :)

My most sincere condolences for your mother as well. I am very sorry.

Dear Mark,



May the blessings of the love you professed for each other never end. I am convinced Amanda and you completed each other. Your entries on this Guest Book leave no doubt of it.



Because I lost contact with Mandy, it was in reading some entries that I learnt your “Baby Doll” was afflicted with FMS, and I, afflicted by the same, admire her accomplishments, and can better appreciate what a special relationship both of you had.



I deeply regret the time lapsed from my last contact with Mandy as well as not having been able to share in her laughter. I am happy to know that she continued to be the same wonderful, caring, and spirited lady I met when we were both in our teens. I am also happy to know she was surrounded by people who appreciated and loved her.



May The Lord give comfort to your soul, and may His Blessings be your reward.



Rosie Rivera

Hi, burr family I used to work at the one on unitah when was younger, I went shopping with Amanda and dancing with the family, Im truly sorry for your loss, I myself lost my dad in Sep very quickly.God bless

Mark, Amandita, Alexis.

Quiero y es mi deseo expresar mi sentir ante ustedes, de la maravllosa persona que era Amanda.

Yo solo tuve la oportunidad de verla una vez en mi vida y charlar en varias ocasiones por telefono con ella. Dejenme decirles que Amanda era un torbellino, una mujer incansable, amorosa, siempre dispuesta a ayudara los demas, siempre viendo por todas las personas que pasaban por su vida, ese amor tan grande que tenia dentro de su corazon para dar a todos y ese deseo tan grande de ayudar a media humanidad.

Mi familia siempre va a estar agradecida con ella y con Dios, pues siempre vio a mi hermana Alejandrina con mucho cariño y siempre la hizo sentir que era de su familia, ese amor con la que la trato, y simpre la quiso, para nosotros es una mujer admirable, y digo eso por que aunque en cuerpo no este, sabemos que su alma y su espiritu siempre estara entre nosotros. Para Alejandrina mi hermana fue un angel generoso, que Dios le concedio tenerlo en una etapa de su vida y que dejo gran huela dentro de ella.

Damos gracias a Dios por habernos permitido formar una pequeña parte en la vida de Amanda, Dios la tiene a su lado y desde ahi velara por el bienestar de todos Ustedes.

Amandita y Alexis, el poco tiempo que conoci a su mamá, me basto para darme cuenta de la calidad humanda que ella tenia, sientanse muy pero muy orgullosas de ella, cuando hablen de su madre, siempre pongan la frente muy en alto, ya que fue el ejemplo de una gran mujer, una gran madre y una gran persona.

Marck, ella te adoraba, siempre lo decia asi, y desde alla donde esta estara acompañandote por siempre.

Dios la tenga en su Santa Gloria

Brother Mark and Family,

(and my extended "Amanda" family as well.) I have waited for a little time to go by to try and process my thoughts and words to pay tribute to such a magnificant person. Nothing I could say could really come close. A true friend, mentor, confidant, and "Mama". Amanda was more than a friend to me because she was a mom to me in many respects. She was there at a very low point in my life to provide a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen. My own mother thanked her for that. I have met so many wonderful friends through Amanda that I will cherish always. I even got a brother out of the deal(DTR). You will be truely missed.

My deepest condolences to Mark and the rest of the family.



I was at the 2002 Fibrohugs conference and was impressed by her hospitality and inspired by her accomplishments. She loved to laugh, and what's more, she loved to make others laugh. I remember her telling jokes on the long bus ride to and from Cripple Creek.



I will always picture her on the patio of her restaurant, margarita in hand, laughing. She was a treasure.



fanfaire

What a tragedy. Mark and family, I am so very sorry to hear of Amanda's passing. I am sitting here in shock, thinking there certainly can be no way that such a vibrant life force can be gone. I had the honor of meeting Amanda and getting to know you both when you hosted the Fibrohugs conference. What an amazing woman. And what a truly loving connected couple. I could feel the love you had for each other permeate the entire room with warmth. Heaven is truly a brighter place, with alot of smiling people now that Amanda is there. Oh how you all must miss her. Please accept my condolences, and prayers. I am so very very sorry. Soft, loving hugs to you all. Sara

Mark, Dita, and Alexis,

As you know I am very sorry for your loss. If there is ever ANYTHING that you need, please call.

Amanda was a wonderful, full of life woman! I truely enjoyed the time I had working for her at the restaurant. What a FUN boss!!! Nothing like having a meeting and then having margaritas!!! She will be greatly missed!

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Love,

Andrea

The more time passes the more I realize, time is not going to find the words I am looking for to express the loss of this wonderful creature. I do not know of anyone who has touched my life as much as her. Mark, anytime I come to your home, I will always be looking for that special greeting she always had and the smile I truly will always miss. My heart goes out to you my friend and your family.

Amanda was bigger than life. No room was big enough for her, no human could contain her, the hand of God could not hold her. When she entered your life it was of tornadic proportion. When she laughed the seismic activity was greater than any Richter scale could measure. Amanda was only 49 and yet was the consummate mother to all of us. Amanda was generous to a fault. Her laughter and smile were infectious.

There was no life she did not touch, in fact many of us met because of Amanda's divine sense of social-lit-is. Her gusto was contagious, her energy unsurpassable. She was magnetic, she was electric, she was vibrant, vivacious and voluminous. She was beautiful with a sense of style any woman would envy. She was an original whom the likes of which will not be seen again in this lifetime.

She is and was our beloved, bombastic, beguiling, buxom, boisterous beautiful babe, a woman anyone would be proud to call friend. She was deeply loved in this community and helped perfect strangers, those in need, those she loved and those who were simply passing through. We can be comforted that her mark is everywhere on every one of our souls.

It's funny but most of us feel our grief is greater than any one else here because that is the way she made all of us feel. Unique, important as if we were the only one she had ever lavished her generous love upon. Yes we all feel like we were special and to Amanda we were. For we were her purpose, her cause. Her mission was to feed us, to humor us, sometimes just to get us drunk, but mostly to engulf us with her immeasurable love. A love of such enormous totality that today we are lost like little children wandering aimlessly through the storm within our raging hearts, drowning in pools of our own tears.

To her husband whom no wife could love more, I offer this. You will see her again in a very short time and it will be as if no time has passed between you. She is the fabric of your being fused completely now into the oneness you created as a couple. You were the joy of her existence, her one and true great love, her partner and often times her muse. She has not left you; she is just paving the road ahead with her love.

To Alexis, you have a new and powerful force in the heavens, an angel who is with you forever. She will be there when you graduate, when you have your first date, and yes you will feel her most when she disapproves of something you've done. She will be there when you become a woman, when you marry and when you bear your children; she will coddle them with her love and laughter. Make your mother proud for she will be with you every day of your life and beyond.

To her beloved Amandita, no greater love could there be than that which she has for you. You were the reason for so much of her life. She worried and pined over your life and your future and little could bring her comfort …until you walked into the room. Then all was well with her world. You must be strong because your mother was a tower of strength. We pray you carry her name with your head held high and rise to become what your mother had prayed for and what God intended…a healthy, happy, whole woman to continue her legacy.



I pray you will keep her memory alive with your stories, pictures and with generous laughter. I pray that you will honor her by striving to be the good, charitable, warm and compassionate person Amanda so beautifully was. Let us all take a final lesson from Amanda's swift and early departure, and that is to love one another. Cherish those you love and even those you don't, for they are you're true teachers. I pray that all of you love with great passion and that you share your light with all you come in contact with. For unto all things there is a season and our days upon earth are short. Make your life one of meaningful purpose as Amanda so beautifully exemplified.

By Ariaa Kathryn Jaeger (Colorado Springs)

I am sorry for your loss and pray for your family.

I have watied to write this because I am so unable to express the appreciation I have of Amanda's unconditional love and acceptance of me. Mark and Amanda many times took me in and loved me unconditionally through so many different things. There are no words to describe my sorrow at the passing of Amanda. Who would have thought? Amanda was the essecence of life and love. The love that Mark and Amanda shared and exemplified was amazing. I thank God for every day I was able to spend with Amanda and Mark and for the influence they have had on my life. Thank you Amanda for everything. You will be missed, we will meet again.

Mark Amanda and Alexis I will always love and be here for you.



Mura Golden

Words cannot express what the heart finds difficult to accept. So, we can rely on our memories to express our thoughts; memories of Amanda's words, "hello gorgeous", "no one can like a Mexican", and "Mark is the jam in my jelly roll"; memories of Amanda's spirited, warm and animated personality. She could engage us all with her infectious laugh (for which Craig provided endless material). Amanda would implore Craig to tell the same joke over and over and she would laugh as if she were hearing it for the first time.

Most notable are the memories of her acts. Acts of kindness, caring, compassion and extreme generosity. For those of us fortunate enough to have traveled with Mark and Amanda it was obvious that it was the adventure and not the destination that was important. However, once we reached the destination, the first stop was the grocery store (and then the liquor store). Within minutes, Amanda was treating everyone to her famous guacamole and salsa. She always took care of the "group" and now it is our turn to take care of her group-and we will. I'll close with a quote from Albert Pike: "What we do for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." Amanda is immortal.