| Show Mourns Ferron's Perron's Death By Derek Cook Contributing Writer Miguel Ferron's Perron's life ended tragically tragically tragically cally Sept 1 Buky as he was known by most had a short life yet his presence was effectual I speak as fortunate to have known such a man and blessed to esteem him as my friend I 1 pay tribute to Miguel but I am writing to each of you all who would honor him himin himin himin in death through celebrating his life with your own Bukys Buky's eyes saw none who were better his mind knew none who were worse He spent his life neither looking looking looking look look- ing up no nor down Buky looked straight-on straight he saw our hearts and then he smiled The world needs more men like El EI Buky Buky once told me I want to move forward forward forward for for- ward the biggest thing right now for me is school I wanted to go to college so bad but I 1 cant Knowing Knowing Knowing Know Know- ing this makes it very difficult for me meto meto meto to even try to get an education I still want my education and think that what you really know is twice as important as what a piece of paper says His educational interests far exceeded the conventional Will this help me make more money test I 1 once informed Buky that a group of students would be attending a Utah Symphony performance and asked if he was interested Of course I am are you kidding Ive I've been wanting to go there so bad Thanks for letting me know Buky replied I know not most people my age enjoy classical stuff but I do lo Since I 1 Iwas Iwas was six ye years rs old I 1 always wanted to play the piano and I used to listen to classical with my grandma He con con- I had some records that my grandpa left when he died but I lost them in Mexico I 1 would like to learn more he explained Buky was a true friend He may not have had excess money but he always had enough for a loan When Buky did not have time he walked with me anyway His words of concern concern concern con con- cern his actions of understanding and his messages of encouragement were unmistakably clear Buky successfully successful successful- ly greeted many of his friends in their native language Nevertheless this accomplishment pales in comparison to his ability to deliver a genuine How are you doing With a sparkle in his eyes and the smile on his face Buky often said No Dont Don't forget to smile so often-not-so Buky possessed an subtle sense of humor Many of his statements caused me to laugh aloud in private Buky loved his family He is survived survived survived sur sur- by his parents a young brother of only nine years and a beautiful daughter At the youthful age of 18 many teenage parents might find a child burdensome not Buky On one occasion occasion occasion occa occa- sion buky did not meet me as planned Buky apologized explaining I got to see my kid on Wed and we had a blast that is the reason I 1 didn't go to the Unidos Club meeting I 1 didn't even go to work I 1 was too happy to leave the house I 1 do o not remember what we spoke of that first day a short five months ago yet the feeling I 1 shall never for for- get It was a feeling that I 1 soon found always present with Buky He always conveyed a genuine interest in all with whom he interacted Buky was fascinated with a persons person's country of origin Buky desired to communicate in their language and often learned a word or two He was curious about their culture and blended elements into his own Bukys Buky's cousin Gabby shared an experience with me which best exemplifies this quality While staying with Buky and his family one night Gabby heard some noises She awoke to find Buky using two pieces of paper to carefully pick pickup pickup pickup up a spider and relocate it outside No Dont Don't forget to smile Buky Ferron Perron Bewildered Gabby inquired He explained that he had attended the Asian Festival to watch his martial arts instructor demonstrate Shao Lin Un Gung Fu While there he learned from a Tibetan the Buddhist concept of respecting all life forms The extent of his multi-cultural multi integration tion aptly illustrated when one understand understand understand under under- stand that this incident took place in inthe inthe inthe the middle of the night Bukys Buky's only motive to be true to this newly adopted adopt adopt- ed behavior was imply respect for another's beliefs In the midst of these demonstrations of multicultural multi al adaptation Buky also remained loyal to his own heritage Miguel Ferron Perron personified truly 1 unique Buky was macho yet l i meek yet mature i multi-cultured multi yet Mexican Buky was a man whose life injected patriotism patriotism patrio patrio- in the people whom he met regardless of their place of birth His life gives cause for each of us especially espe- espe 7 ci Mexicanos and Chicanos in blood or spirit to walk on with towering towering towering tow tow- w ering pride ra t tra |
