My Eulogy

Oscar Palomares was a Houstonian. He was born in the town in 1997 and he never truly left. At times he left to go to bigger places in the world, sometimes even lived there, but he always came back to the “H-town” he known and loved. Oscar said the city was in his genes, engraved in his soul, and there was never any doubt about where he would retire. Oscar grew up in Cypress and expressed his love of music by joining the church and school choir and competing against other schools, coming back victorious. Oscar was a song writer and musician back in his twenties. He performed at concerts and stages around the country. From time to time, he came back and the family would go out on the town for movies and the Galveston beach. 

Oscar went to school at Baylor University and studied medicine. The visions that he had, hoping to change the world, wanting to find cures for such common and fatal diseases. He worked at the Memorial Hospital in Houston. He had an interest in studying the mind: all of its weaknesses, strengths, phenomenal abilities, and how it connected with the rest of the body. In 2020 he discovered a surgical cure for deafness in adolescents and adults, and helped many in the fire of March 8. We will never forget that horrible event in history, it’s horrific visage lessened by Oscar’s deeds.

Oscar loved his work, and when he had time he spent every second of it with his family. He married a beautiful and elegant woman who was also an artist and pilot, Chai Koham, in 2021. The couple was, as they said, “a perfect harmony” in their song of life, walking through every measure and note together. They had two beautiful children, Xavier and Emily. Oscar and Chai were always there for their children’s tennis games, choir concerts and parent volunteering inside their school. Oscar was elated to know that Xavier would grow up to be an award-winning artist, and Emily a world recognized neurologist.

Oscar had many traits that we will never forget about him. Like his sense of humor was present in every situation. If he were alive here with us, he’d probably still have it present. We’ll never forget his strong determination to get things done, and his clumsiness. The times he would strive to be successful both in his studies and in his academics were unique about him. We’ll certainly never forget the weird facial expressions he’d make when trying to smile for a picture or laughing! Oscar liked to play the piano when he had time to himself inside his studio room. We’ll miss his way to help get our hopes up. Even if sometimes the effort put in wasn’t successful, it’s the thought that counts.

Oscar had an interest in a lot of things. Other than music, they would range from movies from his childhood days and searching for the pair of headphones that wouldn’t break on him for the first week to traveling around the world, meeting the people he thought he’d never even get the chance to when he was younger. He met his famous idols like Drake, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Lil Wayne and Prince Royce, proving that this man was checking items off his bucket list. Although it’s not all of the desires he wanted, still it wasn’t disappointing to him. Oscar was very easy going in life, had almost no such thing as a bad day, but we are all human.

You could definitely tell he was happy, joyful, enjoying life, regardless of the faces, but now he’s gone and left this physical plain. All of us are going to miss Oscar, the days we spent knowing and being with him. But he is still among us. Maybe not physically, but mentally; beside us right now in spirit. His actions will be remembered for generations and will be told to his generations. August 20th, 2080. We are going to miss you, Oscar Palomares.