Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hello Daddy: On November 15, 2023; You will have been gone from our lives for 42 years. I am speechless because when I think of you; I break down into tears. I love and miss you dearly. I will never forget the night I looked out the window and prayed you would be home soon. The Lord did just that that, He took you home to join the angels. With every breath I take, I feel you with me. Daddy, you would be proud of your daughters. We have become strong caring women. We are forever sisters! I will see you in my dreams. Love you much!

Daughter
Daughter

November 7, 2023

Your valuable insight and advice carried you often spoke about and showed to me. You were a great teacher and mentor to me a new officer. Your love for the job carried over to your new recruits. And, now your former recruit carried the passion of the job to the next generation. I know I said this directly to you many times while you were spitting out sunflower seeds thank you for your passion of the job. And now you made the ultimate sacrifice for the people and job you loved so much.

Francine Martinez

Patrolman
Parlier Police Dept

November 16, 2022

Rest in peace Patrolman Avila.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

November 9, 2021

Thank you for your service Officer Avila. My father Joe A. Solorio spoke highly of you and I grew up with two of your daughters. I remember that awful sad day that you were taken from us and how upset my father was at your passing . you were a great man and gave the ultimate sacrifice and through you and other fallen heroes that others in our communities have branched out from parlier into law enforcement roles to SERVE AND PROTECT..Rest In Peace and you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

COII Steven Solorio
Former Arizona Dept. Of Corrections

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your service Officer Avila. My father Joe A. Solorio spoke highly of you and I grew up with two of your daughters. I remember that awful sad day that you were taken from us and how upset my father was at your passing . you were a great man and gave the ultimate sacrifice and through you and other fallen heroes that others in our communities have branched out from parlier into law enforcement roles to SERVE AND PROTECT..Rest In Peace and you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

COII Steven Solorio
Former Arizona Dept. Of Corrections

May 3, 2021

Thank you for your service Mr. Avila. My father Joe A. Solorio spoke highly of you and I grew up with two of your daughters. I remember that awful sad day that you were taken from us and how upset my father was at your passing . you were a great man and gave the ultimate sacrifice and through you and other fallen heroes that others in our communities have branched out from parlier into law enforcement roles to SERVE AND PROTECT..Rest In Peace and you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

COII Steven Solorio
Former Arizona Dept. Of Corrections

May 3, 2021

I was the last person to serve you at the Parlier Food Basket that night in 1981. You protected me and my family's store for years. I never got to say thank you. I was in bed not alseep when I heard that horrible shot... (I knew it was bad) I never got the chance to thank you or say goodbye... I was 16. This pain has NEVER left me. My father Weldon Byram and I sat the morning of your funeral and cried while the it seemed hundreds of officers attended your service... I have not nor ever will stop morning your terrible loss.

Berit Byram
Parlier Food Basket Owners 1981

April 27, 2021

Mike Avila was my partner on the Parlier Police dept for a year and I had transferred to the Orange Cove Police department a few months when he was killed. I was working in Orange Cove the night of his death. He was a great partner and taught me everything i ever learned about being a cop. He was a great man and his death affected me greatly especially how senseless it was. A 25 caliber handgun, one of the weakest and most pitiful rounds of ammunition killed him by a stupid unlucky fluke. He always wore his vest but he was kneeling, gaining control of the suspect when the other suspect shot down at him. The round just cleared the top of his vest and went down into his chest severing his artery to the heart. He was a great man, a great father and great partner and I still think of him often.

Patrolman Paul MacIntosh
Former Parlier PD

April 17, 2021

Wish I could have met you and you were here with us, Grandpa. Thank you for your service. You left this world doing what you loved. I promise to make you proud.

Danae
granddaughter

April 1, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother. Thank you and your family for your and their sacrifice.

Officer Mike Robinson, (Ret)
Upland Police Dept. CA

November 15, 2017

Well daddy it has been 36 years. You will never be forgotten. Your little girls are all grown up. Three of us are grandmothers now. I am confident that you would approve with all the decisions we have made and who we have become. We Love and miss you everyday. We know you are the angel on our shoulders as we make day to day decisions and on our pillows at night to protect us.

I Love You with All My Heart.

Daughter
Daughter

November 15, 2017

Thank you very much for your service. May God continue to bless your family.

Officer Torres
Parlier Police Department

July 27, 2017

Many years have passed by and I don't remember the day you left us. I do remember you coming to my house to talk to my dad and gave me a toy on my birthday. I'm taking classes and 50 years old for criminal justice. Today my professor gave us an assignment to write about a fallen officer, and you immediately came to mind. I hope I can do you justice on this paper. Thanks for your kindness and for protecting us here in the little town of Parlier.

Roslyn Childers

December 8, 2016

I remember that night when your partner was flown into the Hospital. I asked him several times about you, condition and where about?. All he said "I don't know". After several phone calls I finally received information. Shock, sad, unbelievable I felt. Getting off graveyard shift and driving into town passing the area of incident. I still remember the sad gloomy morning as the sun was rising. Your were a true hero and have not been forgotten

Correctional Officer, Steve Barela
California Department of Correction

October 1, 2012

I too remember that night; I still remember the sound of my father falling to the floor, crying in a way I've never heard....his heart broken that his dear friend and partner was gone....
I remember your dad would tease me and shake my hand and make me giggle. I remember our families BBQing and feeling a strange closeness to your family... Your BIG dogs in the back of your house (one was a Mastiff?).. I remember your dad would smile with every word he spoke... I remember a kind man..... I remember pieces... I was so little.. I'm sorry for your loss... I have thought of you for years... God bless you and your family & mom..
C. Ashley Daniel

Cat Daniel

May 23, 2012

Rest in peace Daddy, your not forgotten I think of you everyday and miss you very much. Love you, Love you, Love you dearly. I have had some down falls and wish you were here to guide me through them it:s been hard and still remember that ugly night looking through the window and knowing something happen to you and I could not help you. The ring you wear that night, I wear everyday gives me strength. You will never be forgotten and will always carry you in my heart.
Love your grandchildren Stephaine, Danae, Lazaro and you loving daughter Debbie.
Your grandson misses you grandpa, he says I missed you that day, I did not know you and I wish you come back. Love Lazaro Sanchez III.

Daughter
Daughter

May 20, 2012

Rest in Peace, Patrolman Avila. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

January 19, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 28th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

November 16, 2009

good bless u i use to live in parlier and i remember that horrible day well rest in peace Mike Avila.

dep.Ricardo Camarillo
LOS ANGELES PD

April 11, 2008

You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service

Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

November 28, 2007

G-d Bless.

November 15, 2006

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. A HERO FOR CERTAIN. YOU SERVED WELL MY BROTHER.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

November 15, 2004

Rest easy, Brother; you are not forgotten.

Sgt. Barbara L. Beland
Monroe Co. Sheriff Dept. Bloomington, IN USA

November 15, 2004