Yucaipa father of 5 dies of COVID-19 weeks after his wife’s death

Daniel Macias, a Yucaipa begetter of 5 whose wife, Davy, a nurse, died of complications from COVID-19 precocious past month, has died aft battling the illness himself, according to a GoFundMe account acceptable up by household members.

The Macias children are ages 7 and under, including a newborn delivered a week earlier Davy Macias’ death.

“There aren’t words to explicate the nonaccomplishment of some him and Davy,” Terri Serey, a subordinate of the GoFundMe fundraising team, wrote connected the page. “Keep the kids successful your thoughts and prayers. They gained 2 angels but inactive person a agelong roadworthy up of them.”

Daniel Macias, 38, was a 15-year pedagogue successful the Rialto Unified School District, wherever helium was the AVID coordinator and seat of the mathematics section astatine Jehue Middle School, according to territory spokesperson Syeda Jafri. Daniel Macias graduated from Rialto High School, his woman from Eisenhower High.

He is “remembered arsenic a compassionate, kind-hearted, fun-loving and generous teacher astatine Jehue Middle School but helium was besides a devoted household man,” a connection from RUSD reads.

Jafri said Jehue’s unit is collaborating with unit astatine Morris Elementary School, wherever Daniel Macias’ parent worked earlier her caller retirement, to rise funds for the family.

“On behalf of the Board of Education and Superintendent, Dr. Avila, we stock the grief with his families and Jehue staff. It is simply a challenging clip but Mr. Macias near a bequest of acquisition excellence for countless students,” the connection reads. “Our thoughts and condolences are with the Macias family.”

Daniel and Davy Macias took their household connected a formation abrogation toward the extremity of July, concluding the travel astatine an indoor h2o parkland successful Orange County. Shortly thereafter, Davy Macias, who was large astatine the time, was admitted to the exigency country with COVID-19.

Her hubby started his conflict with the illness a fewer days later.

A doc delivered the Macias’ kid six weeks earlier her owed date. The babe girl, whose parents did not get an accidental to name, is successful bully wellness astatine the moment.

Davy Macias died Aug. 26. She was 37.

Macias’ brother, Vong Serey, said successful an interrogation past period that his sister was not vaccinated, and was hesitant to get the changeable due to the fact that she was pregnant. Serey did not cognize whether Daniel Macias had been inoculated.

“Incredibly bittersweet news,” Terri Serey wrote Friday, Sept. 10. “Daniel mislaid his combat with COVID yesterday afternoon.”

More than $153,000 had been raised arsenic of Friday.

“I americium overwhelmed and humbled by the donations,” Serey wrote Sept. 6. “I person to support my emotions successful cheque arsenic groceries, toys, babe items, acquisition cards and furnishings is dropped disconnected for the kids. …

“Thank you again for everyone’s benignant words during this tragic time.”