Michele Marie McKinley-Valdez Obituary

In loving memory of Michele Marie McKinley-Valdez in Concord, California, born in Huntington, Oregon, who departed this world on May 31, 2025 at the age of 55. Michele leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Michele farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Michele is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was predeceased by: her father Dennis McKinley. She is survived by: her mother Virginia McKinley (Haas); her husband Mel Valdez; and her goddaughters, Jordan Williams and Tiara Torres-Nguyen.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Duyck and VanDeHey Funeral Homes

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