Miss you brother. The hope all the wine in heaven is 100pt rated!

Happy Heavenly Birthday. You are always in my thoughts and prayers. Love and miss you so much. Mama

Happy Birthday in heaven dear friend. Miss talking with you and wine tasting.

Happy heavenly birthday son. I love and miss you so much. You have a piece of my heart with you and ai have cherished memories.

Forever in my heart❤️.

Eric, I Miss you and your silly faces, big heart, your famous carrot cake, and your love of life. Sing with the angels today. PEACE to your family today.

I can still feel his hugs. Miss you my brother. You left a fine legacy.

Thinking of you as I often do and all the lives you touched. Grateful for the memories and how they continue to help me grow in my walk with Christ. I feel like I’ve been a “wet blanket” lately and can laugh because of the way even that phrase lightened me up! Missing you, missing your music, missing our talks. Looking forward to the day I get to be among you and the other angels of my heart.
“The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8

Two years have passed and the pain of losing you is still fresh. I will forever miss you, your humor, your ability to connect to others and make them feel special. Rest in peace my sweet baby. Love MaMa ❤️

I was so sad to hear of Eric’s passing. We grew up together on Florence Street in Burbank California where my parents still live today. He stopped by years ago one day out of the blue and I happened to be at my parents and got to see him. (Lol no more long hair or crazy hard rock tshirts). I was so happy to hear he had married and had kids. We still never stayed in touch and wish we had. I’m truly impressed on the man he had become from the crazy teenager he was during the years we spent hanging out together. We had a great neighborhood of kids on our block playing hide and seek, skateboarding or biking. He obviously grew up, but yet still had the craziness of that teenager I knew. I’m so sorry for the loss to his family and many friends. He was a sweet guy and I’m lucky I got to know him back then.

Happy Heavenly Birthday my sweet son. Your memories are always with me but I miss you so much. You have touched so many lives and will always be remembered. I love you more. ❤️MaMa.

Thinking of you all Elaine, Taylor, Kaleigh with loving thoughts of Eric. He will be forever in my heart. Take a deep breath as you move through life with Eric watching from above. 
Miss you dude!!

Happy Heavenly Birthday my sweet angel. You are loved and missed so much. Ma ma.

I'll never forget just how much of light he was as a person, right from just meeting him.

I'll admit I was nervous because everyone had hyped up I was going to get grilled by him because my husband Alex Cubillas, his nephew, had a special place in his heart. And he did for a little bit, but ultimately, he made me so welcomed. I always made sure to talk to him at family gatherings.

His heart was so generous though. Even at my wedding, when my mother was feeling down, he made her feel belonged and smile. And that for me was priceless, since he didn't need to do that, and didn't really know her prior. (He also very impressively opened a wine bottle with a screwdriver, which I feel like only he could do.)

Eric and I had so much fun at Rotary. Joking was how he greated me every morning at 6:30am when he arrived to help Dave set up the room. But Eric was so much more than a jokester. He was kind and thoughtful and giving. He was generous with his time and always there to support the club and the community he lived in. He and Elaine raised a wonderful family in love with JOY in their hearts. I feel truly blessed that he drove over to my house to deliver his famous carrot cake as a gift to me even though he had started dealing with his illness daily. I was so honored by this gesture. Thank you Eric for being in my life.

Will miss our times talking baseball at a Rotary meeting and wondering how a guy from LA rooted for the Mets and not the Dodgers (but he was kind enough to be the first one to reach out when my Dodgers won the World Series, he just loved baseball), sharing a bottle his favorite Petit Verdot, visiting Zerba and Argyle in Dundee and Oregon Lavender Garden with he and Elaine, having them over to enjoy a glass of wine and look at the blooms, but what will most miss is his kind heart and humor. No matter how Eric felt, he would always put a smile on your face. Will miss you buddy! Love Diane & Fred Bachofner

Eric blessed my life with his involvement in Rotary. He always made our meetings fun, was a friend to all, and made me feel welcome. Putting together a brief slideshow for the Rotary Club really blessed me to celebrate the time I had to get to know him. Thanks to his faith, I look forward to the day we meet again.

So sorry for your loss. Karen and I had such a wonderful time in late 2019 being taken on a wine tour of Oregon, only to fall in love with the beautiful Oregon scenery and wines Eric introduced us to. Both he and Elaine also introduced us to KillerBurger and the Peanut Butter Burger - another great suggestion and memory. We have many things at home to remind us of you Eric - wine, wine glasses from Potters Vineyard, a spinning barrel end that sits proudly on our kitchen island and was transported home in your suitcase.

It's with great sadness that we did not get to reciprocate the hospitality with the hoped for visit by you both to New Orleans and Jazz Fest. You and your family are in our prayers.

Karen and Charles Coe

I'm so sorry for your loss. I got to know Elaine more formally and Eric during my two trips to OR. It was a pleasure to spend the days with you guys and much appreciated hospitality and kindness. You guys opened your hearts to me. I admire Eric's taste in wines and knowledge. We had such a good time on the wine trails and I will never forgot that and him.

My thoughts and prayers go to the entire family.

I was so privleged to meet Eric in Copenhagen in sep '19 and act as tour guide for a day. I enjoyed immensely the day a highlight was Erics enthusiasm of being able to buy a local beer at 10am and walk with it without a paper bag, around cph. It was fun to experience giving a danish lunch with smørbrød and danish snaps, tourist attractions and trip thru our famous free community Christiania. We had a day full of laughter and I am so thankful to have met him. We met again briefly this past november while I was in Gresham and even though quite ill, we got quite a few laughs in the short hour we were together! Heaven has attained a great guy!

My favorite Eric quotes that will never be forgotten:
“Niiiiice” and “Good Game”

I have a vivid memory of Eric and I in the Burbank Foursquare youth group meeting room. We both have guitars in our hands. He’s trying to impart music theory upon me, and I’m just not getting it. He’s patiently trying, anyway. Over, and over. Because of him, I grew to understand music.

Eric planted a seed that would grow to encompass my professional career. I’ll never forget his patience, his musicality, and his kindness.