Nick Mandujano

Nick or Nicholas Allen Mandujano was born May 24, 1998 at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, to parents Erin Kristel Yeazel and Alfred C. Mandujano. He started life during a record breaking heat wave and early in the fall a major flood. With an apartment that no longer had power and other hardships Nick would move with his mother to Rifle, Colorado in October of 1998. He moved in with his grandparents. Starting life in a small town proved to be busy with swimming lessons, dance lessons, church outings, high school friends, play dates and holidays with the White Family. He attended Lighthouse Assembly of God in Parachute, CO. Nick got an extra year of pre-school and started kindergarten in 2004. The very next year Nick and his mom moved to Colorado Springs, CO, so she could go to college, the summer of 2005 Nick and his mom lived with Donna Rhinehart and then his Aunt Sara Yeazel. Living that close to the bulk of the Yeazel family kept him visiting Denver a whole bunch. He attended Gateway Church, Evans Elementary School and was in cub and boy scouts. In 2009 Nicks mom went to basic training and field school. Nick got to live with his grandparents again. In the fall of 2009 Nick and his mom moved to Binghamton, New York so she could finish her bachelor’s degree. Grandparents Bill and Linda followed and lived in Cape Cod. Nick stayed with them a lot during reserve weekends, training and a deployment. He attended Binghamton First Assembly of God, Vestal Middle School and boy scouts. He learned to fish, and play golf, the clarinet, drums, and guitar. Aunt Kelly and Uncle Tom got him his first electric guitar in 2010 for Christmas. There were quite a few trips to Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, revolution era battle sites in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Jersey. His mom being done with school meant another moved to Daphne, Alabama for one school year in 2012. After figuring out their next step Nick and his mom moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 2013 where Nick attended Center Point Church and joined the youth and adult worship bands playing guitar. He completed four years at Haltom High School. He played in marching band all four years. His group placed in the top five in district competition all four years and received 5th place in State Competition in 2015. He also played in Jazz band, did the music for West Side Story and acted in Damn Yankees. All of those events were attended by his grandparents who moved to Oklahoma shortly after the move to Texas. Saleah joined the family on January 21, 2015 and while he did babysit he managed to never change a diaper. He graduated high school on his 19th birthday in 2017. He moved into an apartment with friends later that summer and worked at both Sonic and Pizza Hut. Missing his family as they all moved to Alabama, Nick also moved in February of 2019. Living with his grandparents here in Foley he attended Anchor Point Church and held several jobs. He got his start in retail in 2020 and found his place, working at Adidas, Oakley, Ralph Lauren and Levi. The job he found the most friends and talked of often was Puma. Nick was a huge anime fan, gamer and musician. In the fall of 2024 he started attending Liberty Church and began to fulfill Gods will in his life. Nick is survived by his mother, Erin Yeazel, sister Saleah Yeazel, grandmother Linda Yeazel, aunts Kelly Briscoe and Sara Yeazel, great uncles and aunts, Richard White, Damain and Cynthia Valdez, Steve and Joyce Schafer and Linda Jo Yeazel. He is proceeded in death by his grandfather Bill Yeazel, uncle Tom Briscoe, great grandparents Glen and Lavern Yeazel: Anna White and Ralph White, and great uncle Bob Yeazel.