Aaliyah F. Molina

Aaliyah F. Molina 18, of Temple, TX was called home to be with the Lord, October 13, 2025.

She was born June 20, 2007 to Yobany Molina in Temple, TX.

Although her time on earth was short, at her young age she so touched so many lives. From the day she was born, she was the light of her family’s life and they quickly realized how big her heart was. Her mother and maternal grandmother were her world but her paternal grandfather (father) was her everything. They had a bond like no other, he was her safe place. She was full of love and she wanted to share that love with anyone who would cross her path.

Aaliyah had recently graduated from Belton High School in May 2025 and was attending McLennan community college in Waco in pursuit of her nursing degree. Her love for children was what was calling her to follow that path. Her dream was to work in a children’s hospital specifically in a intensive care unit or any department where a child really needed her. Her grandmother feels in her heart that God called her home to help Him with all of the babies and children in Heaven.

Aside from attending school, Aaliyah also waitressed at a local restaurant. She started working at a young age, she always had her goals set. Her family has received many beautiful testimonies from strangers who met Aaliyah through her job on how she impacted their lives.

She had many friends that she made throughout her short time on earth. Anywhere she went her contagious laugh, radiating smile and welcoming aura, quickly made her a new friend. Her friends say she was the “life of the party” she could light up a room. She loved her friends very much and they loved her right back. She was spiritually gifted, she was too beautiful for this world.

If she wasn’t going to school, studying or working, she was spending time with her family. Her family was always number one to her. If she wasn’t spending time with her Mother Yobany, Mama Mary and Papa Ciro, she was checking up on her younger siblings, Danity, Daniella, Danny, Dehlani and Selena. Her fun times were spent with her Aunt Marlen and Uncle Ivan, whom she really saw like siblings and her cousin Aldara. She found love when she met her boyfriend Kaleb whom she shared lots of beautiful moments from graduation together to enrolling in the same college.

She is survived by her mother Yobany Molina, father Ciro Molina, maternal grandmother Maricela Molina. Her sibling: Danity Molina, Daniella Solorio, Danny Solorio, Dehlani Thomas & Selena Thomas. Her paternal grandparents Mark Freeman and Erendira Mendez. Her uncle Ivan Molina, Aunt Marlen Molina and her husband Giovanny Santiago and daughter Aldara, Aunt Nancy Rodriguez, Uncle Jesus Rodriguez, Uncle Jacob Rodriguez, Uncle Steve Rodriguez, Aunt Zoe Martinez. Her maternal great grandmother Lorenza Martinez and paternal great grandmother Ines Osorio and her love Kaleb Rocha. Aaliyah also leaves behind many aunts, uncles, cousins as well as many friends who became family.

Palabras de su Abuela Maricela:

“Mija cumplio su sueño en el cielo. Ella esta cuidando a los angelitos en el cielo. Y eso nos trae tanta alegria. Aaliyah con un abrazo te entrega su amor y cariño.”

Palabras de su padre Ciro Molina:

“Quisiera haberle cumplido más sueños a mi hija, pero se me fue muy pronto. Siempre le compré lo que ella me pedía y yo le cumplí todo lo que quería y me quedó satisfecho de que no me queda ese remordimiento. Te amo hija mía y te voy a extrañar mucho.”

She was gone too soon and will forever be missed. The family please asks that though she may be gone, we keep her name, her legacy and honor alive.

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them.” Romans 8:28