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Cassidy Venable '19 July 25, 2016 3:54 PM updated: September 6, 2016 9:06 AM

(Posted in) The Battalion (on) September 6, 2016

Cassidy Gabriela Venable
Nov. 8, 1997 — June 15, 2016

Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 12:05 am | Updated: 12:26 am, Tue Sep 6, 2016.
By Brad Canon

What Cassidy Gabriela Venable stood for everyday was not what the world considers the most valuable, but was what she knew to be the most important — the people whose life she would change if she wasn’t there the next day.

Suyin Yau, Cassidy’s mother, said Cassidy wasn’t someone whose goal was to be the center of attention wherever she was. She was shy, she was caring and above all, loving. She influenced the lives around her in a positive way everyday.

Isabel Delwel, one of Cassidy’s closest friends, said they were best friends since elementary school. Cassidy was a friend that she could count on and she knew that they would remain close friends for the rest of their years together, Delwel said.

“Cassidy was trustworthy, strong and empowered, if I was ever nervous about something she would tell me how proud she was of me and was just something most friends don’t say to each other, but she was that kind of person,” Delwel said.

Cassidy had many interests where she excelled. She graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school class as a National Hispanic Scholar, was accepted at multiple schools across the nation and often was offered a full-ride to attend those schools, said Suyin. She had a passion for learning and doing well on her studies and wanted to be the best she could be no matter what field she went in to, said Suyin.

Sam Burkhalter, Cassidy’s boyfriend, said one of his favorite things about her was the way that she could motivate people. She would often encourage him to do better in school and would compete with each other through grades, Burkhalter said.

“She was always determined to do well in school, we would compete for grades in the classes we had together. She could motivate me to do what I had to do and be the best I could be,” Burkhalter said. “She was always there pushing and supporting me.”

Suyin said for relaxation Cassidy loved to travel and photograph where she visited. For her 15th birthday her mother took her to France and Italy, where she saw as much artwork as she could.

“I took her to France where she visited all the museums, she loved art and getting to see all the museums made it the best trip she ever had,” Suyin said.

Cassidy was part of a military family — she was born in Washington state, grew up in Hawaii and moved to Texas for grade school and later attended Texas A&M. Cassidy played in marching band, where Suyin said she was tenacious, hard working and goal oriented. Her senior year of high school her marching band was a finalist as one of the top national marching bands.

Hadiqa Zafar, one of Cassidy’s closest friends, said she was very focused on whatever she was working towards at that point her life. One of Cassidy’s best qualities was that she put everything into whatever she was doing, said Hadiqa.

“She would put 100 percent into the things that she cared about,” Zafar said. “When she loved someone she would surround herself with them, and I loved that about her.”

Cassidy’s life was spent motivating those around her. Her friends and family describe her as the kind of person who didn’t need to tell them how she felt about them, because it showed.

Although Cassidy’s life was what many consider short, it was not short-lived. Cassidy did in 18 years what some spend a lifetime never doing — loving the ones who loved her.
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