Rev. Miguel Angel Diaz

REVERENDO MIGUEL A. DIAZ BELOVED PASTOR OF IGLESIA DE DIOS PENTECOSTAL MI UNIDOS EN CRISTO, NASHUA, NH A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, AND UNCLE NASHUA/LOWELL—Reverendo Miguel Angel Diaz went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 3, 2022. He was 58 years old. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico on October 3, 1964, he was the son on Miguel Diaz who survives him, and the late Gumersinda Matos. Miguel came to the United States in 1983 and met Belen Tricoche shortly after in 1984. Miguel and Belen have been together since 1985. He lived with his sister in Lawrence, before moving to Lowell. Miguel began attending the Pentecostal Church on High Street in Lowell in 1997, becoming Co-Pastor in 2000. The Church then moved over to Perry Street. On March 8, 2004, Miguel and Belen started their Ministry in Nashua and have been at Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal at 3 Lund Road ever since. Miguel was a caring man with a big heart. He was always helping people with whatever they needed. He put everyone’s needs before his own. When Miguel wasn’t at home, he was at church. He often used Dunkin Donuts on Middlesex Street in Lowell as his “office” meeting with people over coffee, and assessing the needs of the community. He always visited the sick and those in the hospital, and it didn’t matter if they belonged to his congregation or not. He was an enthusiastic volunteer in the Food Pantry of Trinity Baptist Church with his granddaughter Ilian. He also volunteered at the New Challenge Rehab in Lowell, and did Bible Ministry work at the Concord State Prison. He ran a radio show on WCAP in Lowell for 10 years, and during the pandemic, stayed connected to people with FaceBook programs. He was also a missionary, traveling to Mexico with Pastor Steve to spread the good word of God. He was always trying to help people wherever he was. Miguel was always well dressed and loved to sing and play the guitar. At home, he loved spending time with his family, especially around the holidays, Christmas and Thanksgiving. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, pastor, and friend to many. He is lovingly survived by his wife Belen Tricoche; his two sons, Rene Miguel Diaz and his wife Ilian Leslie Lopez, and John Michael Diaz and his wife Rosa Moran-Diaz; his father, Miguel; his four grandchildren, Ilian Milli Diaz, Jadiel Diaz, Reinalise Diaz, and Alina Angela Diaz; his sister Ivette Diaz; many nieces and nephews including Victor Joel Ortega and Miguel Angel Ortega; and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. Family and Friends will be received at the at THE IGLESIA de DIOS PENTECOSTAL MI UNIDOS En CRISTO, 13 LUND ROAD, NASHUA, NH on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2022 from 4 until 9 PM and again on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2022, from 2 until 9 PM. MIGUEL’S FUNERAL will begin on FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 2022 beginning at 9 AM at THE FAY McCABE FUNERAL HOME, 105 MOORE STRRET, LOWELL, with A FUNERAL PRAYER SERVICES at 10 AM in the Funeral Home. Burial will follow in WESTLAWN II CEMETERY, LOWELL. ARRANGEMENTS BY THE FAY McCABE FUNERAL DIRECTORS 978-459-9222 www.faymccabe.com

Rev. Miguel Angel Diaz

October 3, 1964 - December 3, 2022