Cesar Alejandro Sarmiento, 30 of Sterling passed away on Friday, July 20, 2018 in Greeley. Visitation will be held from 10 am to 4 pm on Wednesday, July 25 followed by a Vigil service and Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7 pm at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am, Thursday, July 26 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Sterling with The Very Reverend Michael Bodzioch celebrating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery.

Cesar was born February 23, 1988 in Denver, Colorado to Manuel and Maria (Nunez) Sarmiento. He graduated from Sterling High School in 2006. Cesar worked at the J and L Café for over 19 years. He loved to make people laugh and loved to have fun. He enjoyed watching scary movies and drawing.

Cesar is survived by his parents, Manuel and Maria; brother Maurice Sarmiento and Kayla Young; sister Sasha Baray and husband George; grandparents, Isidro and Rosa Nunez; niece Isabel Baray; aunts, Olga Rubio and husband Erasmo and Esthela Nunez Schnee and husband Dale and uncle Jaime Nunez.

He is preceded in death by his grandparents Manuel Sarmiento and Beatriz Ruiz.