Ridgeway – A Memorial Mass for Infant Maximilian Armando Pena will be celebrated on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.  The Rev. Father John Zimmerman will officiate.  A Rosary will be recited on Tuesday, at 5:00 p.m. prior to the Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.

Max passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at Prisma Health Richland.  He was a twin born on Sunday, June 8, 2025 in Columbia, S.C., to Edgar Ivan Pena and Eva Danae Escobar.

Surviving are his parents, Edgar Pena and Eva Escobar of Ridgeway; twin-brother, Noel Amador Pena; paternal grandparents, Edgar Pena and Arlen Pena; and grandmother, Xochitl Islas.

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19: 13-15