GUZMAN, Domingo Mejia

Thompson’s Valley West Funeral Chapel Goodyear, Arizona DOMINGO MEJIA GUZMAN, 92, OF AVONDALE DIED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009, IN AVONDALE. MR. GUZMAN WAS BORN DECEMBER 20, 1916, IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF ODEM, TEXAS, TO HERMINIA AND HILARIO GUZMAN SR. HE WORKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A FARM LABORER FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE SETTLING IN AVONDALE ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO. HE RETIRED FROM THE BAKERY AND CONFECTIONARY INDUSTRY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MARIA; FOUR DAUGHTERS, TOMIE ANJEL OF GOODYEAR, HERMINIA MARTINEZ AND ELIZABETH CARLISLE OF AVONDALE, ELSA ORTEGA OF TOLLESON; FIVE SONS, JOE JAIME OF GOODYEAR, RICHARD JAIME OF LAVEEN, TIM GUZMAN OF AVONDALE, JOE PEP GUZMAN OF AVONDALE, DOMINGO GUZMAN JR. OF PHOENIX. MR. GUZMAN HAD 19 GRANDCHILDREN AND 21 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS. SERVICES ARE FROM 6PM TO 8PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009, AT IGLESIA FUENTE DE VIDA, 9155 WEST ROOSEVELT STREET, IN TOLLESON, AND FRIDAY DECEMBER 4TH AT 10AM AT THOMPSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL, 926 S. LITCHFIELD ROAD, IN GOODYEAR. PASTORS MARCOS GONZALES AND JORGE GARCIA WILL OFFICIATE.