GALLEGOS,
Joe Guadelupe
The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Wednesday, April 10, 1996, page 5a
Joe Gallegos
Joe G. Gallegos, 70, died Monday, April 8, 1996, at Columbia
Hospital in Phoenix. He was born July 12, 1925 in Prescott to
Guadelupe and Frances (Espinoza) Gallegos.
Mr. Gallegos worked for forty years as an accountant for Motor
Supply Co., in Phoenix. He was a graduate of Arizona State
University. He was in the US Army during WW II serving in the
Rhineland from November 1943 to May 1946.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He loved gardening
and enjoyed music, especially classical. Although he was a bachelor
he shared family pride in his many nieces and nephews.
Survivors include his sisters, Esther Rodarte and Henrietta Rodarte,
both of Prescott; brothers, Ernest Gallegos of Prescott and Ralph
and Dick Gallegos, both of Tucson; many nieces, nephews and cousins
and his life-long friend, George Gann.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, at Arizona Ruffner
Wakelin Funeral Home, corner of Cortez and Carlton streets. There
will be a vigil service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church.
Funeral Mass will be said at 11:30 Friday, April 12, at Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, 150 Fleury. The Rev. Fred LeClaire will officiate.
Concluding services will be at Mountain View Cemetery.
Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.