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Jose Garibay Gonzales 1922 - 2013
Copperopolis, CA...Jose Garibay Gonzales was a resident of Copperopolis for 21 years. Died March 11, 2013 at his residence in Copperopolis, CA Services will be Saturday March 16, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. at Angels Memorial Chapel in Angels Camp. Interment will be at Copperopolis Cemetery. Jose was born on the 25th of November 1922 to Rogaciano and Carmen Gonzales. He has 5 siblings: Maria, Jesusita(deceased), Tony(deceased), Nacho (deceased), and Feliz. He is survived by his wife, Carmen Rosalinda Avalos Gonzales, to whom he was married in Reno Nevada.they have been together for 60 years since October 24th 1953 other than his wife he is survived by his four children: EstellaGonzales Guizar, Joe Gonzales Jr, Rick Gonzales(Debbie Gonzales), Patricia Gonzales. He has seven grandchildren: Johnny Mendez, Ricky Gonzales Jr, Nina Marie Guizar, Rachel Mendez (Jay Zimmer), Michael Gonzales, Jolene Guizar, and Sonia Gonzales.
Jose was baptized on November 21st 2004...
Every one of us has our memory and recollections of the life of Jose Gonzales. Most of us grew up with him already a part of our family as if he had always been there waiting for us to be born, but no one went untouched by his character, his words, his way of joking, and his presence which was indeed larger than life itself. (1) Joe had a way of keeping himself happy in social situations, and made himself happy while jesting with others. Most of us had the good fortune to experience his unusual sense of humor. It was every time that we would ask him how he was, he would answer(as if we had addressed him in Spanish whether we did or not), “Estoy parado or estoy sentado,” then he would laugh as if his answer was obvious, and we would fall for it every single time. We guessed that was his own private joke, then we would laugh along with him knowing we had fallen into his little trap once again. But it was all in fun, and that’s who he was—a fun guy.
Joe was also a great story teller. He would whip up some old legends or superstitions from Mexican lore or from family stories passed down through generations. There was some history about Michoacán or Jalisco his families home states. The old folks from that state are very proud of their people, of their state, and very particular about their stand on “machismo.” To the point of some distraction for us who were not brought up with this ideal of control.
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