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FRED SANDOVAL Obituary

FRED SANDOVAL Fred R. Sandoval was born March 24, 1923 to Ruby R. and Jose M. Sandoval. He attended local public schools and graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1941. He volunteered for service in the U.S. Army and served with the 16th Signal Operation Battalion in the Pacific. For his service he received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with 4 bronze service stars; The Philippine Liberation ribbon; The Army of Occupation Medal with Japan clasp; The American Campaign Medal; A Meritorious Unit Emblem; The World War II Victory Medal and The Good Conduct medal. After the war he was employed at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory as a draftsman. In July of 1981 he completed 35 years of employment and retired at that time. Most of his career was with Technical Group CMB-7 at the DMR Building and he retired as Chief Draftsman of that Group. He is preceded in death by parents Jose and Ruby Sandoval; parents-in-law, Antonio and Ramoncita Rael; son, Anthony; son-in-law, Alvaro Vigil Jr.; and numerous beloved brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Consuelo Rael Sandoval; daughter Marie T. Vigil; daughter, Dolores Bornman (Stephen), Gina Ortiz (Michael), Frances Padilla (George); son, Martin; sisters: Frances Hurtado of Plano, TX, and Margaret Sandoval; 9 grandchildren and spouses; 11 great grandchildren; 2 great- great grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers will be: Richard Vigil, Fred Bornman, Eric Bornman, Michael Ortiz, Mark Ortiz and George Padilla. Honorary pallbearers are: Stephen Bornman, Greg Bornman, Gabriel Gabaldon, Damian Tapia, Mark Tapia and Rich Dowdican. A special thank you to the friendly and caring staff at Santa Fe Care Center. A Rosary will be recited at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 9 a.m. followed by a Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will be held at the Santa Fe National Cemetery with full military Honors. 417 East Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505)989-7032; Fax: (505)820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com

Published by Santa Fe New Mexican from Apr. 2 to Apr. 4, 2013.
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May God Bless all of your family in this time of loss.

Oliver Garcia

April 4, 2013

May God bless the entire family in this time of sorrow.

David & vanessa Coriz

April 2, 2013

We all miss you and love you Gramps..

Fred Bornman

April 2, 2013

Bornman family, we are truly sorry for your loss, our thoughts and prayers are with you, Gabriel, Liza Romero and family.

April 2, 2013

I am sorry for your loss. We grew up with the family on Manhattan. As we grew I had the honor of serving him through the pharmacy. From my mom,dad, sister and I, we are very sorry for your loss.
Roberta,Dolores, Sam and Sandra.

Roberta Duran

April 2, 2013

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