Guillermo Rocha

1922 - 2010

Guillermo Figueroa Rocha
Guillermo Figueroa Rocha, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great- grandfather passed away peacefully at home on September 28, 2010.
He was born July 1, 1922 in Bisbee, Arizona to Francisco and Maria Rocha, the last of eight children. His family first moved to Glendale, and then to Chandler, Arizona. After losing his parents at a very young age, he quit school and worked in the fields with his older brothers. When he traveled to San Diego, California in 1943 looking for work, he was drafted into the US Army during WWII. He served in New Guinea and the Philippines and was awarded a Bronze Star, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, a good Conduct Medal and a WWII Victory Medal. After the war, he returned to Arizona, met and married Katherine Anaya settling in Mesa, Arizona.
After their two daughters were born, they moved to Santa Maria, where their son was born. During the 50s he worked as a construction supervisor in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras during the building of the Pan American Highway. Upon his return he was employed at Vandenberg Air Force Base as a Civil Service engineer, until his retirement in 1986.
He is survived by his wife Katherine, children Elizabeth Alvarado, Rene Iler and Martin Rocha MD, nine grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren., and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held Monday, October 4, 2010 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm at Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary with the Rosary at 6:00 pm Monday also at the mortuary chapel. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 9:30 am at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church. The interment will be private.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dudley-Hoffman Mortuary, Crematory and Memory Gardens.

Dudley-Hoffman
Mortuary & Crematory
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