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Ernest Robert Righetti

San Luis Obispo, California

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Ernest Robert Righetti, devoted husband, beloved father and grandfather, San Luis Obispo native son and agricultural pioneer, departed this life peacefully Sunday evening, Jan. 26, 2014. He was 97 years young. Born to Guido and Elizabeth Righetti in 1916 at the Edna Valley house he called home...

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Thank You Uncle Ernie for being the best uncle a niece could ever have! You lived life passionately and inspired me to do the same! You made me laugh until my belly hurt making me realize just how important laughter is in our everyday lives! You loved me unconditionally and were always there for me! I can see you now in heaven, smiling & laughing, sharing joy with everyone! Your faith and personal relationship with Jesus Christ was, is and always will be that which motivates others to...

My dear Scott words can never mean much when there is such a great loss. Just know that I am with you in prayer and your dad is in the heavens with our dear Lord. My sympathy for you and your whole family.

Your father was a great man. I lived in the little house behind his home in the early 1970's. I have very good memories of helping work in his orchard at havest time.

Aunt Sue and the whole Righetti clan.Uncle Ernie may have passed on but he lives in our hearts forever. Never was the next generation better schooled and better equipped to take over the business than you brothers four.I treasure my 75 years working, learning and hunting with Uncle Ernie.

A real gentleman. I valued our friendship.
With deepest sympathy.
Mel Hahn

Our deepest sympathy, truly a good man.

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

Scott and Family,
I would like to pay my respects to your family on reading the obituary of your father. I had the pleasure of meeting your Dad when I visited the Righetti Ranch in the late eighties. He was a renaissance man who left a family legacy which will endure for generations. Here is a photo I took at the time.