Juan A. Parache

Aug. 27, 1944 - Jan. 2, 2017

Juan A. Parache, 72, of Stockton, California, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2017. He was born August 27, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico. At the age of 10, he moved to the United States with his family to San Pablo, California. Juan has had many careers in his life, he enlisted in the Army to avoid the draft, worked as a Grocery Clerk for Safeway, he was a Firefighter in Orinda, California, and held many different sales and office management positions in his life. Juan always had a love for Fine Arts, and was always involved in Community Theater throughout the Bay area. He has resided in Stockton for the last 24 years. In those years he embarked on the final chapter of his life and career, Ballroom Dancing. He began as a student of Ballroom and competed in competitions often placing in the top three. After a few years he then decided to become a teacher, and he became a Certified Ball Room Dance Teacher and opened the Parache Dance Studio. He taught dance in Stockton, Modesto and Sacramento areas. He is preceded in death by his father John G. Parache and mother Francisca Jimenez Parache. He is survived by his daughter Monica Parache and granddaughter Kelli Lyn Vincent of North Carolina. Juan was a true Renaissance man who loved life. Simply put he was JUANderful. A Memorial will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 1:00 pm in the chapel at Frisbie-Warren & Carroll Mortuary