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FAUSTINO B. MARTINEZ
Aug. 13, 1926 - Mar. 5, 2007
Faustino B. Martinez, 80, of El Centro passed away Monday, March 5.
He was born August 13, 1926 in Guerrero, Mexico. He came to the United States in 1958 and worked as a brasero for many years before going on to become an irrigator, in which he retired in 2003. Faustino met and married Maria Angelica Martinez in August 1963 in Mexicali, B.C., MX. He was a very hardworking person. He enjoyed playing his guitar and working in the garden.
Visitation will be held Thursday, March 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hems Brothers Mortuary in El Centro. Rosary will be at 7 p.m.
Mass will commence at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 9 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in El Centro. Burial will immediately follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
Faustino is survived by his wife, Maria Angelica Martinez; sons and daughters, Pedro, Maria Guadalupe, Lorena, Rosaura and Fausto Alejandro Martinez, all of El Centro, Marisela Igwe and husband Henry of Las Vegas, Humberto Martinez and wife Lorena of Phoenix and 12 grandchildren.
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