Month June 2023
The newspaper clipping reads in part “These men first signed up for civil defense police work and, after the regular police examination, were admitted to the city reserve unit organized by Chief Kennedy.
John (Juan) D. Vargas was born in Durango Mexico on March 22, 1882. He married Gabriela Puentes in 1920 when she was 21 years old. He was 38. He passed on August 26, 1949 and is interred in Woodland Union… Continue Reading →
Genaro Abjandro Yañez was born in 1896 in Mexico. He married Vincenta Orozco and had three children, Louis, Jhanata and Celsa. Vincenta returned to Mexico and Genaro remarried. Genaro passed in 1947 and is interred in Woodland Union Cemetery in… Continue Reading →
Louis had two sisters. Pictured on the left is Juana B Morno Lianez (Barrientos) and Celsa M Lianez (Gonzales). His mother Vincentia Lianez (Orozco) is seated center, his father Genaro Lianez (right) are pictured with Juana. Louis wrote on the… Continue Reading →
This photo is from Antonia Vargas’ year book from Hoaglin high school in the 1940s. Louis Lianez was likely older than his peers as his future wife (Antonia Vargas) is a junior at the same school. Given that this was… Continue Reading →
Juan D. Vargas (groom) and Gabriela Puentes (bride) married January 19, 1920 in Paris Texas. He was 17 years her senior. She was 21 when she married him and he 38. They were wed at Our Lady Victory Catholic Church…. Continue Reading →
Dad got me a job at the old Marsh Foodliners supermarket because he over heard the manager saying they needed more people. Ronny worked at the same supermarket. It was ok. I liked long cigarette breaks. I was bagging food first… Continue Reading →
My First car was a 1942 Ford Coupe. Black. Why that car? It was cheap. I was about 18 years old when I bought it from a guy who ran a body shop. I borrowed money from Marsh Foodliners grocery… Continue Reading →