Rodrigo Sanchez, 91, of Brighton, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 12, 2014, in Brighton. He was born on May 25, 1922, in El Terrero, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Jose Sanchez Lopez and Juana Maria Rodriguez Villalobos. He attended school in Mexico. Rodrigo married Flora Garcia Loya on Feb. 12, 1949, in San Francisco Del Oro, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Mr. Sanchez worked as a miner in San Francisco Del Oro and later immigrated as a bracero in the mid 1950s. In the early 1960s he worked for the Great Western Sugar Company in Windsor. Later he worked construction as a form setter for 30 years.
Rodrigo was a loving and dedicated husband, father and grandfather who along with his wife, Flora, made their children a priority.
Survivors include his wife, Flora; sons, Rodrigo, Jr. (Margaret), of Irvine, Calif., Jose Luis (Irene), of Lochbuie, Victor Manuel and Ernesto Javier, both of Brighton; daughters, Maria Elena Sanchez, Flora Estela Sanchez and Juana Maria Sanchez, all of Brighton; brothers, Fidencio Sanchez, of Brighton, and Tomas Sanchez, of Chihuahua, Mexico; sisters, Antonia Maez and Herlinda Sanchez, both of Brighton, and Ludyvina Sanchez and Estela Silva Sanchez, both of Chihuahua, Mexico.; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Celebration of Life was Feb. 17, 2014, at The Healing Place, 3599 E. Bridge Street, Brighton. Funeral Mass was Feb. 18 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Brighton. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton.
Tabor-Rice Funeral Home handled the arrangements.