Rest in peace dear brother, give a big hug to Alice, Mom & Dad,
Auntie Dora and Lil Petey. Till we meet again, with love, Sis.

Anna Marie and Michael our thoughts are with you. Your Dad left you with so many wonderful memories and loved you both so much. He was such a love with Merlin, Abby and the kitty's, and our little Harley Girl loved to wave her little paws to him from across the street. Love you

Such a difficult time with mixed emotions,
my thoughts and prayers go out to Anna Marie and Michael!

I can’t pronounce Eufemio easily so Eubemio since day 1 has been
Gino to me.

Part of me is sad that I will not be able to see my friend Gino again, or our bi- weekly phone chat to help solve the world’s problems!

Part of me is great full that I had known Gino,
and been able to see my friend Gino off yesterday on his way to heaven .

The Velarde family was gracious enough to allow me and my little buddy Merlin move in with them at a time when I had recently lost my dad and for that I will always be grateful.
Gino took the time to plant a Tree in their back yard in memory of my dad.
You can’t put a price tag on that and I Got his back for life after that!!

While living with the Velarde’s I was able to hear entertaining stories from a man in his 80s that had experienced an incredible life. Gino, born 2/14/1929 and for you trivia buffs that was (valentine's day massacre), enlightened me with dozens and dozens of awesome stories of his childhood during the depression era, military life in the Navy, and over 40 years in the Lithographic Printer industry. I am having a hard time writing this ….for some reason my paper keeps getting wet so I will end with this.

Gino I love you man……

Thanks for the memories and thanks for being you!
Jay