Happy Heavenly Birthday Brother. Please take care of Glenda who has come to join you, Virgie and Edde. God bless you and give you eternal rest. I love you.

You are so missed Brother. I think of you Daily, and hear your laugh and your funny faces!

Miss you grandpa!!  Gone but never forgotten.Any time i go to the house I see you an mom!! Hope you found each other up there!! RIP our big teddy bear. Love you always your daughter Bert.❤❤

Well as most of us in the family most worked drywall with mom and grandpa I was lucky enough to work with grandpa and learned to work right along side him and he taught me so much including walking on stilts so he said I worked as hard as any man so he would call me Johnny instead of Connie. That was my nickname when i worked with him. One day when we're were working a man came by and offered grandpa a job with his drywall company he offered him about $10 or $ 11.00 an hour that was a good rate at that time and they wanted to hire both of us but when they said they could pay me only $ 8.00 he said no she does the same work I do including walk stilts, so if you can't pay her the same amount never mind and did not take job !  To this day i appreciate that he stood up for me! I will miss you grandpa thanks for being you and being there for me! !

I remember wen grandma and grandpa took all us grandkids to six flags we had so much fun that day n they would always take us all r who was able to go to canyon lake all the time ..I luv u gramps n ul forever b n my heart I'm jst so so happy that u n grandma have reunited

Ever since i was a kid my grandparents mary lou and patrick martinez always handed out christmas stockings of fruit and candy to all thier grandkids. We were so many and they wanted to make sure we all recieved a stocking., come to find out much later they did this for extended family also, which they also enjoyed.

One year my husband,daughter and i decided to bring back this christmas stocking tradition.we had every intention to hand these out ourselves until we saw grandpa was at the party. It was perfect for him to continue this tradition they both did every year.

He graciously took over this role and to see all my family in tears that day made my heart smile. To see my aunts and uncles and cousins going to him like he was Santa Claus and hugging him and seeing his smile was all worth it.

To my gramps the person that We called grandpa , will forever hold a special place in my heart and yes the only father I ever knew. He was there for me in my younger years and until the end .so many memories where do i start ! But he and my mom loved and shared so much of them selfs with us our children,I cant belive your gone but will never be forgotten..Our hearts are broken but it dose warm my heart knowing your reunited with mom !! Thank you for being my dad .I didnt share my memories like i said there were so many, But my foundest memorie is when he and mom would go and take the grdkids to the coast and theyed camp out , and always go buy eggs and cheese and go and deliver to all of us .So many , so many i dont have enough room .Under that hard exterior was a soft hearted man,Who loved family gatherings.RIP gramps.... Our ❤ with you always

In memory of my step dad, I miss you very much. I even miss you yelling at me in the mornings. I was blessed to spend the last year taking care of you. Grandpa you know I loved you like a Dad, you filled a void in my heart. I've known you since I was 17 and till the very end you treated me like I was 17. And daily I had to remind you that I was 61! I will treasure your two hugs in one year and your telling me thank you for all I did for you! I will never forget your smile at your birthday party at the Royal Palace where you danced with al the women except me. Love you so much Grandpa.