Obituaries : Frank Andrade Maria, 75; Union Official

Frank Andrade Maria, a lifelong Oxnard resident and a ranking union official, died Tuesday at home. He was 75.

Maria was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Marines in the Pacific. After the war, he worked as a hod carrier for 10 years before working as a longshoreman at the Port of Hueneme.

He was a trustee in the Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local 588. He also served on the executive board of the International Longshoremen’s Warehouse Union, Local 46.

He was Pony League baseball coach and attended Santa Clara Church regularly.

He is survived by his son, James Maria of Oxnard; daughters, Julie Ellen Maria, Nanci Maria, Susan Maria and Dorothy Maria Jones, all of Oxnard; brothers, Richard Maria, Robert Maria and Peter Maria, all of Oxnard; sisters, Rose Duenez and Alice Cardswell, both of Oxnard, Margaret Rinaldo of Woodland, Sally Bustamante of Ventura, Josephine Caudillo of La Verne and Kathleen Romero of Portland, Ore.

A vigil service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Anthony’s Church in Oxnard. A memorial Mass will be said at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Santa Clara Church in Oxnard. Msgr. Charles O’Gorman will officiate.

Dreebin, Bert Haskel, 79, of Port Hueneme, health inspector. Guardian Memorial, Oxnard.

Espinosa, Luz Maria Basurto, 75, of Santa Paula, housewife. Pierce Brothers Stetler Mortuary, Santa Paula.

Olson, Charles Robert, 88, of Oxnard, retired salesman. James A. Reardon Mortuary, Oxnard.

Searles, Marjorie, 88, of Newbury Park, housewife. Pierce Brothers Griffin Mortuary, Camarillo.

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