Carlos A. Valenzuela; 6th-Generation Californian

Ventura native Carlos A. Valenzuela died at home Thursday at age 92.

Valenzuela was born Aug. 24, 1906, in Ventura and was a sixth-generation native Californian.

He was a descendant of the Tico family. The original 1837 land grant for what is now Ojai was given to Fernando Tico.

Valenzuela, his parents and grandparents were all married at the mission. He was also baptized and made his first Holy Communion at the mission. Valenzuela attended the now-closed Old Hill School.

Valenzuela worked as a plumber for Port Hueneme’s public works department and retired after serving in the same capacity for the city of Ventura, his family said.

He was a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local No. 484 in Ventura and was a past treasurer for the Union Patriotica Beneficia Mexicana Independente, Supreme Lodge No. 17.

Valenzuela was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Juanita Valenzuela, who died in December 1990; two brothers, Frank and Robert Valenzuela; and a sister, Rosa Valenzuela.

He is survived by four daughters, Alicia Tarin, Lupe Saldivar and Mary Cruz, all of Ventura, and Gloria Baltes of Camarillo; a brother, Ernest Valenzuela of Arizona; a sister, Elizabeth Blevins of Ventura; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

There will be a visitation from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph Reardon Funeral Home in Ventura.

A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday at the San Buenaventura Mission. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the mission, with interment to follow at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura.

In lieu of flowers, offerings can be made during Mass, or donations can be made to Tender Loving Care Hospice in Moorpark.