Jose Alamillo; Lifelong County Resident
Lifelong Ventura County resident Jose “Chavalo” Alamillo, a retired concrete worker, died Tuesday at Twin Pines Healthcare Center in Santa Paula. He was 83.
Alamillo was born Sept. 18, 1916, in Zacatecas, Mexico, and moved to Saticoy when he was 2 months old.
He worked many years with concrete and belonged to Laborers International Union of North America Local 585 in Ventura.
Alamillo’s son, Ernest of Oxnard, said his father enjoyed playing baseball and also taught his sons to play. The elder Alamillo was a Dodger fan.
In addition to his son, Alamillo is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lupe; sons Joe of Ventura and Bobby of Santa Paula; daughters Elvira Mireles of Santa Paula and Rosie Rodriguez of Oxnard; brothers Manuel, Bobby, Rosalio, Leo and Ernie; sister Lupe Oliveros; 14 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter.
Mass of Christian burial is scheduled at 10 a.m. today at Sacred Heart Church in Ventura, with Father John Higgins officiating. Burial will follow at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura.
Arrangements are under the direction of Joseph P. Reardon Funeral Home, Ventura.
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