Cristobal Echevarria

CRISTOBAL ECHEVARRIA SR, 86, PASSED AWAY, EVER SO PEACEFULLY, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024. HE WAS BORN IN PENJAMILLO, MICHOACAN, MEXICO. HE MOVED TO CHICAGO, IL. WHERE HE MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH RAFAELA TINOCO, WHO WOULD BECOME HIS WIFE. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 65 YEARS AND WERE BLESSED WITH EIGHT CHILDREN, 21 GRANDCHILDREN AND 21 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN WITH THE 22ND ON THE WAY!

THE MAJORITY OF THEIR FAMILY LIFE WAS SPENT IN LOMITA, CA. CRISTOBAL WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS ELDEST SON, CRISTOBAL, JR. (PILAR) AND HIS ELDEST GRANCHILD JOSEPH. CRISTOBAL'S OTHER CHILDREN INCLUDE CELIA (ANTHONY), CRISTINA, RAQUEL (ALEJANDRO), JAVIER (ANAROSA), RENE (NOELLE), REGINA (JOSEPH) AND OLIVIA.
BORN TO FRANCISO ECHEVARRIA, SR. AND MARIA DE JESUS GARCIA- ECHEVARRIA, CRISTOBAL IS ONE OF 11 CHILDREN THAT INCLUDE, ANGELINA PREDECEASED (ANTONIO), FRANCISCO, JR. PREDECEASED (MARGARITA), VICTORIA PREDECEASED (ANTONIO), CLEMENTINA (IGNACIO), MARIA DE JESUS PREDECEASED (GABRIEL), RAMON PREDECEASED (ANGELINA) SAMUEL (LUPE), RUBEN (MARIA), RAFAEL PREDECEASED (CARMEN) AND LUZ (ARTURO). CRISTOBAL, A FAMILY MAN, TRULY ENJOYED HIS LARGE, EXTENDED FAMILY! HE WAS A COMPASSIONATE MAN WHO DEMONSTRATED A QUIET STRENGTH AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. HE WAS FULL OF LIFE. HIS LOVING WIFE, RAFAELA SAID, "HE MADE ME THE WOMAN I AM," CRISTOBAL WAS LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. HE WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE FAVORITE UNCLE BY NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A FATHER FIGURE TO MANY.