Romulo Fernando Juarez

Romulo Fernando Juarez, Sr., 76, born on April 3, 1937, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, passed away June 6, 2013. He resided in Santa Fe Springs, California at the time of his passing. Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Lawn, Glendale, California. His memorial will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, June 14, 2013 at the Little Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn, Glendale, California.

He is survived by three sons, Krishna, Romulo, Jr., and Christian, three daughters-in-law, Shana, Micole, and Jovanna, and nine grandchildren Kat, Mason, Tristan, Portia, Caleb, Cody, Soliel, Sophie and Jeremy.

He immigrated to the United States in 1955 and worked at the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas. He served in both the U.S. Army and Air Force in the late 1950's and received an honorable discharge. On March 4, 1961 he married Laura Lorenza Garcia, his wife of 39 years and the mother of his four sons, Krishna (b. 1961), Romulo Jr. (b. 1966), Christian (b. 1968) and Richard (b. 1971). Sadly, his son Richard ("Richie") passed on April 15, 2013.

He was educated as a Mechanical Engineer in Guatemala prior to immigrating to the United States. He attended Los Angeles City College and Los Angeles Trade Tech and obtained a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Long Beach State University. He worked for Lockheed Aircraft in the 1960's. He also worked for the City of Pasadena, the County of Los Angeles (design engineer), Texas Dept. of Parks and Wildlife (Hydrologist), Travis County in Austin, Texas (Hydrologist), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Hydrologist). His area of specialization in Civil Engineering was Hydrology--the design of mechanisms on a large scale to prevent flooding and manage waterflows. In that capacity, he worked on many projects throughout the United States and within the County of Los Angeles. He retired after 30 years of service with the County of Los Angeles. After retirement, he continued to work as a Construction Inspector for various Municipalities within the County of Los Angeles including the City of Glendale and the City of Norwalk. He dutifully worked up to four weeks prior to his untimely death.

He was known as a friendly and warm man who made friends easily. He had such a love of humanity that he would talk and listen to anyone he met from all walks of life. He loved his family dearly including his sons, grandchildren, brothers and sisters, and even his ex-wife, suffering from dementia, who he housed and cared for until the day he died. He will truly be missed by all who had the privilege to meet him, such a wonderful man and model father.