He was a family man and very proud to be. In his youth he worked in the fields picking cotton alongside his parents and siblings. He attended school at Tom Browne Junior High and briefly, Mary Carroll High School. He left high school to help his mother and family. At the age of 19, he married the love of his life, Elida, and together they had 2 daughters. He also played an important role in the lives of all of his nieces and nephews on his wife’s side of the family. He worked over 30 years as a Heavy Equipment Operator for J.I. Hailey and Savage. After retirement, he spent his days chauffeuring his grandkids around and attending their many sporting and music events. He was everyone’s biggest fan and had the most loving heart for any person or animal.
Alfredo is preceded in death by his parents: Saragosa Sr. and Elia Ochoa; mother-in-law: Maria Guadalupe Sanchez; father-in-law: Petronilo D. Sanchez; Siblings: Luis Ochoa, Carlos Ochoa, Noe Ochoa, Sr., and Alejandro Ochoa, Sr., In-laws: Juan Enrique Sanchez and Rosalinda Guarreca; niece/nephews: Velia Rivera, Charles Andrew Huizar, Mike Campos Ochoa; unborn child: Bobby Ochoa.
Alfredo is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Elida Sanchez Ochoa, daughters: Maria Alicia Ochoa and Laura Ann Ochoa; Brother: Saragosa Ochoa, Jr (Ester) , Sister: Elia Naranjo (Jesse), Sisters-in-Law: Rosa Ochoa (Alejandro, Sr), Nora Ochoa (Noe, Sr), Brother-in-Law: Santiago Sanchez; Grandchildren: Kandice Marie Ochoa, Alfredo John Ochoa, Isaiah Jude Molina, Jimmie Edward Ochoa, Bobbie Eli Ochoa, Brooklyn Rene Villegas, and Taelyn Daniel Villegas; wife’s nieces/nephews, who were more like his children: Angelita M. Huizar, John Edward Elizalde, Esteban Martinez, Sandy Sanchez, Ricky Sanchez, Maria Guadalupe Arias, Alex Rivera, Aunts: Carlotta Ochoa Ruiz, Elvia Sanchez, Clara Ramon, Velia Sanchez, Maria Reyna, and his numerous Ochoa nieces and nephews.
Special thanks: Tony and Esther Luis, Omega Ortiz, Francis Rangel, and Mary Amador for continually checking on him and keeping his wife company during her long visits at the hospital with him.
Pallbearers: Alfredo J. Ochoa, Isaiah Jude Molina, Jimmie Edward Ochoa, Bobbie Eli Ochoa, Brooklyn Rene Villegas, John Edward Elizalde, Esteban Martinez, Ricky Sanchez
Visitation will be on Monday, October 23, 2023 at Funeraria Del Angel-Memorial Holly, 3442 Holly Rd., from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm with a Holy Rosary to be recited at 7:00 pm that same evening.
Funeral Mass will be on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church 710 S. 19th St., at 10:00 am with interment to follow at Rosehill Memorial Park, 2731 Comanche St.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.FunerariaDelAngelMHolly.com for the Ochoa family.
