Eduardo M. Trujillo

Eduardo Trujillo, Lalo and Papa to family and friends, was born on 29 November 1921. In the summer of 1940, he and a friend drove up the highway in a convertible to Flagstaff. They were heading to enlist in the US Army a full year before America declared war on Japan and Germany. Flying back home through the town of Jerome, excited for what the future held, they started to pull back the linen top of their convertible only to see it rip off and disappear over the mountain ledge. The Army soon sent Lalo to El Paso, Texas, a big city for a small town boy. It was here he met his wife of 67 years, and it was here he would remain the rest of his life. For five years, the duration of the war, Eduardo served his country, spending a year and a half in Europe. It was while at war that his first child was born, José Eduardo (Joe Eddie), whom he did not get to meet until returning from his tour-of-duty in Europe. Nine years later, in 1953, his first daughter Ana was born followed in quick succession by Berta (1954) and Norma (1955). The decades that followed saw a full and beautiful life. He worked hard and intelligently; as an amateur carpenter he made side tables, chairs, dressers, swings, and with his wife, he raised four children and saw them through college. Having spent his last few days surrounded by the laughter and prayers of family and friends, Eduardo Trujillo passed away peacefully on June 10, 2017 at 1:54 a.m. He was preceded into the Lord’s embrace by his wife, Tencha; his parents, Lupe and Pascual; his sisters Mary Lou, Velia and Ñeca; his brother, Manuel; his granddaughter, Christina, and many others beloved by himself and Tencha. He is survived by his four children, Joe Eddie (Nancy), Ana (Edward), Berta (Will), and Norma; his elder sisters, Vera and Helen, who have made their way from Cottonwood, Arizona to see their brother laid to rest and to celebrate his life lived and life hereafter; his grandchildren, Mari (Mike), Sara (Joel), Nicolás (Mariah), Bri (Tad), Andrea, Daniel (Norma), Lisa (Tito), Samuel, Monica (Javier), Victoria, and Ricky; his great-grandchildren, Jack, Annie, Ari, Oliver, Sophia, David, Eliza, Bea, Holden, Elaine, Audrey, Diego, Dru, Veronica, and Isabela. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Red Cross. The reason Eduardo chose them is because in 1942 in New York, in route for Europe during the World War, Eduardo found out that his mother, Lupe, had passed away in Arizona, and he did not have enough money to return. It was the Red Cross that paid for him to get home to Cottonwood, where he was able to lay his mother to rest. Also, we’d like to share thanks for Diana, Lilia, and Laura for their diligent care these final months. And we’d especially like to offer our gratitude to Elvira for the years of love, care, and joy she brought to Lalo's and Tencha’s lives. Visitation will be on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 from 6 to 9 pm at Martin Funeral Home East with a Rosary at 7 pm. Funeral Mass will be Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 9 am at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. A gathering for family and friends will be held at the hall of St. Thomas Aquinas. Services entrusted to F.D.A. Martin East 1460 George Dieter. www.funerariasdelangel.com/martin-east