I think of Jake always!  He taught me a lot!  He had so much patience and kindness that I will never forget!  I loved him dearly!  He and his family showed me what family means and how love can heal many things.  A gift that stays with me forever.

To The Madrigal Family,

We send our love and prayers for you.  I know you all miss your Dad,   He was an amazing loving man.  I can't say enough about how much he helped me and gave me so much love and friendship and incredible memories.  He taught me a lot.  My favorite thing is when he taught me and let me drive the tractor.  I grew up and realized he wasn't teaching me to drive the tractor, he was teaching me many things about life as we drove around, talking and laughing.  Those lessons have helped me in many ways.  I miss our weekly talks still !  

He loved you all very much and was so proud of you all.   He always talked about you all and how you were always there for him.  I hope that you find peace in the fact you all made him very happy!  
Love to you all
God Bless
Linda & Bob

My sincere condolences to the sons & family of the Madrigal family. I had the privilege of being hired to care for Joaquin & Adela Madrigal who were Joaquin’s parents who lived on the family ranch in Reedley. It wasn’t long before I fell in love with Adela & the jokester himself Joaquin senior.  This is where I learned to really like to eat quavas from Joaquin Sr. Who would bring fresh picked fruit from off his tree. He would then wash & cut them up & set them on the table as I was preparing lunch.  About 10 years ago I planted a tree in remembrance of Joaquin Sr.  I also learned to make French baked chicken from as I liked calling him Professor Madrigal but he always insisted I call him Gus😊.  Adela was a sweetheart so tiny & kind always ready to offer my youngest son milk & Mexican pastry & she would lovingly call him Luisito.  Adela spent her days sitting & praying the rosary.  I got to meet each of the sons of Joaquin Jr. & Luisa but remember Steven was an airline attendant at the time & the grandson I had the most conversations with. My time with this family was approximately a year but the memories, the prayers, the good solid advice & the meals shared and the love shown to me & my children as a single mother have & will never be forgotten. The Madrigal sons are very blessed to have had a strong Godly Dad who loved his family dearly. May you each one find peace in knowing he is sleeping in the arms of Jesus until Christ’s return and may nothing but fond memories fill your ♥️ hearts. God bless you each one.  Kindly, Cathy Edwards

Jake was my uncle by marriage to my Aunt Lisa.   
He taught me a lot.   I got to go and live with them in the summer and he trained me to be a dental assistant and let me work in the office for the summer.  He was a kind, calm soul who always had a bright side.  He loved to  laugh and make one laugh too.  But he changed my life in many ways when one day he took me out to his mom & dads farm and taught me to drive his dad's tractor!  I learned a lot that day and  am forever grateful and full of love and respect for Jake.  His love of his family was strong and proud.  He loved them and talked about them often.    He taught me about trusting God.   I am forever grateful for all the love he gave me. 
I know he is home now with Lisa and is Happy & Proud looking down on his sons and their beautiful families as he told me often.  
 He was my Uncle, a mentor and a good friend.  He will be in my heart forever.  
My deepest sorrow to my cousins and all the family.  God Bless you and help you through.  



Love all the wonderful times spent with The Madrigal family! I love and miss you all so much. My prayers are with you all at this time

I love and will miss my uncle, Joaquin Madrigal. I first met him in San Francisco at my grandparents house in the inner sunset, which was close to where he went to dental school at UCSF. 

I was the ring bearer for their beautiful wedding at St. Anne's of the Sunset, in San Francisco. Joaquin, along with my father and mother, aunts and some cousins used to go out to eat at different restaurants in the sunset, walks through, Golden Gate Park, Playland, etc..
When I very young, I stayed for a couple of weeks on his parents farm in Reedley for a couple of weeks in the summer time. When i left his parents farm, i was in tears because he had such a beautiful family.

God Bless you Joaquin and your entire family. Also, God Bless my aunt and his wife, Louise Madrigal.

Jake was my uncle, he was my mother Maria sister’s husband . He was a amazing human being because he taught me to live grateful not negative. Every Friday we spoke on the phone and the laughter we shared, made my week and reminded me to look for the sunshine and not to get lost in the clouds 🙏  

Joaquin was my late husband's uncle.   He was so wise.  I loved his sense of humor and perspective on life.   He was always supportive during Tony's illness and would come to the hospital to sit with Tony even when Tony was asleep, like a guardian angel.   

My condolences to the family.   

OBITUARY

Joaquin Madrigal Jr.

January 19, 1931 – October 23, 2021

Whitehurst Sullivan Burns & Blair Funeral Home

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