Alfonso Gutierrez

Alfonso Buenrostro Gutierrez was born in Aguililla, Michoacan, Mexico on June 15th, 1954 to Maria Guadalupe Buenrostro and Luis Gutierrez. He is the youngest sibling out of seven. He lived a couple of years in Mexico and at the age of 11 they moved to Redwood City, CA. Around the age of 16, he dropped out of High School and started working in the gastronomy industry. Starting from the bottom as a dishwasher to becoming an Amazing Chef. He worked in high end hotels for years. Around the year of 1978, he met his love of his life...............Martha Espinoza. They met on the baptism of their Goddaughter Lupita Gonzalez. After meeting Martha he would keeping asking her out but she kept on turning him down. When finally in the year of 1985, Martha finally gave him the yes of being his girlfriend. They dated for a couple of years and on August 22nd, 1987, they tied the knot. In their marriage they had three beautiful children; Jacklyn Vanessa, Angel Alfonso and Alejandra Paola. Alfonso is a man that worked for his family. He always wanted the best for them. Whenever he can he will watch TV with his family from Tom & Jerry to Power Rangers. However, there was always one thing that Alfonso would do before going to bed......he will read a bedtime story to his children and will give them his blessings and tuck them into bed. However God had another plan for him, on July 10, 2015, God saw Alfonso getting tired and a cure was not to be. So He put his arms around Alfonso and whispered "Come to Me." A golden heart stop beating, hard working hands at rest. In which, Alfonso entered to God's Heavenly Garden for eternal peace with his daughter Alejandra waiting on the other side.

"Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone." -Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio)

Arrangements under the direction of Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park in San Jose, California.

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Mr. Alfonso B. Gutierrez passed away on July 10, 2015 in Palo Alto, California. Arrangements under the direction of Oak Hill Funeral Home in San Jose, California.