Jesus "Chato" Siqueiros

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the death of Jesus “Chato” Siqueiros, 83, who passed May 16th, 2014 peacefully at home. Jesus was born in Nogales, Sonora Mexico July 22, 1930. He lived there until 1952 when he moved to Los Angeles with his new wife Amelia, and spent the remainder of his life in Southern California. Jesus came from a big family; he was a very proud man who loved his family more than anything that life had to offer. For Jesus, the act of living was about being the best provider that he could be. His family would never want for anything as long as he was around, and his love for them showed through his actions over the years.

Other than being the financial backbone of his family, he loved his mariachi music and singing. He touched the lives of many with his singing, playing baseball, unique sense of humor, and his unprecedented, witty nature. Whenever he was around we knew there was going to be some fun. He made you feel that you mattered, however young you were, and that there would be a great future ahead. He was optimistic. And even if he was surrounded by crowds of people, there would always be a smile for each person individually. He was a very knowledgeable and a well-read man.

Chato was a baseball fanatic! Baseball was in his blood, deep in his blood. And that love of the game (and a love of the Cincinnati Reds) was passed down to all of us, even now, 83 years later, to his youngest great grandson Sebastian. "It was pretty much his entire life!" We spent almost every weekend of our childhood at the baseball parks watching my dad play catcher or first base.

His greatest treasures in life were his wife, his family, music, singing, baseball and his faith.

Of course the person he loved the most was my mother. This was a love affair that lasted. She delighted him when he first fell in love with her, and she delighted him constantly through their marriage. He would get a twinkle in his eyes and would begin singing to her and she would melt into his arms. One of the finest things he did in his long life was to take care of my Mom at home when she had strokes, amputations and other complications from diabetes. He cared for her at home to the point of his own complete exhaustion. It was agonizing that she was with him, and yet simultaneously gone. Yet even then, they shared quite a few laughs together, and his love for her was undiminished. Many of our friends have said to me, they looked to my parents Jesus and Amelia as a second set of parents. So my father has been ‘dear second Dad’ to more than one person. He never denied a favor to anyone, he did not know how to say no, and thus he found that the love he gave in his life was returned.

If I were to wish for any quality to be handed down from Jesus Siqueiros to myself, my brothers, children and grandchildren, to any further generations, and to all his friends, is this: beside the ability to sing of course, is the capacity to love and to communicate that love to many people.

He is survived by his two sons, Jesus III and Daniel, his daughter Clarissa, Grandchildren; Damien, Jason Jesus, Larissa, and Alejandra, his great grandchildren Kesi, Jason Jesus II, Fetu’u, Selai, Taniella, Jayden Jesus, Jayven Jesus, Josiah, and Sebastian Jesus;, his sisters, Carmela Hodgers, Ofelia Felix, Bertha Salazar and Cecilia Cabrera, and many nieces and nephews.

A public visitation will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 4509 Mercury Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032, on Tuesday May 27th with a Rosary for the Deceased at 7:00 pm.

Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 4509 Mercury Ave., Los Angeles, CA, Wednesday May 28th at 10:00 am,

Interment will be at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum at, 4201 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90032. Arrangements by Funeraria Del Angel South Gate, 8665 California Ave, South Gate, CA 90280.