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In Memory

George V. Gonzales

George V. Gonzales

Alamogordo Daily News - Obituary

George Vernon (Bimbo) Gonzales, 55, born on Aug. 24, 1953, and raised in Alamogordo, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009, at his home in Tularosa. His parents were the late Lazaro G. Gonzales and Belen (Bessie Saenz) Gonzales, lifelong residents of Alamogordo.


George was a graduate of Alamogordo High School and attended New Mexico State University. He joined the U.S. Navy. During his time in the Navy he attended the Naval School of Health Sciences in San Diego and graduated from the Hospital Corps School. He then attended the Health, Sciences Education and Training Command in Bethesda, Md., and was a graduate of the Neuro-Psychiatric Technician School. He was a graduate of the Naval Alcohol Counselor Program in Bethesda. He was a counselor at Halemann House in Mesa, Ariz., and also majored in computer science at Maricopa Technical Community College in Phoenix. He retired from the Veterans Hospital in Big Springs, Texas, in 2006.


George received numerous commendations and awards. His hobbies included baseball, music, fishing, hockey, gunsmithing and backpacking.


He was preceded in death by his grandparents Andres and Isabel (Gandara) Gonzales and Carmen Salazar and Manuel Saenz; his parents Lazaro and Belen; his brother Rudy Gonzales; his brother-in-law Robert G. Stodgen and his nephew Larry Arriola.


Survivors include his sister Sadie Stogden; three brothers, Edward Gonzales and his wife, Gloria, Albert Gonzales and his wife, Raelene, and Charles Gonzales and his wife, Patricia; and numerous nieces and nephews.


The rosary given by Matias and Josie Chavez will be on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. followed by the Mass at Immaculate Conception Church, of which he was a lifelong member.

 

 

 

The following submitted by - Pam Davis Skowronek

Class of 1973 (George's ex-wife)

 

 

                   George V. Gonzales -- August 24, 1953 - March 29, 2009
George was a good man, with a heart that cared for others.  He was especially good with teenagers who had psychiatric issues.  He spent many years after he got out of the Navy working in hospitals that cared for them.  He went on to help Veterans who needed that type of help as well.  As the obit says he was fond of the outdoors (spent many years in Maryland hiking and camping), loved baseball (was known to drive to Philadelphia and see a game on Friday night, and drive back to Baltimore and see a double header); and truly loved the southwest, especially his home in New Mexico.  He enjoyed his time in the East very much, trying to see as much as he could, hiking and camping from New York to the mountains of West Virginia, from the beaches of the Eastern Shore of Maryland to the beaches in Coco Beach, Florida.  Many a time he would take off on the weekend with no plan of where to land up and find himself at Appomattox, where the last battle of the Civil War was fought, watching sunsets across the Appalachian Trail or watching the sunrise across the Chesapeake Bay.  He packed a lot of living in to his 55 years and I'm sure he was not disappointed with his life.
 

 

 
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04/23/11 11:43 AM #1    

James A. Miyagishima

My friend George,

We were barrio amigos.  He lived on Delaware Street.   My Mama Conchita & Papito lived on the same Street. > I miss you Bimbo!

>Miyagi


04/28/11 11:41 AM #2    

Arthur Salas

George, the clicka and I spend many of late nights celebrating life.    Those were good memories and good times with easy going Bimbo.    

Salute, 


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