Charles M. Navarro Dies At 83.
Charles M. Navarro, 83, Arizona pioneer, died Friday night in a Phoenix hospital.
A native of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, he had lived in Arizona 80 years and in Phoenix 75 years. He resided at 215 N. 11th St.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home Chapel, 330 N. Second Ave. Requiem high mass will be sung at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 909 E. Washington. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery.
Mr. Navarro came to Arizona from Guaymas with his parents when he was 3 years old. The family resided in Tucson a year and then moved to Prescott. Two years later they moved to Phoenix.
As a boy, Mr. Navarro attended the old adobe school on the block now occupied by the Bank of Douglas, the San Carlos Hotel, and the Security Building. Later this school was razed and the old Central School built on the block. It was abandoned about 40 years ago.
He was a member of the Arizona Pioneers Association and attended most of the Arizona Pioneer Reunions.
Until 1914, Mr. Navarro was a bartender for Frank Connolly. He then went to work for the Baswitz Cigar Co. as a retail and wholesale salesman, a position he held 35 years – until he retired.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society of Immaculate Heart Church and of the Alianza Hispano-Americano. He was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Survivors include his wife, Josefa, two sons, Ben and Dave, and a daughter, Mrs. Lydia Jaimes, all of Phoenix; another son, Ernest, and a brother, Frank, both of Tucson; another brother Peter Embrick of Nogales; two sisters, Mrs. Trini Morrell of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Merminia Ezurolla of Montebello, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
- The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Sunday, March 27, 1955, Sec. 4, p. 8.
Look up death certificate at https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/genealogy/index.php.
Charles M. Navarro Dies At 83.
Charles M. Navarro, 83, Arizona pioneer, died Friday night in a Phoenix hospital.
A native of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, he had lived in Arizona 80 years and in Phoenix 75 years. He resided at 215 N. 11th St.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home Chapel, 330 N. Second Ave. Requiem high mass will be sung at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 909 E. Washington. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery.
Mr. Navarro came to Arizona from Guaymas with his parents when he was 3 years old. The family resided in Tucson a year and then moved to Prescott. Two years later they moved to Phoenix.
As a boy, Mr. Navarro attended the old adobe school on the block now occupied by the Bank of Douglas, the San Carlos Hotel, and the Security Building. Later this school was razed and the old Central School built on the block. It was abandoned about 40 years ago.
He was a member of the Arizona Pioneers Association and attended most of the Arizona Pioneer Reunions.
Until 1914, Mr. Navarro was a bartender for Frank Connolly. He then went to work for the Baswitz Cigar Co. as a retail and wholesale salesman, a position he held 35 years – until he retired.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society of Immaculate Heart Church and of the Alianza Hispano-Americano. He was a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Survivors include his wife, Josefa, two sons, Ben and Dave, and a daughter, Mrs. Lydia Jaimes, all of Phoenix; another son, Ernest, and a brother, Frank, both of Tucson; another brother Peter Embrick of Nogales; two sisters, Mrs. Trini Morrell of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Merminia Ezurolla of Montebello, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
- The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), Sunday, March 27, 1955, Sec. 4, p. 8.
Look up death certificate at https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/genealogy/index.php.
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