With family at his side, Benny passed from this life to eternity on January 7, 2023 from a heart condition. He was 85 years old and the sixth child of Vicente and Margarita Acoba.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Val Lee Acoba, his daughter, Gwendolyn Moran, and two granddaughters, Hailey and Maeve Moran. Also survived by his son Vincent Acoba, grandchildren Markus Acoba and Marie Davilla, also his sisters Mary Berbano, Lin Compo, Cathy Santini and Tina Hough as well as many nieces and nephews.
Benny's youth was spent on the family farm in French Camp. He graduated from Edison High School and Stockton College. He served in the army as a medical corpsman. He retired from Sharpe Army Depot after 35 years as a carpenter/maintenance worker.
Ben was a community theater technician and an advocate of youth theater. He mentored and cared for young people teaching them job skills that became a permanent part of their lives
In lieu of flowers donations in his name to 1. Little Manila Rising (for Red Phoenix Rising Theater), 2. Confucius Church of Stockton (for the Chinese School) and 3. The San Joaquin County Historical Museum.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Val Lee Acoba, his daughter, Gwendolyn Moran, and two granddaughters, Hailey and Maeve Moran. Also survived by his son Vincent Acoba, grandchildren Markus Acoba and Marie Davilla, also his sisters Mary Berbano, Lin Compo, Cathy Santini and Tina Hough as well as many nieces and nephews.
Benny's youth was spent on the family farm in French Camp. He graduated from Edison High School and Stockton College. He served in the army as a medical corpsman. He retired from Sharpe Army Depot after 35 years as a carpenter/maintenance worker.
Ben was a community theater technician and an advocate of youth theater. He mentored and cared for young people teaching them job skills that became a permanent part of their lives
In lieu of flowers donations in his name to 1. Little Manila Rising (for Red Phoenix Rising Theater), 2. Confucius Church of Stockton (for the Chinese School) and 3. The San Joaquin County Historical Museum.
With family at his side, Benny passed from this life to eternity on January 7, 2023 from a heart condition. He was 85 years old and the sixth child of Vicente and Margarita Acoba.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Val Lee Acoba, his daughter, Gwendolyn Moran, and two granddaughters, Hailey and Maeve Moran. Also survived by his son Vincent Acoba, grandchildren Markus Acoba and Marie Davilla, also his sisters Mary Berbano, Lin Compo, Cathy Santini and Tina Hough as well as many nieces and nephews.
Benny's youth was spent on the family farm in French Camp. He graduated from Edison High School and Stockton College. He served in the army as a medical corpsman. He retired from Sharpe Army Depot after 35 years as a carpenter/maintenance worker.
Ben was a community theater technician and an advocate of youth theater. He mentored and cared for young people teaching them job skills that became a permanent part of their lives
In lieu of flowers donations in his name to 1. Little Manila Rising (for Red Phoenix Rising Theater), 2. Confucius Church of Stockton (for the Chinese School) and 3. The San Joaquin County Historical Museum.
He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Val Lee Acoba, his daughter, Gwendolyn Moran, and two granddaughters, Hailey and Maeve Moran. Also survived by his son Vincent Acoba, grandchildren Markus Acoba and Marie Davilla, also his sisters Mary Berbano, Lin Compo, Cathy Santini and Tina Hough as well as many nieces and nephews.
Benny's youth was spent on the family farm in French Camp. He graduated from Edison High School and Stockton College. He served in the army as a medical corpsman. He retired from Sharpe Army Depot after 35 years as a carpenter/maintenance worker.
Ben was a community theater technician and an advocate of youth theater. He mentored and cared for young people teaching them job skills that became a permanent part of their lives
In lieu of flowers donations in his name to 1. Little Manila Rising (for Red Phoenix Rising Theater), 2. Confucius Church of Stockton (for the Chinese School) and 3. The San Joaquin County Historical Museum.
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