O'CONNOR - Jeremiah Bernard O'Connor, (J.B., "Red"), born April 28, 1909, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died March 10, 2002, West Covina, California. Survived by his loving daughter, Maureen, of Sacramento, his sister, Dorothy, of Orange, six nieces and nephews, and five grandnieces and nephews. He is also survived by his dear friends, Edward and Janet Butler of West Covina. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Irene, in 1997, and his parents, two sisters and one brother.
He has been a resident of Southern California since 1915. He spent a lifetime in construction work, beginning as a young man in the borax mines of the Mojave Desert. He served in the United States Navy in World War II as a SeaBee, building runways in the South Pacific. He was a former member of the International Union of Ironworkers and was a welder of structural steel on many of the early high rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Later in his career he became a Building Inspector of structural steel and concrete in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, and was in demand because of his integrity. He was a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12.
A rosary will be said for the repose of his soul on Thursday, March 14th, 7:00 P.M. at Rose Hills Mortuary, 3888 S. Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA.
A Funeral Mass will be said on Friday, March 15, 2002, 9:00 A.M. at St. John the Baptist Church, Baldwin Park Blvd., at Stewart Ave., Baldwin Park. Burial will follow next to his wife, at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
I'll love and miss you always, Daddy.
Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
He has been a resident of Southern California since 1915. He spent a lifetime in construction work, beginning as a young man in the borax mines of the Mojave Desert. He served in the United States Navy in World War II as a SeaBee, building runways in the South Pacific. He was a former member of the International Union of Ironworkers and was a welder of structural steel on many of the early high rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Later in his career he became a Building Inspector of structural steel and concrete in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, and was in demand because of his integrity. He was a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12.
A rosary will be said for the repose of his soul on Thursday, March 14th, 7:00 P.M. at Rose Hills Mortuary, 3888 S. Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA.
A Funeral Mass will be said on Friday, March 15, 2002, 9:00 A.M. at St. John the Baptist Church, Baldwin Park Blvd., at Stewart Ave., Baldwin Park. Burial will follow next to his wife, at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
I'll love and miss you always, Daddy.
Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
O'CONNOR - Jeremiah Bernard O'Connor, (J.B., "Red"), born April 28, 1909, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died March 10, 2002, West Covina, California. Survived by his loving daughter, Maureen, of Sacramento, his sister, Dorothy, of Orange, six nieces and nephews, and five grandnieces and nephews. He is also survived by his dear friends, Edward and Janet Butler of West Covina. He was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Irene, in 1997, and his parents, two sisters and one brother.
He has been a resident of Southern California since 1915. He spent a lifetime in construction work, beginning as a young man in the borax mines of the Mojave Desert. He served in the United States Navy in World War II as a SeaBee, building runways in the South Pacific. He was a former member of the International Union of Ironworkers and was a welder of structural steel on many of the early high rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Later in his career he became a Building Inspector of structural steel and concrete in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, and was in demand because of his integrity. He was a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12.
A rosary will be said for the repose of his soul on Thursday, March 14th, 7:00 P.M. at Rose Hills Mortuary, 3888 S. Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA.
A Funeral Mass will be said on Friday, March 15, 2002, 9:00 A.M. at St. John the Baptist Church, Baldwin Park Blvd., at Stewart Ave., Baldwin Park. Burial will follow next to his wife, at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
I'll love and miss you always, Daddy.
Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
He has been a resident of Southern California since 1915. He spent a lifetime in construction work, beginning as a young man in the borax mines of the Mojave Desert. He served in the United States Navy in World War II as a SeaBee, building runways in the South Pacific. He was a former member of the International Union of Ironworkers and was a welder of structural steel on many of the early high rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Later in his career he became a Building Inspector of structural steel and concrete in the counties of Los Angeles and Orange, and was in demand because of his integrity. He was a retired member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12.
A rosary will be said for the repose of his soul on Thursday, March 14th, 7:00 P.M. at Rose Hills Mortuary, 3888 S. Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA.
A Funeral Mass will be said on Friday, March 15, 2002, 9:00 A.M. at St. John the Baptist Church, Baldwin Park Blvd., at Stewart Ave., Baldwin Park. Burial will follow next to his wife, at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.
I'll love and miss you always, Daddy.
Published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
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