Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Villalpando, Benjamin October 20 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Benjamin Villalpando
March 31, 1927 October 20, 2004

Visitation will be 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday followed by recitation of the 
Rosary at 7 p.m. at St. Augustine Church, 10601 Myrtle Avenue in Lamont for 
Benjamin Villalpando, 78, who died Wednesday of natural causes. Mass of the 
Resurrection is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at St. Augustine Church, 
followed by burial at the South Kern District Cemetery in Arvin. 

To learn the story of Villalpando, one had only to feel his hands. Before his 
retirement, they were covered with rough calluses that told of a life poured 
out in service to his family.

A former altar boy in his native Jalisco, Mexico, Villalpando served in the 
Mexican military and participated in the Guest Worker or Bracero Program that 
provided Mexican laborers with temporary work in the U.S.

A Mexican gentleman with an old-world sense of honor and responsibility, he 
labored for more than 35 years as a farm worker in the Arvin-Lamont area. 
Villalpandos lifetime of hard work and sacrifice in the fields ensured that 
his children and grandchildren would be able to enjoy a better life. His sons 
and daughters are all public servants.

Villalpando was preceded in death by his wife, Sara Villalpando in 1972. He is 
survived by brothers, Manuel Villalpando and Salvador Villalpando; sisters, 
Maria Ynez Marquez and Concepcion Sanchez all of Mexico; two sons, Leonardo 
Rodriguez of Bakersfield and Benjamin Villalpando, Jr. of Arvin; three 
daughters, Consuelo Rodriguez of Bakersfield, Margarita Colon of Lamont, and 
Sara Guerra of Bakersfield 17 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren.

Hopson-Anspach Family Mortuary 


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