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Tony P. Rocha

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Tony P. Rocha

Birth
Angra do Heroismo, Angra do Heroísmo Municipality, Azores, Portugal
Death
1 Oct 1982 (aged 73)
Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA
Burial
Tulare, Tulare County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec: Se1, Gr 503
Memorial ID
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Tulare Advance Register.........Oct 4, 1982

TONY ROCHA
A rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday in miller's Tulare Funeral Home for Tony P. Rocha, 148 No.D Street, who died Friday at his home.

Rocha was born in Eureka and moved to the Tulare-Kings county area in 1926. As a young man, he worked at several dairies and operated a milk hauling business from 1947 to 1955.

He later was a plumber and a farmer until retiring in 1968.Rocha was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and Tulare Elks Lodge No. 1424.

He is survived by two daughters, Beverly Dalby and Betty Ashburn, both of Tulare; one son Bill A Rocha, Tulare; one brother Frank P. Rocha, Ferndale; four sisters Lena Molles and Mary Molles both of Tulare; Rose Fantazia, Newman, and Erma Brandson, Los Altos; and four grandchildren.

A mass of resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Aloysius and a family mass will be said at 9:30 Thursday in the church.

Rocha will be buried in Tulare Cemetery beside the grave of his wife Telvina Rocha, who died in 1977.
Tulare Advance Register.........Oct 4, 1982

TONY ROCHA
A rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday in miller's Tulare Funeral Home for Tony P. Rocha, 148 No.D Street, who died Friday at his home.

Rocha was born in Eureka and moved to the Tulare-Kings county area in 1926. As a young man, he worked at several dairies and operated a milk hauling business from 1947 to 1955.

He later was a plumber and a farmer until retiring in 1968.Rocha was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church and Tulare Elks Lodge No. 1424.

He is survived by two daughters, Beverly Dalby and Betty Ashburn, both of Tulare; one son Bill A Rocha, Tulare; one brother Frank P. Rocha, Ferndale; four sisters Lena Molles and Mary Molles both of Tulare; Rose Fantazia, Newman, and Erma Brandson, Los Altos; and four grandchildren.

A mass of resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Aloysius and a family mass will be said at 9:30 Thursday in the church.

Rocha will be buried in Tulare Cemetery beside the grave of his wife Telvina Rocha, who died in 1977.


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