Joseph Louis Roybal, born Jose Luis Eugenio Roybal, December 22, 1920 in Dawson, New Mexico, son of Samuel Evaristo Roybal Sr. and Eloisa Sanchez Roybal. Fourth child in the family of seven children and loving partner for 65 yrs of Ann (Russo) Roybal, passed away Sunday (October 16, 2011) at Middlesex Hospital.
He grew up on a cattle ranch in Sangre De Christo Mountain area of CO. In 1942, he moved to the Pacific Northwest and went to work at the Seattle Shipyards as a welders helper and from there enlisted in the US Navy in September 1942.
Louie did his boot training in San Diego, CA, where he was assigned to Cooks and Bakers School. He graduated a Third Petty officer. He volunteered for submarine service and his first assignment was a World War I Type Submarine-The U-35, which made patrols in the Bering Sea area and the North Japanese waters. After three war patrols in the Bering Sea Area. The S-35 was transferred to Pearl Harbor where Louie was transferred to a Fleet Submarine-The USS Cavalla-ss244. The S-35 left Pearl Harbor on war patrol and was never heard from again. That is when his ship mates started calling him "Lucky Louie" On its first war patrol the USS Cavalla sank one of the Largest Aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy. The USS Cavalla and its crew were presented the Presidential Unit Citation for this action. After Being on Sea Duty for three years he was transferred back to the US. He finished his fourth year of duty at the Submarine base in New London.
In 1946 he was discharges from the Navy and married Ann Russo in October. He moved his family to the State of Washington and worked for five years for Fiberboard Corp.
Returning to CT in 1951. He worked for New Departure in Meriden for five years. He started his own Company Roybal Fire Equipment Co. from which he retired after 35 years in 1966.
He was a member of St. Colman Church, lifetime member of the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Dept, Member of the Middlefield Rockfall VFW Post 10362, Connecticut Fire Marshall's Association, World War II Submarine Veteran's Southwest Chapter, FL and World War II Submarine Veteran's Thames river Valley Chapter Ct.
He was a member of the BPOE Elks until 2010 and a longtime supporter of Ahearn Whelan Baseball League. From 1986-2008 he and his wife traveled to Florida for the winter and spent summers in Rockfall.
He is survived by his wife Ann Roybal, Daughter Shirley Bauer and her husband Jerry, daughter Betty Kindschi and her husband Ken, daughter in law Bonnie Roybal, Middletown, sister Rebecca Maria Moore of Sparks, NV. Nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four great-great- grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins He is predeceased by his parents, His son William Roybal of Middlefield, and four sisters Rosa Roybal, Colorado, Eva Dickinson, Mary Lucero, Madelaine Trujillo, and a brother Samuel Roybal, all of Sumner, Washington.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday morning at 10 a.m., at St. Colman Church. Burial with military honors will be in St Sebastian Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the D'Angelo Funeral Home, 22 South Main St., Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to VFW Post 10362, Middlefield Rockfall, c/o Commander John Capega, 342 Baileyville Rd, Middlefield 06455. Published in The Hartford Courant on October 19, 2011
He grew up on a cattle ranch in Sangre De Christo Mountain area of CO. In 1942, he moved to the Pacific Northwest and went to work at the Seattle Shipyards as a welders helper and from there enlisted in the US Navy in September 1942.
Louie did his boot training in San Diego, CA, where he was assigned to Cooks and Bakers School. He graduated a Third Petty officer. He volunteered for submarine service and his first assignment was a World War I Type Submarine-The U-35, which made patrols in the Bering Sea area and the North Japanese waters. After three war patrols in the Bering Sea Area. The S-35 was transferred to Pearl Harbor where Louie was transferred to a Fleet Submarine-The USS Cavalla-ss244. The S-35 left Pearl Harbor on war patrol and was never heard from again. That is when his ship mates started calling him "Lucky Louie" On its first war patrol the USS Cavalla sank one of the Largest Aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy. The USS Cavalla and its crew were presented the Presidential Unit Citation for this action. After Being on Sea Duty for three years he was transferred back to the US. He finished his fourth year of duty at the Submarine base in New London.
In 1946 he was discharges from the Navy and married Ann Russo in October. He moved his family to the State of Washington and worked for five years for Fiberboard Corp.
Returning to CT in 1951. He worked for New Departure in Meriden for five years. He started his own Company Roybal Fire Equipment Co. from which he retired after 35 years in 1966.
He was a member of St. Colman Church, lifetime member of the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Dept, Member of the Middlefield Rockfall VFW Post 10362, Connecticut Fire Marshall's Association, World War II Submarine Veteran's Southwest Chapter, FL and World War II Submarine Veteran's Thames river Valley Chapter Ct.
He was a member of the BPOE Elks until 2010 and a longtime supporter of Ahearn Whelan Baseball League. From 1986-2008 he and his wife traveled to Florida for the winter and spent summers in Rockfall.
He is survived by his wife Ann Roybal, Daughter Shirley Bauer and her husband Jerry, daughter Betty Kindschi and her husband Ken, daughter in law Bonnie Roybal, Middletown, sister Rebecca Maria Moore of Sparks, NV. Nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four great-great- grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins He is predeceased by his parents, His son William Roybal of Middlefield, and four sisters Rosa Roybal, Colorado, Eva Dickinson, Mary Lucero, Madelaine Trujillo, and a brother Samuel Roybal, all of Sumner, Washington.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday morning at 10 a.m., at St. Colman Church. Burial with military honors will be in St Sebastian Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the D'Angelo Funeral Home, 22 South Main St., Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to VFW Post 10362, Middlefield Rockfall, c/o Commander John Capega, 342 Baileyville Rd, Middlefield 06455. Published in The Hartford Courant on October 19, 2011
Joseph Louis Roybal, born Jose Luis Eugenio Roybal, December 22, 1920 in Dawson, New Mexico, son of Samuel Evaristo Roybal Sr. and Eloisa Sanchez Roybal. Fourth child in the family of seven children and loving partner for 65 yrs of Ann (Russo) Roybal, passed away Sunday (October 16, 2011) at Middlesex Hospital.
He grew up on a cattle ranch in Sangre De Christo Mountain area of CO. In 1942, he moved to the Pacific Northwest and went to work at the Seattle Shipyards as a welders helper and from there enlisted in the US Navy in September 1942.
Louie did his boot training in San Diego, CA, where he was assigned to Cooks and Bakers School. He graduated a Third Petty officer. He volunteered for submarine service and his first assignment was a World War I Type Submarine-The U-35, which made patrols in the Bering Sea area and the North Japanese waters. After three war patrols in the Bering Sea Area. The S-35 was transferred to Pearl Harbor where Louie was transferred to a Fleet Submarine-The USS Cavalla-ss244. The S-35 left Pearl Harbor on war patrol and was never heard from again. That is when his ship mates started calling him "Lucky Louie" On its first war patrol the USS Cavalla sank one of the Largest Aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy. The USS Cavalla and its crew were presented the Presidential Unit Citation for this action. After Being on Sea Duty for three years he was transferred back to the US. He finished his fourth year of duty at the Submarine base in New London.
In 1946 he was discharges from the Navy and married Ann Russo in October. He moved his family to the State of Washington and worked for five years for Fiberboard Corp.
Returning to CT in 1951. He worked for New Departure in Meriden for five years. He started his own Company Roybal Fire Equipment Co. from which he retired after 35 years in 1966.
He was a member of St. Colman Church, lifetime member of the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Dept, Member of the Middlefield Rockfall VFW Post 10362, Connecticut Fire Marshall's Association, World War II Submarine Veteran's Southwest Chapter, FL and World War II Submarine Veteran's Thames river Valley Chapter Ct.
He was a member of the BPOE Elks until 2010 and a longtime supporter of Ahearn Whelan Baseball League. From 1986-2008 he and his wife traveled to Florida for the winter and spent summers in Rockfall.
He is survived by his wife Ann Roybal, Daughter Shirley Bauer and her husband Jerry, daughter Betty Kindschi and her husband Ken, daughter in law Bonnie Roybal, Middletown, sister Rebecca Maria Moore of Sparks, NV. Nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four great-great- grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins He is predeceased by his parents, His son William Roybal of Middlefield, and four sisters Rosa Roybal, Colorado, Eva Dickinson, Mary Lucero, Madelaine Trujillo, and a brother Samuel Roybal, all of Sumner, Washington.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday morning at 10 a.m., at St. Colman Church. Burial with military honors will be in St Sebastian Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the D'Angelo Funeral Home, 22 South Main St., Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to VFW Post 10362, Middlefield Rockfall, c/o Commander John Capega, 342 Baileyville Rd, Middlefield 06455. Published in The Hartford Courant on October 19, 2011
He grew up on a cattle ranch in Sangre De Christo Mountain area of CO. In 1942, he moved to the Pacific Northwest and went to work at the Seattle Shipyards as a welders helper and from there enlisted in the US Navy in September 1942.
Louie did his boot training in San Diego, CA, where he was assigned to Cooks and Bakers School. He graduated a Third Petty officer. He volunteered for submarine service and his first assignment was a World War I Type Submarine-The U-35, which made patrols in the Bering Sea area and the North Japanese waters. After three war patrols in the Bering Sea Area. The S-35 was transferred to Pearl Harbor where Louie was transferred to a Fleet Submarine-The USS Cavalla-ss244. The S-35 left Pearl Harbor on war patrol and was never heard from again. That is when his ship mates started calling him "Lucky Louie" On its first war patrol the USS Cavalla sank one of the Largest Aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy. The USS Cavalla and its crew were presented the Presidential Unit Citation for this action. After Being on Sea Duty for three years he was transferred back to the US. He finished his fourth year of duty at the Submarine base in New London.
In 1946 he was discharges from the Navy and married Ann Russo in October. He moved his family to the State of Washington and worked for five years for Fiberboard Corp.
Returning to CT in 1951. He worked for New Departure in Meriden for five years. He started his own Company Roybal Fire Equipment Co. from which he retired after 35 years in 1966.
He was a member of St. Colman Church, lifetime member of the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Dept, Member of the Middlefield Rockfall VFW Post 10362, Connecticut Fire Marshall's Association, World War II Submarine Veteran's Southwest Chapter, FL and World War II Submarine Veteran's Thames river Valley Chapter Ct.
He was a member of the BPOE Elks until 2010 and a longtime supporter of Ahearn Whelan Baseball League. From 1986-2008 he and his wife traveled to Florida for the winter and spent summers in Rockfall.
He is survived by his wife Ann Roybal, Daughter Shirley Bauer and her husband Jerry, daughter Betty Kindschi and her husband Ken, daughter in law Bonnie Roybal, Middletown, sister Rebecca Maria Moore of Sparks, NV. Nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four great-great- grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews and cousins He is predeceased by his parents, His son William Roybal of Middlefield, and four sisters Rosa Roybal, Colorado, Eva Dickinson, Mary Lucero, Madelaine Trujillo, and a brother Samuel Roybal, all of Sumner, Washington.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday morning at 10 a.m., at St. Colman Church. Burial with military honors will be in St Sebastian Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the D'Angelo Funeral Home, 22 South Main St., Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to VFW Post 10362, Middlefield Rockfall, c/o Commander John Capega, 342 Baileyville Rd, Middlefield 06455. Published in The Hartford Courant on October 19, 2011
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