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Portrait of Francisco Rodriguez Ayala
In Loving Memory of “GRAMPA CHITO”

Francisco Rodriguez Ayala

May 21, 1926 – June 11, 2023
Lived 97 years
Santa Clara Cemetery · Oxnard, California
Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather & Great Great Grandfather
Life story

Born in Zamora Michoacan to Jose Luis Ayala Guerrero and Simona Rodriguez Lopez.

He was Raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, moving to the United States seeking the American dream for his family.

He first Lived in Merced and Lubbock Texas before moving to Ventura County making Oxnard his home.

Francisco was Preceded in Death by his parents Jose Luis Ayala Guerrero and Simona Rodriguez Lopez; his sister

Guadalupe; his brothers Carlos, Agustin and Luis; his daughter Carmela; three grandchildren Rafael Gonzalez,

Destiny Ayala and Leon Ortiz; two great grandchildren Delilah Ayala and Jesus Ayala.

Francisco and his then wife Maria del Refugio had 10 children together.

Francisco was survived by 9 of his children, Francisco, Carmen, Rodolfo, Rosanna (Martin), Carlos, Ruth, Teresa,

John Peter (Hilda) & Margarita. He was survived by 38 grandchildren, 59 great grandchildren, three great great

grandchildren; brothers Manuel & Jose Rodriguez Ayala.

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The world Francisco knew

Family milestones in gold, history for context

1926
Born May 21
1926
Sunrise
1927
Francisco was 1 when Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic
1939
Francisco was 13 when "The Wizard of Oz" opened in theaters
1944
Francisco was 18 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1951
Francisco was 25 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Francisco was 43 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Francisco was 45 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Francisco was 55 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Francisco was 71 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2001
Francisco was 75 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
Francisco was 88 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2023
Sunset
2023
Passed away June 11, age 97
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