Alberto Rivera Ojeda died Thursday, July 22, 2004, in Morgan
Hill at the age of 78
Alberto Rivera Ojeda died Thursday, July 22, 2004, in Morgan Hill at the age of 78.
Born on April 22, 1926, in Zacatecas, Mexico, he moved to Los Banos in 1960. By 1962, he was able to bring his family from Mexico to California and they settled in Gilroy. Mr. Ojeda was an A’s and Giants fan. He enjoyed watching boxing events and playing a few hands of cards. Back in Mexico, his horsemanship skills were well known throughout his home region of Zacatecas. He retired from Gilroy Foods in 1985. He and his wife, Berta, became U.S. citizens in 1997. He loved his family and worked hard to be able to support them and to make a better life possible. He was best known for his generosity. No family member in need was ever turned away.
He was the beloved husband, for 53 years, of Berta Rosales Ojeda; loving father of Anita Espinoza and husband John of Gilroy, Ogarita Ojeda of Salinas, Alberto Ojeda Jr. and his wife Tilly Owaleon-Ojeda of San Jose, and Jesus “Jess” Ojeda and his wife Tricia Garcia-Ojeda of Morgan Hill; grandfather of Adrian and Phillip Espinoza, Joseph Alex and Jairo Carranza of Gilroy, Emiliano and Eliana Ojeda of Morgan Hill; great-grandfather of Isaies Carranza of Gilroy; and brother of Antonio Ojeda and wife Jesusita, Luz Aguayo, Maria Concepcion Esquivel all of Zacatecas, Mexico, Sixto Ojeda, Jose Ojeda and Sedelia, Baudelio Ojeda and wife Eva, all of Gilroy. Mr. Ojeda also leaves behind many cousins, nieces, nephews and close family friends.
Mr. Ojeda was preceded in death by his brother Lucio Ojeda and his parents Santiago and Chana Ojeda.
Burial was at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Gilroy under the direction of Habing Family Funeral Home.
