Obituary of Gregory Rodriquez

LEOTI, KANSAS GREGORY RODRIQUEZ, AGE 78, PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2006 AT WICHITA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER AT LEOTI, KANSAS. HE WAS BORN MAY 9, 1927 AT ROCKY FORD, COLORADO, THE SON OF APOLONIO & ANTONIA PADILLA RODRIQUEZ. A RESIDENT OF LEOTI SINCE 1974, HE WAS A RETIRED MILL MAINTAINENCE EMPLOYEE AT CAPROCK,INC. FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS. HE WAS A WORLD WAR II U.S. ARMY VETERAN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE V.F.W. POST # 6752 BOTH OF LEOTI, KANSAS. ON JULY 5, 1984 HE MARRIED MANUELA GONZALES AT LEOTI, KANSAS. SHE SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE- SEVEN SONS AND THEIR SPOUCES; JOHNNY & MARIA RODRIQUEZ OF DEERFIELD, KANSAS, DAVID & MARJORIE RODRIQUEZ AND PETE & MARIA RODRIQUEZ BOTH OF LEOTI, KANSAS, PAUL RODRIQUEZ, MIKE & ELAINE RODRIQUEZ, FREDDIE RODRIQUEZ AND GARY & ADELL RODRIQUEZ ALL OF OF ROCKY FORD, COLORADO. ONE DAUGHTER & SPOUSE, THERESA & LUIS BAILON OF ROCKY FORD, COLORADO. SEVEN STEP SONS & THEIR WIVES, CORNELIO & EILEEN VALLEJO OF ANDOVER, KANSAS, JOE & EMILY VALLEJO OF WICHITA, KANSAS, SAM & MARTHA VALLEJO OF LEOTI, KANSAS, JUAN & JACKIE VALLEJO OF WRAY, COLORADO, MARVIN & RHONDA VALLEJO OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, DAVID & ANGELA VALLEJO OF FESTUS, MISSOURI AND CHECKO & JANELLE VALLEJO OF GARDEN CITY, KANSAS. ONE STEP DAUGHTER AND HER SPOUSE, ORTENCIA & SAM GARCIA of LA JUNTA, COLORADO. ONE BROTHER; LORENZO RODRIQUEZ OF AL MONTE, CALIFORNIA. TWO SISTERS; FRANCES CRISPIN OF LA FUENTE, CALIFORNIA AND SANCHEN CAMACHO OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS. 37 GRANDCHILDREN, 30 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 21 STEP GRANDCHILDREN, AND 15 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY A SON, SAMUEL RODRIQUEZ, A DAUGHTER, DEBBIE RODRIQUEZ AND A SISTER, JENNIE ORTIZ . VIGIL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M., FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 2006 AT ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS. FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 A.M. SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 2006 AT ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS WITH FATHER BENJAMIN MARTIN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN LEOTI CEMETERY, WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS PROVIDED BY THE FUNERAL HONORS DETAIL , FORT RILEY, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE LEOTI E.M.T.'S IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. THURSDAY AND 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. FRIDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME, LEOTI, KANSAS. E-CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO pricefh@wbsnet.org