Alfredo Trejo Sr.'s Obituary
Alfredo “Teddy Bear” Trejo Sr, 89, of San Manuel, AZ peacefully passed away in his home on June 25, 2024.
Teddy Bear was born on January 17, 1935 to Santos Toledo Trejo in Clifton, AZ where he grew up with his three sisters and three brothers.
Teddy Bear excelled in football, basketball and track in high school as well as in boxing. He graduated from Clifton High School in 1954. After graduation, Teddy Bear was drafted into the US Army where he served as a diesel mechanic. Teddy Bear was on the Army’s football team where he played in the 1955 Rice Bowl in Tokyo, Japan during his deployment overseas.
Teddy Bear married Angelita Navarrete in 1957, moving her to San Manuel to begin their married life together and raising their six children.
Teddy Bear was employed by Magma Copper/BHP in 1957 for over 39 years. He started on the Railroad tracks and then moved to be an underground contract miner. He was a proud member of the Mine Rescue team where he was called to fight numerous underground fires and rescues.
Teddy Bear was a member of the American Legion, St. Vincent De Paul, United Steelworkers of America, and the Lion’s Club.
Teddy Bear loved the outdoors taking trips with his family to the river, camping, and fishing. Later in life, he enjoyed traveling with his wife and children. He enjoyed going to see his children and grandchildren play sports. He enjoyed weight lifting on a regular basis and watching sports especially football following the Arizona Wildcats and his beloved New York Giants. Most of all, Teddy Bear loved to play poker.
Teddy Bear was a jokester and enjoyed pulling pranks on everyone he knew. Teddy Bear was an honest man, a man of his word. He was always willing to help out those in the community from cleaning yards to handyman duties, or construction wherever he was needed. He helped with the construction of the San Manuel American Legion building and the Mammoth Memorial Monument.
Teddy Bear is survived by his wife Angelita; son Angel (Carol); daughters Debbie (Frank) Gallardo, Cindy (Manny) Navarro, Diana, and Charlene (Alex) Ochoa; daughter-in-law Carmen; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; brother Henry Trejo; sisters Virginia Ortiz and Stella (Alfredo) Garcia; and a very large extended family. He is proceeded in death by his son Alfred Trejo Jr.
Memorial services will be held at St Bartholomew Catholic Church in San Manuel on Saturday, July 13, 2024, with Rosary at 10 am and mass to follow.
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