San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Avila, Manuel A. May 1 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Tuesday, May 4, 2004.
Manuel A. Avila
April 16, 1920 — May 1, 2004

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday for longtime Tracy 
resident and Holly Sugar employee Manuel A. Avila, 84, who died Saturday at 
Sutter Tracy Community Hospital following a long illness. 
A native of Lemoore, Mr. Avila moved to Tracy in 1939. He worked as a 
warehouseman for Holly Sugar 20 years, retiring in 1982. He served in the U.S. 
Army during World War II.
Mr. Avila was a parishioner of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. He was member of 
I.P.F.E.S., U.P.E.C., St. Anthony’s Society, Our Lady of Fatima and the 
Disabled American Veterans. 
He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, avô and friend.
Mr. Avila is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary A. Avila of Tracy; three 
sons, Manuel J. Avila, and his wife, Mary, of Galt, Steven P. Avila, and his 
wife, Darlene, of Tracy, and Ernest J. Avila, and his wife, Dana, of Tracy; a 
daughter, Mary Lou Canale, and her husband Randy, of Tracy; nine grandchildren, 
Sarah, Steven, Eric, Jason and Aaron Avila and Jacquelin and Vince Canale, all 
of Tracy, Damon Avila of Elk Grove and Melissa Rocha of Galt; three great-
grandchildren, Ryan, Kayley and Taylor Rocha, all of Galt; and a sister, Mary 
Gomes of Manteca.
Wednesday’s Mass and rosary recital will begin at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bernard’s 
Catholic Church, 163 W. Eaton Ave. Visitation will be observed from 1 to 5 p.m. 
today at Hotchkiss Mortuary, 5 W. Highland Ave. Interment will be in Tracy 
Cemetery. 
Memorial contributions in Mr. Avila’s name may be made to the charity of one’s 
choice.


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