San Joaquin-Santa Clara County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Tuso, Salvatore "Sam" September 17 2004
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The Record  September 21, 2004
Tracy
Salvatore "Sam" Tuso 
Dec. 12, 1919 - Sept. 17,2004



Services will be held Wednesday in Tracy and Santa Clara for retired Tracy area 
farmer and businessman Salvatore "Sam" Tuso, 84, who was stricken with a heart 
attack early Thursday morning at his rural Tracy home, and died Friday, 
September 17, 2004, at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton. A native of 
Cupertino, CA, he graduated from Campbell High School in 1937. He along with 
his brothers, Charlie and Roy, farmed orchards of prunes and apricots in the 
Santa Clara valley until the mid 1950's. The Tuso brothers purchased their 
first ranch west of Tracy in the 1940's and developed the first farmland 
irrigated from the federal Delta-Mendota Canal through the Plain View Water 
District. He continued to farm and manage his business properties with his 
children until his death. Mr. Tuso served in the U.S. Army, was a charter board 
member of the Plain View Water District for 45 years, a charter member of the 
Tracy Elks Lodge, member of Rhodes Bean and Supply Co-op, San Joaquin Farm 
Bureau and St. Bernard's Catholic Church. He was always up to date with current 
events and had a unique ability to quote old Italian expressions. He was always 
helpful and never complained. Mr. Tuso will be remembered as a loyal, dedicated 
and proud man, who believed in hard work and instilled in his children a strong 
work ethic. He was an excellent provider who loved his family and will be 
dearly missed.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marie Tuso; two sons, Charles and his 
wife Marilyn, Steve and his wife, Kandi; daughter, Annette Elissagaray and her 
husband, Roger; his four adoring grandchildren, Anthony, Stephanie, Brian and 
Bianca Tuso, all of Tracy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Giacchino 
and Beatrice Tuso; his siblings, Esther La Barbera, Grace Tuso, Charles Tuso, 
Josephine Spatafore Ish and Roy Tuso.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday at Hotchkiss Mortuary 
Chapel, 5 W. Highland Ave. Graveside Services will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Santa 
Clara Mission Cemetery, 490 Lincoln St. in Santa Clara. 
Visitation will be held Tuesday from 1:00-7:00 p.m. at Hotchkiss Mortuary, with 
a Vigil held at 7:00 p.m. Memorial contributions in Mr. Tuso's name may be made 
to St. Bernards Building Fund, 163 W. Eaton Ave., Tracy, CA 95376. 
 




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