ARTURO ALARDIN REVELES WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 22, 1951 IN DELICIAS, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. HE WAS THE SECOND OLDEST OF 13 CHILDREN OF PABLO REVELES AND ANTONIA REVELES. ARTURO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES ON MAY 12, 1970 AT THE AGE OF 18 WITH HIS FATHER IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. ARTURO WORKED IN THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS AND THEN BUILDING WOODEN PALLETS BEFORE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN STRUCTURAL STEEL SHOP AS A HELPER. IN 1975 ARTURO BOUGHT HIS FIRST HOUSE WHICH LATER GIFTED TO HIS PARENTS. NOT LONG AFTER WORKING IN A SHOP HE WENT BACK TO CHIHUAHUA IN 1977 TO ASK YOLANDA CERVANTES A CHILDHOOD FRIEND HE LOVED DEARLY TO MARRY HIM. THEY GOT MARRIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR JANUARY 22, 1978. THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN ARTURO, GERARDO, GERARDO "LALO", AND YOLANDA "BABY". IN FEBUARY 1982 THEY TRAGICLY LOST THEIR SECOND CHILD AT THE AGE OF 11 MONTHS. ARTURO AND YOLANDA BOUGHT THEIR FAMILY HOME IN NORWALK, CA IN 1980 WHICH THEY RESIDED THERE TILL MARCH OF 2009 AS ARTURO AND YOLANDA RELOCATED TO MORENO VALLEY, CA. ARTURO WAS A TRUE DREAMER HE BECAME A VERY RESPECTED METAL FABRICATOR AND WORKED IN MANY WELLKNOWN COMPANIES IN THE STRUCTURAL STEEL INDUSTRY BROWN YARD, RIVERSIDE STEEL, AND WASHINGTON IRON. ARTURO FABRICATED THE METAL GARDEN AT THE GETTY MUSEUM. IN DECEMBER 12, 1998 HE BECAME A CERTIFIED WELDING INSPECTOR (CWI) WITH THE HELP OF HIS FRIEND BRUCE SORENSON. HE ACCOMPLISHED 10 DIFFERENT LICENSES IN THE INSPECTION INDUSTRY WORKING FOR LOCAL 12 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING INGINEERS. ARTURO LOVED HIS TIME AT SMITH EMERY ALONG SIDE HIS LONG TIME FRIEND FIDEL GONZALEZ. ARTURO HAD A PASSION FOR THE STRUCTURAL STEEL INDUSTRY EVEN RETIRED. ARTURO WAS AN AMAZING AND OUTSTANDING SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, AND FRIEND. HE ALWAYS MADE IT CLEAR THAT FAMILY WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM. HE ALWAYS HAD LOVE TO GIVE AS IF HE NEVER RAN OUT OF LOVE TO GIVE AND WAS ALSO LOVED BY MANY. ANYONE WHO KNEW ARTURO WAS LEFT WITH AN IMPRINT IN THEIR HEARTS. HE LEFT OUR HEARTS FULL OF GREAT MEMORIES AND LECTURES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE YOLANDA, SONS ARTURO AND GERARDO "LALO", HIS DAUGHTER YOLANDA "BABY", 20 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. "WE WILL FOREVER CARRY YOUR LOVE AND MEMORIES IN OUR HEARTS FOR YOU HAVE LEFT A BIG IMPRINT IN ALL OF US. WE WILL LOVE YOU FOR ETERNITY." THE REVELES AND CERVANTES FAMILY