Arturo A. Reveles

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

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