Delfino G. Alonzo, Sr. SLATON-Rosary services for Delfino G. Alonzo, Sr., 95, of Slaton will be 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October, 26, 2016, in Englunds Chapel. Celebration of life service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Slaton’s St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father George Poonely officiating. Burial will follow in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. Delfino was born Dec. 24, 1920, in Rosebud, Texas, to Doroteo Melendrez and Cecilia Garcia Alonzo. He passed from this life Oct. 23, 2016, in Lubbock. Delfino attended Rosebud Schools. On June 6, 1946, he married Margarita Rojas in Rosebud, Texas. He worked for Texas A&M before moving to the high plains to farm, to Lorenzo in 1952, and Slaton in 1961. His career in Food Service began in 1970 and he retired in 1994 from Furr’s Cafeteria. He was a faithful member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Margarita of the home; three sons, Martin and his wife, Olga of Pflugerville, Delfino, Jr. and his wife, Jase of Slaton, and Charlie and his wife, Annette of Lubbock; a sister, Virginia Montolongo of Lubbock; along with seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
