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Alfonso Paredes Santos was born on October 12, 1938 in Hayden Gila, Arizona to Victoria Paredes (1892-1939) and Luis B Roman Santos Jr. (18880-1972). He had 23 siblings including Pedro Santos (1904-?), Guadalupe Lupe Santos (1904-?),Margarita Rita "Maggie" Santos (1911-1980), Maria Louise Santos (1913-1994), Lydia Paredes Santos (1916-1999), Hortensia Paredes Santos (1919-?), Armida "Mita" Paredes Santos (1919-1976), Catalina Santos (1920-2000), Louis Paredes Santos (1922-2004), Julia Santos (1923-2014), Rebecca Paredes Santos (1926-2007), Arnoldo "Bunny" Paredes Santos (1928-2021), and Jose "Joe" Paredes Santos (1931-2018). His mother died one year after Alfonso was born. On March 29, 1959 he married Mary Jane Burney in Yuma, Arizona and two years later joined the military on December 10, 1961. He was father to two children, David L. Santos and Felicia Roseann Jeffery. Al is described as a man representing great virtue, caring, kindness, and a unique sense of humor and that his belief in eternal life and families lasting forever guided his actions on this earth. Alfonso Paredes Santos passed away on Dec 29, 2002 in Tucson, Arizona and is buried at the Holy Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum in Tucson.