Richard P. Castaneda died Saturday at Hazel Hawkins Hospital. He
was 70.
Richard P. Castaneda died Saturday at Hazel Hawkins Hospital. He was 70.
A native of Superior, Ariz., Mr. Castaneda moved to Monterey at 13 and worked at the Oxnard Sardine Factory on Cannery Row as a teenager.
In 1983, Mr. Castaneda and his wife, Hope, moved to Hollister, and in his retirement he worked part-time for DeQuin Auto Body. He was a lifetime member of the Woodmen Fraternal Order and a parishioner of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hollister.
He married Hope in 1952 and after moving to Monterey, they returned to Arizona until 1960 when they settled in Morgan Hill and raised three children. He worked as an auto-body repairman and was a partner in Cal and Cas Body Shop, as well as owning R. Castaneda and Son, a tomato and cotton harvesting company. He then returned to the auto-body business, working for Marx Chevrolet and Bob Hogue Auto Body.
Mr. Castaneda is survived by his wife Hope; daughters and sons-in-law Cathy and Joe Silveira of Hollister and Diane and Ron Ownbey of Hollister; son and daughter-in-law Richard D. and Lisa Castaneda of Santa Rosa; grandchildren Jocelynn and Jennifer Silveira, Ron and Sara Ownbey, all of Hollister, and Danielle and Benjamin Castaneda of Santa Rosa; sisters Margaret Arroyo of Sacramento, Rose Spizak of San Mateo, Carol DeMaine of Battle Ground, Wash., Nadine Hendrickson of Tacoma, Wash.; brothers Ralph Reyes of Seaside, Rudy Reyes of Hollister and Ruben Reyes of Sacramento; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
A memorial Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hollister. The Rev. Ron Green will officiate. A private family inurnment will follow cremation.
Arrangements and cremation are through Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home and Gavilan Hills Crematory.
Donations are preferred to the American Heart Association or a charity of choice, in care of Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home, 363 Seventh St., Hollister, CA 95023.
