Robert J. "Bobby" Valenzuela Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

1950 - 2019 Robert James Valenzuela (Bobby), 69, passed away peacefully on June 2, 2019 at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, NM. He was born on March 22, 1950 in Belen, NM, son of the late Eleanor Diaz and Alifas Valenzuela. Bobby served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as an Inventory Management Supervisor. He loved camping, hunting, fishing and cherished the moments he was able to spend in the outdoors with his family and friends. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents, Alifas and Eleanor Diaz Valenzuela; sisters, Ellen Place, Mary McCarroll, Aurelia Aragon and brother, Benny Valenzuela. He is survived by his daughter, Tricia and her husband David Lopez; his sons, Robert James Valenzuela Jr. and Ryan Frank Valenzuela; grandson, Jake Giron; sisters, Joan Romero, Shirley Gowens, Diana and her husband Marty Ray and Cindy Tabora; brother, Lawrence Valenzuela and his wife Maria Valenzuela. Services will take place on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, with a Visitation at 5:00 PM and a Rosary to be recited at 6:00 PM at Romero Funeral Home Chapel and on Thursday, June 13, 2019, with a Final Visitation at 8:00 AM and a Funeral Mass at 9:00 AM at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Isleta. Interment will follow at 12:45 PM at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Please sign Bobby’s online tribute at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N Main St., Belen, NM

Robert J. "Bobby" Valenzuela

March 22, 1950 - June 2, 2019