- Find A Grave memorial 18771948
OBITUARY from the Tucson Daily Citizen, 12/1/1948, pg. 3:
Pioneer Here Is Dead At 72
Requiem high mass for Leonel Carrillo, 72, who died Tuesday in a local hospital, is set for 9 a.m. Thursday at San Agustin cathedral, with burial at 4 p.m. in Holy Hope cemetery.
Rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Tucson mortuary.
Mr. Carrillo, a member of a pioneer Tucson family, lived at 568 South Main street. He attended the old Safford school and went to the Universty of Arizona in 1895. Before joining the city police force in 1925, Mr. Carrillo worked in the Southern Pacific shops and in mines in Cananea, Sonora. He retired from the police force in 1939.
Survivors are four sons, Leonel, jr., Alfredo, Oscar, and Carlos; two daughters, Mrs. Amparo Cavarrubias and Mrs. Maria Luisa Tellez; and a brother, Joaquin.
Pallbearers, in addition to the four sons, are Reyes Molina and Jesus Salcido. Members of the Tucson police force are honorary pallbearers.
Article from Tucson Daily Citizen, 4/8/1946, pg. 8:
Carrillos Have 50th Wedding Anniversary
Family Gathers At Home On South Main For Celebration
Mr. and Mrs. Leonel Carrillo of 570 South Main street yesterday marked their golden wedding anniversary with a family reunion. They were married in Hermosillo, Mex., Apr. 8, 1896.
Mr. and Mrs. Carrillo have four sons, Leonel, jr., Alfred, Oscar, and Carlos, and two daughters, Amparo and Mary Louise Guiterrez.
Eleven grandchildren, who attended the reunion yesterday, were Alice McClausland, Natalie Warner, Leonor Kranking, Oscar Carrillo, jr., Barbara Covarrubias, Blanca Covarrubias, Elsa, Elaine, and Selma Carrillo, Frank Guiterrez, jr., and Marlene Louise Guiterrez. A great granddaughters, Patricia Lee Kranking, was present.
Among the other guests were Luis Carrillo, a brother, of Nogales, and several nieces, Margaret Hall of Los Angeles, Mrs. Lupe Ortiz, of National City, Calif., Mrs. Carmela Bailey, of San Diego, and Carmela Downs, of Nogales.
Mr. Carrillo was born in Tucson, Mar. 20, 1877, attended the old Safford school, and the University of Arizona for one year. He was employed by the Southern Pacific for several years, then worked in the mines in Cananea for a few years. He later returned to Tucson to join the police force, and served 13 years before his retirement.
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1876 - 1948 (72 years)
