John Anthony Valle

John Valle passed away unexpectedly on January 1st, 2021.

He is survived by his sisters Patti Erbe and Jan Caldwell, his son Sean Valle, his daughter Andrea Valle and grandson Holden Valle.

John was born in Watsonville, California on October 2nd, 1951 to Doris and Victor Valle. From a young age; he enjoyed the outdoors and scouting. He joined Troop 599 as a child. As an adult, he served as Assistant Scout Leader. Long after his son graduated as Eagle Scout, John remained on with Troop 558, going beyond his paternal duty to pass along the passion for scouts to other young men.

John was a Watsonville High School graduate, class of 1969. After which he served 6 years in the army before joining the Watsonville Post Office. He was a letter carrier for 35 years, much of which was spent delivering to the Bay Village Retirement area. John had many fond memories of the people whom he delivered to.

In his free time, John enjoyed camping, photography and being innovative. He was incredibly creative. He had the skills of woodworker with the imagination of his hero Walt Disney when it came to making rubber band guns or water bottle rockets. He enjoyed building model kits as well as replicating famous ships from scratch.

John Anthony Valle was an all-around stand-up guy. He was kind, loving, patient, humorous, humble, talented beyond comprehension and he will be greatly missed by all that knew him.

"Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever." - Walt Disney

Published in The Pajaronian · February 25, 2021