Luis F. Garcia
Obituary
Luis F. Garcia died at home with family by his side on Dec. 11. He was 91.
Mr. Garcia was born on Sept. 6, 1930, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a teenager, he wrote a letter to Evita Peron and was granted a home where his family resides today and entrance into the police academy. A young lady that lived around the corner of the family home caught his eye. He lovingly called her "Nelly." After a long courtship they married.
Mr. Garcia became a policeman and Nelly ran their family fruit and vegetable stand. After a successful career, he was noted for his work as part of a detective's taskforce and apprehended a notorious group of bank robbers who perpetrated the largest bank robbery in the history of Buenos Aires at the time. Following a lifelong dream, he immigrated to the United States in 1962 and took up a quieter career as an electrician.
He is survived by his children, Grace, George, Macarena and Federico. He also leaves behind four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. His youngest son Daniel died in 1997. Mr. Garcia is lovingly remembered as "Papa."
Mehl's Colonial Chapel has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.
Published in The Pajaronian · December 23, 2021