~ IN MEMORY ~
USAF veteran, NC/RC/NWA Capt. Eugene “Geno” Juarez
January 3, 1933 ~ September 7, 2023
https://cremationsocietyofmn.com/tribute/details/76271/Eugene-Juarez/obituary.html#tribute-start
also at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/eugene-juarez-obituary?id=53150649
Obituary of Eugene Juarez
On Thursday, September 7th, 2023, Eugene
Juarez (Geno) passed away suddenly at his home in Savage, MN. at the age of 90
after his battle with Alzheimer's.
Preceeded in death by mother Catalina,
father Pedro and 13 siblings.
Survived by ex-wife Jane Juarez; children
Patricia (Iverson), Eugene Jr.; Michael, Christina, Korina (Schultz) and
Renita; 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Geno was born in Fullerton, California, grew
up in Ventura, California. Then after graduating from high school he enlisted
in the Air Force in Colorado Springs, Colorado. However, he learned to fly at
Luke Air Force base outside of Phoenix, AZ. After a short stint in the Air
Force, he joined North Central Airlines in 1961 as a commercial airline pilot
and continued flying for Republic Airlines and then Northwest Airlines retiring
as a 727 captain in 1993 after 32 years of flying passenger jets. Dad would often
say to us kids that his job was not work, because he loved flying and having
the control of such an important responsibility of getting his passengers to
and from their destinations, I (Pattie) was lucky to have been a passenger on
his flights a few times! Geno was also active as an airman in the Minnesota Air
National Guard flying C130s on special training missions around the globe.
There were many times when he would return from his trips to Hawaii with
delicious, fresh pineapple, he would most often bring us kids something special
from his world travels. He retired as Lt. Colonel.
In retirement, Geno spent his winters as a
snowbird in Phoenix, Arizona while spending summers in Burnsville, Minnesota.
In addition to Phoenix during the winter, he would venture up to Nevada and go
golfing with his buddies at one of his favorite courses, the Oasis Golf Club in
Mesquite Nevada. He also would go to warmer climates like Aruba and Puerto
Vallarta where Mark & I were fortunate enough to join them twice, once to
celebrate his 80th birthday, another time stayed with Geno & Vicky which
they vacationed with Dad & Carol (his lady) several times through out the
years. One of his other passions in retirement was being the owner of
racehorses that ran not only at Canterbury Downs in the Twin Cities but other
tracks around the country.
Dad/Geno will be surely missed, we are
grateful for the time we had with him, we will miss all of his stories of the
past, he was a great story teller.
A celebration of life will be held at The
American Legion on Friday October 6th at 2pm. 14521 Granada Dr., Apple Valley,
MN. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Association
Memorial Services for Eugene Juarez on OCT. 6
Celebration of Life at 2:00 p.m.
American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple
Valley, MN
Funeral services provided by: Cremation
Society of Minnesota (First Memorial Funeral Chapel) - Duluth
4100 Grand Ave, Duluth, MN 55807
Call: (218) 208-0377
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