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Richard Raul Guarneros, 74, a resident of Albuquerque, died Monday, June 7, 2004, after a 5-year battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Gayliene (Candy); children, daughter, Jeniece Burns of Ft. Worth TX, sons, Rich of Highlands Ranch, CO, Brian of Rosemount, MN, and Martin of Fargo, ND; eight grandchildren, Kirsten, Kerryn, Kevin, Kileigh, Terraisa, Josephine, Angelica and Adam Guarneros; sister, Margaret Wright of Portland, OR; brother, Michael Guarneros of Albuquerque; and numerous nieces and nephews. Richard was born June 2, 1930 in Venus, CA. He lived in San Diego, CA from 1935 to 1967. Richard attended St. John's Catholic School, San Diego High School and San Diego Jr. College. He was an outstanding amateur wrestler for San Diego High School. While still a senior, he earned a spot at the 1948 Olympic trails in Ames, IA by winning the northern California Amateur wrestling championships held in San Jose, CA. Moving to Albuquerque, NM in 1967, he worked for AAA (Auto Club) and became manager of the Farmington NM office in 1973. There he was a member of the Rotary and active in the Farmington Youth Baseball program, F.A.B.C., (Farmington Amateur Baseball Congress) serving as vice president 1979 to 1980 and later as a coach in the Sandy Kofax and Mickey Mantle Leagues. He was president of the Farmington High School Booster Club from 1977 to 1979 and instigated the raising of several thousand dollars to help all the sports programs for both Boys and Girls. From 1984 to 1990, he owned Sunrise Travel and Insurance and each year he organized all the airline and bus travel for the teams in the Connie Mack World Series. Closing the business and moving to Albuquerque, he became semi-retired, but still active playing golf and operating a home business, Aspen Marketing, providing advertising supplies for business and realtors. Cremation has taken place and a Memorial Rosary will be recited Monday, June 14, 2004, 4:00 p.m., at The Shrine of St. Bernadette, 11401 Indian School Rd. NE, with Deacon Terry Palmer reciting. Memorial Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 5:30 p.m., at The Shrine of St. Bernadette, with Father Norbert Choong, Celebrant and assisted by Byron Wicker. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Kidney Cancer Foundation, 1234 Sherman Ave., Suite 203, Evanston, IL, 60202-1375. French Mortuary 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE 275-3500
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