Alonzo

FORT COLLINS, CO—Narciso Gonzales Alonzo, 100, of Fort Collins, Colorado, died peacefully on Monday, April 3, 2023, surrounded by family.

Recitat ion of the Holy Rosar y occurred on Tuesday, April 25, a t S t . Joseph Catholic Parish in Fort Collins, with memorial mass shortly thereafter. Graveside services and interment followed at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

Mr. Alonzo was born in Rosebud on Oct. 29, 1922, to Maximo Vasquez Alonzo and Enedina Gonzales Alonzo.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944 and served on active duty for over 22 years. He was stationed at various bases throughout the U.S., Japan, Taiwan and Korea. In 1950, he was awarded the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in connection with military operations in Korea with the Eighth Army 304th Signal Operation Battalion and was promoted to master sergeant. He retired from the Sixth Army 208th Signal Company at Fort Lewis, Washington, in 1964.

In 1951, while stationed in Yokohama, Japan, he married Fumiko Murasawa, his wife of over 68 years, until her death in 2020.

While stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, he and his wife welcomed their daughter, Judy Ann, and then their son, Joseph Anthony.

Following his retirement from the Army, he moved his family to Aurora, Colorado.

Mr. Alonzo started Al’s TV, a television repair business in Denver, which he operated until 1994.

He again retired at the age of 72 to perfect his art of fishing. He enjoyed fishing from his boat in Cherry Creek and Chatfield Reservoirs, among others, making lures and sharing his catch with friends and neighbors.

Mr. Alonzo made hundreds of rosaries with the St Pius X Rosary Club in Aurora.

He was a very kind, friendly and happy soul who loved his family, the Lord, fishing, the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies.

Mr. Alonzo was preceded in death by his wife, Fumiko; his parents, Maximo and Enedina Alonzo; four sisters, Tomasa Montez, Rita Alonzo, Eva Alonzo and Beatrice Reyes; and two brothers, Raul C. Alonzo and Felix C. Alonzo.

Survivors are his daughter, Judy of San Francisco, California; his son, Joseph (Cynthia) of Fort Collins, Colorado; his sisters, Olga Navarro and Lillian Sanchez, both of Rockdale; grandchildren Timothy, Challen (Ashley), Krysta, Anna, Louis and Kolbe; and great-grandchildren Elias, Kelani and Lola; as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.