Jesse Soto Saenz

Jesse Soto Saenz, age78, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, October 05, 2010 at his home.

Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Shan Creek Community Church. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Jesse was born March 29, 1932 in Jerome, Arizona and was raised in Jerome and South San Francisco, California. He worked as a roofer in South San Francisco and later moved to San Jose and started his own company, J Saenz Roofing. In 1984 he moved from San Jose to Grants Pass where he began Grants Pass Roofing. On June 5, 1998 in Reno, Nevada, he married the former Rose Navarro.

He was a member of the Rogue Valley Gem and Geology Club and the American Quarter Horse Association.

He loved fishing, roofing and going out to dinner, especially Mexican food, gardening, gambling and raising and showing quarter horses.

Survivors include his wife, Rose Saenz of Grants Pass; two daughters, Linda Egan of Grants Pass and Gloria Geiger of Granite Bay, California; a son, Jesse Saenz of San Jose, California; three sisters, Mercy Gerlach of Artois, California, Lupe Caspiglioni of Orland, California and Connie Carter of Clearlake, California; six grandchildren.