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Mario Santana

Submitted by Peggy Hooper 1 Feb 2008

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Valley Daily Bulletin; 3/8/2007 

Mario Santana, 41, of Fontana passed away on March 3, 2007 in Salton City. He 
was born August 31, 1965 in Ontario, California to Sergio and Maria Del 
Refugio Santana. Mario lived in the city of Fontana in what he 
called "Fontucky." He worked at Scotty's Jeep for 28 years as a mechanic. 
During that time he met and married the love of his life Lulu P ulido, 
throughout their 15 years of marriage they had 3 children and one older son 
from a previous marriage. Mario had a gold heart, he was known as the greatest 
mechanic in the Inland Empire. The word "NO" was never in his vocabulary. 
Besides his family, Jeep riding was his passion. He enjoyed Jeep riding with 
family and friends. He has left an impact in everyone's lives. Mario was a 
kind of man who would go above and beyond to help out others. He will be 
greatly missed. Mario is survived by his loving wife, Lulu Santana, his two 
daughters, Briana, and Emily Santana, two sons, Mario Jr., Andrew Santana, his 
father Sergio Santana Sr. and Scotty his second father, three brothers 
Alberto, Sergio, and Fernando Santana, three sister in-laws Sylvia Contreras, 
Maricela, Rocio Santana, three brother-n-laws Bobby Contreras Javier Pulido, 
Edward Pulido, and a host of nieces and nephews and many other relatives and 
friends, and a bunch of compadres, who have all been touched by his warmth and 
positive spirit to ce lebrate his homecoming. A visitation will be held today, 
March 8, 2007 at Funeraria Del Angel Griffith Chapel from 4:00pm- 8:00pm with 
Rosary at 7:00pm. Funeral mass will be held on Friday March 9, 2007, 10:00am 
at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chino. Internment will follow at Bellevue Memorial 
Park in Ontario. Arrangements entrusted to Funeraria Del Angel Griffith 
Mortuary, 13002 S. Central Ave., Chino, (909) 628-2329.