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Vargas George Sr 911126 p12
George Vargas Sr., 76;  Crows Landing native George Vargas Sr. died Sunday in Modesto at age 76.  The dairyman was
a lifetime resident of the Crows Landing-Newman area.  Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today, Tuesday, at Hillview
Funeral Chapel in Newman.  A rosary will follow at 7:30 p.m. at the same chapel.  A Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m.
Wednesday at St. Joachim s Catholic Church in Newman.  Burial in Hills Ferry Cemetery will follow.  He was a member
of St. Joachim's Church, the Westside Council of the Knights of Columbus, and the Newman Volunteer Fire Department.
Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Vargas of Newman; three sons, George Jr. and Gary Vargas, both of Newman, and
Ron Vargas of San Luis Obispo; a daughter, Pauline Mattos of Newman; three brothers, Joe Vargas of Newman and
Edward and Henry Vargas, both of Modesto; four sisters, Mary Bettencourt of Newman and Madaline Correia, Bernice
Matteri and Evelyn Vargas, all of Patterson; and six grandchildren.  The family requests that remembrances be sent to the
American Cancer Society, PO Box 285, Modesto. CA 95353.