Carmelo Horacio Estrada

1925 - 2011  (85 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Carmelo Horacio Estrada
  Birth	11 Jan 1925	San Lorenzo, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
  Christening	26 Nov 1949	Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Gender	Male
  Initiatory (LDS)	15 Oct 1951	SLAKE
  FamilySearch ID	KWZ6-2WN
  Death	10 Jan 2011	Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
  Burial	18 Jan 2011	Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
  Person ID	I21211	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Francisco Manuel Estrada,   b. 1 Mar 1893, Quebradillas, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico d. 19 Nov 1957, Caguas, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Manuela Bibiloni,   b. 1 Jan 1900, Caguas, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico d. 17 Sep 1980, Caguas, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F10148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	June Harriet Kesler,   b. 5 Oct 1920, Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada d. 10 Jun 2011, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1948	Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
  Family ID	F10147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Jan 1925 - San Lorenzo, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico Marriage - 26 Nov 1948 - Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States Christening - 26 Nov 1949 - Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 15 Oct 1951 - SLAKE Death - 10 Jan 2011 - Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States Burial - 18 Jan 2011 - Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Horacio grew up in Puerto Rico, went to the University of Caguas unti l h e was drafted by the US Army to serve in WWII. As a child he skippe d seve ral grades because of his quick and intelligent mind. While in th e Army , Horacio spent time in Panama Canal and then the Pearl Islands. W hile o n one of the Pearl Islands he did atmospheric testing for radiatio n as pa rt of the Manhattan Project. After returning home at the end of t he war h e traveled by train to Burbank California to attend the Lockhee d School o f Engineering. He roomed with two return LDS missionaries an a nother no n member Nicholas Stasinos. The return missionaries invited Hor acio and N ick to MN& Gleaners where both met their future wives. Horaci o dated Jun e Harriet Kesler for 4 years. In 1948 he contracted polio dur ing in Los A ngeles epedimic. While in the Los Angeles County hospital h e wrote a lett er to June stating they were getting married. No more aski ng. June accept ed. June and Horacio were married in the Glendale Forres t Lawn Chapel o f the Flowers. During the first year, Horacio took the mi ssionary lesson s from the local Glendale Stake missionaries and was bapt ized a member o f the church on his first wedding anniversary. One year l ater Horacio an d June were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Horacio worke d for Lockheed i n Burbank for about 17 years and later worked for Nort h American Aviatio n which eventually became Rockwell International. Hi s specialty was a met al stress analysis engineer. He worked on many proj ects; the Saturn rocke ts for the Apollo program, the space shuttle, MX m issile program as wel l as working on designing nuclear reactors for unde r the ocean and on th e moon up at the Rockwell International Santa Susan a Field Labs in Canog a Park. His last project was designing chemical las ers at the time of hi s retirement. Horacio was very active in sports. H e loved to play volleyb all, softball and handball. He loved to play bal l in his back yard with h is 5 children. Horacio was a great story teller . With his strong Spanis h accent he would tell stories of his childhood . Eventually he wrote seve ral short stories and two books based on his l ife in Puerto Rico. Horaci o also loved to friends over for social gather ings. He hosted many Spanis h engineers while working at Rockwell. When h e and June retired to Nipomo , California, his home was always busy wit h ward parties and family parti es. He and June were famous for their gou rmet food, Italian operettas o r Ernesto Lecuona music playing in the bac kground. Horacio He was activ e in the church until his failing eyesigh t from the ravages of glaucoma k ept him from driving. Members would tak e Horacio and June to church unti l he became too ill to attend. A serie s of strokes within a period of sev eral weeks took his life in 2011.