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Jose G. Cuellar Jr., age 76, of Saline, Michigan passed away peacefully on Monday, August 21st, 2023.
He was born on October 24th, 1946 to the late Jose R. and Andrea (Gomez) Cuellar. In 1966, he married Olga B. Vargas in Adrian, MI.
In addition to his wife, Jose is survived by his children Jose (Mary) Cuellar of Center, Kentucky, Marisela (Bill) Cuellar-VanHouten of Adrian, and Cristela (Scott) Cuellar-Malosh of San Diego, California, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Other survivors include his siblings, Juan Cuellar, Maria Miller, Graciela Juarez, and Oscar Cuellar.
Jose was preceded in death by his sister Rose Czmer, and brothers Jesse and Manuel Cuellar in infancy. Jose was a proud member of the United States Marine Corp and served during the Vietnam War. During his free time enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was a true Renaissance man learning and mastering many arts, crafts, technical and mechanical design and production. He took classes in the art of fly tying, home brewing, home winemaking, photography, bladesmithing, as well as the crafting of black powder rifles and pistols.
Special thanks to his grandson Daniel Byrd and granddaughter Isabel Marquez for helping with the care of their grandpa, and great-grandson Juan for providing him joyous entertainment.
The family would like to thank his Oncologist Dr. Carolyn Carrera, and the nurses, Heather, Gretchen, and Amanda of St. Joseph’s Cancer Center. Cremation has taken place and no services are planned at this time. To sign Jose’s guestbook, to leave a memory, or for more information please visit www.rbfhsaline.com.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
Heavy rain, with a high of 59 and low of 50 degrees. Fog in the morning, mist during the afternoon, cloudy in the evening, mist overnight.
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,