Hector Manuel Barron

February 24, 1929 - March 21, 2020

Hector Manuel Barron, 91, died on March 21, 2020 in his home in Barstow California, surrounded by his wife and 3 sons and their spouses. His Funeral service will be held on Friday March 27th at the Mountain View Memorial Park in Barstow California. Due to the current pandemic situation, it will only be a graveside service limited to 10 family members. There will be a live stream Rosary held on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. in his honor. His family would love for all of his friends and family to join in this wonderful time of prayer for their father’s soul. Hector was born on February 24th, 1929 in Needles California to Jesus and Soledad Barron. He was one of 17 children, of which all but 2 live or lived in Aguascalientes Mexico. He was born and raised Catholic. He married Patricia Salas on July 15, 1956 and was happily married for 63 years. He had 4 children – Mary Lou (who preceded him in death) and husband Richard, Hector Jr. and wife Anna, Richard and wife Renee, and Marc and wife Roxanne. He has 11 Grandchildren – Doreen, Dolores, Jacob, Jesus, Clyde Jr., Rebecca, Elyse, Christina, Marc Jr, Jessica and Christopher along with 17 Great Grand Children – Peyton, Noah, Levi, Logan, Leah, Angel, Rama, Genero, Abel, Felix, Madisyn, Aaliyah, Dominic, Josiah, Mariah, and Aaden with baby Carmona due in May. He worked 42 years for Santa Fe Railroad, and retired when he was 60 years old and enjoyed 31 years of retirement. He also did masonry work after he got off work at Santa Fe and on the weekends. He built many walls and poured many driveways in Barstow and the surrounding areas. His favorite pastime was playing golf with his friends and family. He also loved to play pool, and was one of the few pool sharks in the Barstow area. He will be missed by all but never forgotten.