Brother of Hero Street Eight's Willie Sandoval Passes Away

Ruben Sandoval and his sister Rufina Guerro during their interview for the Hero Street documentary film produced by Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films.

Ruben Sandoval, 95, of Silvis, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018, at New Perspective Senior Living in Silvis. He was the brother of Willie Sandoval, one of the Hero Street Eight from Silvis, Illinois.Funeral services are 10 a.m. Thursday, March 8, 2018, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 800 17th Street in Silvis, Illinois. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Van Hoe Funeral Home, Ltd., 1500 6th St, East Moline where memorials may be made to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. A rosary will be recited prior to visitation at the funeral home at 4 p.m. Entombment will be at St. Mary's Mausoleum, 2301 3rd St, East Moline.

Ruben was born July 2, 1922, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a son of Joseph and Carmen (Morales) Sandoval. He graduated from United Township High School in 1940 and was a 1941 Dispatch Golden Glove Boxing Champion with the Viscioni Tigers Boxing Gym in East Moline. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1943, proudly serving our country as a Gunner's Mate on the USS Gallup (PF-47), and was honorably discharged in 1946. He married Ramona Garcia, Oct. 23, 1948, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. She preceded him in death on March 6, 2008.

 

Click HERE to read the rest of Ruban's Obituary printed in the Moline Dispatch.