Julio Huitrado

Services held for Julio Huitrado, 90 DOWNEY—Julio Huitrado of Downey, who was born April 12, 1915 in Mexico City, Mexico, died on Sept. 20 at Southland Care Center in Norwalk. He was 90. His family moved to California when he was 11 years old. He served in World War II with the 147th Engineers Combat Battalion in the European Theater, and landed on Omaha beach on D-Day. He was a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 33 and worked at the studios for 27 years. His daughter and son-in-law, Dee and Larry De Young of Downey, and his daughter Gloria Huitrado of Glendale, survive him. His wife Teresa preceded him death in 1998. Services were held on Sept. 24 at the Church of the Recessional in Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale.

Obituary from The Downy Patriot.