Jose Pastrana Estrellado

Jose Pastrana Estrellado, Jr. of Richland, Washington died March 25. He was 74.

Estrellado was born June 20, 1943 in Mauban Quezon, Philippines. He grew up in Mauban and graduated from MLQ University in Manila, Philippines. He then married the love of his life, Teresita. One of his proudest moments was when he was selected to go to Iraq to be the lead project manager to look for weapons of mass destruction. He worked for Westinghouse Hanford and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and ended up retiring from Fluor Daniel. He was the director of the American Glove Box Society. He was a parishioner of Christ the King Catholic Church and household leader for Couples for Christ. He loved to play chess and enjoyed teaching his grandchildren to play chess. He also enjoyed playing pool and ping pong and loved knowing he could beat his sons.

Estrellado is survived by his wife, Teresita R. Estrellado; sons Joselito Estrellado and wife Tracy, Benji Estrellado and wife Marcie, Jonathan Estrellado and wife Sherri and Bertrand Estrellado and wife Wendy; his grandchildren Jeremy, Jordan, Jenna, Briana, Trevan, Kailey, Colin, Troy, Lee, Noah and Ryan. He also is survived by his sisters: Dalisay Salvanera, Nimfa Robillos, Maggie Martin, Mary Joya, Marta Plopper and Marcela Carreon; and his stepmother, Tae Sung Estrellado.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jose Decena Estrellado and Ligaya Pastrana Estrellado; and his daughter, Marie Reyes Estrellado.

Services were recently held at Christ the King Catholic Church.