Alvaro R. Pena was born March 23,1941 in Loving, New Mexico to Presiliano and Beatriz Pena. He met his wife, the former Irene Felix, in Goshen, CA and they married Nov. 8, 1965. He moved to the South Bay area to work for General Motors, then to Kansas City, KS, returning to Tulare Co. in 1992. He died in his home surrounded by his family on November 8, 2021. He is survived by his wife Irene, sons Robert and Jimmy (Jeannette) and daughters Pauline and Anna, grandchildren Adrian, Dolores, Adrianna (Colin), Cassandra, Joseph, Crystal, Manuel, great grandchildren, Paul, Elias, Andres and one on the way.