Joseph Shelby Sanchez

WITH VERY HEAVY HEARTS... WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR BELOVED FATHER, GRAND AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER JOSEPH SHELBY SANCHEZ, 77; PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP ON DECEMBER 10, 2024. HE WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1947. JOSEPH WAS THE BELOVED ELDEST SON OF ALFONSO AND EFRO SANCHEZ.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING CHILDREN, GRAND AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: ANGELA SANCHEZ (JASON QUINN) CHRISNI SANCHEZ (BIRD GOMEZ), AND HIS BELOVED YOUNGEST SON ALLEN SANCHEZ.

BELOVED GRANDCHILDREN: SAMANTHA, NINO AND DANIELLE DURAN. EMILIO (JENNIFER) QUINTANA AND HIS LITTLE BUDDY GIANNI GOMEZ.

BELOVED GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN: SOULIYAH, SONJA, GEIYAH ROSE, MILO AND MARCEL DURAN AND HIS LITTLE HEART DIVINA MIA QUINTANA. THREE SISTERS, SEVERAL NEPHEWS, NIECES AND COUSINS. DAD SHARED A VERY SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH HIS COUSIN DAVID SANCHEZ AND SPOKE HIGHLY OF HIM OFTEN... THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR MAKING OUR DAD FEEL YOUR LOVE.

DAD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS ALFONSO AND EFRO SANCHEZ, HIS BROTHERS: JOHNNY AND STEVEN SANCHEZ AND HIS SISTER MONICA... WHOM HE SPOKE OF OFTEN AND REFERRED TO AS “HIS GUARDIAN ANGEL”AS WELL AS HIS BELOVED FIRST-BORN SON... WHOM OUR DAD MISSED DEARLY... ARTHUR“ART” SANCHEZ. WE ARE COMFORTED BY THE THOUGHT OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL REUNION.

OUR FATHER GREW UP ON A FARM IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND SPOKE OFTEN ABOUT HIS LOVE OF HORSES. DAD HAD A PASSION FOR CARS AND LIT-UP WHEN TALKING ABOUT THEM ESPECIALLY WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT HIS DREAM CAR... A 1967 SHELBY MUSTANG. OUR FATHER WAS A PROUD E-5 SARGEANT IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON DECEMBER 10, 1969. OUR BELOVED FATHER WAS AN AMAZING ARTIST AND LOVED SHOWING OFF HIS MASTERPIECES. DAD ENJOYED MEDITATING, JAZZ MUSIC, FISHING AND LONG DRIVES. OUR BELOVED FATHER CHERISHED ALL OF HIS CHILDREN AND EVERY SINGLE MOMENT THAT HE WAS BLESSED TO SPEND WITH THEM. DAD LOVED HIS HOME THAT HE SHARED WITH CHRISNI, BIRD AND GIANNI... IT WAS HIS SAFE PLACE...HIS REFUGE... HIS SANCTUARY. DADDY YOU WILL FOREVER BE MISSED... OUR HEARTS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR ALL YOUR GOODNESS, YOUR UN-ENDING LOVE, OUR BEAUTIFUL TALKS, OUR HISTORY LESSONS... AND ALL OF YOUR TEACHINGS... WE WILL FOREVER MISS THE LONG DRIVES WITH YOUR LITTLE BUDDY “G”AND OUR MOVIE NIGHTS TOGETHER. WE WERE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THE PRECIOUS TIME THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU... WE WILL MISS YOU FOREVER AND EVER AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS. REST IN PEACE DAD UNTIL WE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN.

SPECIAL APPRECIATION TO CHRISNI, BIRD AND GIANNI FOR CARING FOR OUR FATHER SINCE 2017. WE ALSO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR PARENTS DANNY AND JOAN SANCHEZ FOR RISING TO EACH OCCASION AND BEING THERE TO HELP OUT WHENEVER NEEDED... WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU AND OUR FATHER WAS VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU BOTH. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE OGDEN VA HOME FOR THE CARE THEY PROVIDED OUR FATHER DURING HIS REHAB AND ALL THE FAMILY, NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THAT EXPRESSED THEIR LOVE, SUPPORT AND CONCERNS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

IN ACCORDANCE TO OUR FATHERS WISHES A PRIVATE CELEBRATION OF LIFE WAS HELD IN HIS LOVING HONOR IN HIS AND OUR HOME. DAD, OUR MINDS STILL TALK TO YOU... OUR HEARTS STILL LOOK FOR YOU... OUR SOULS KNOW THAT YOU ARE AT PEACE... REST IN PARADISE... OUR BELOVED FATHER.