Delfino A. Basurto Obituary (1946 - 2022)

DELFINO PASSED AWAY ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 23, 2022 IN ONTARIO CALIFORNIA. DELFINO WAS BORN ON AUGUST 1, 1946 IN BLYTHE CALIFORNIA; HE WAS ONE OF 10 CHILDREN TO ALBERT AND MARGARITA BASURTO. DELFINO WAS AFFECTIONATLEY KNOWN AS PINO BY HIS FAMILY AND DEL BY HIS LOVING WIFE SHARON OF 44 YEARS. HE GREW UP IN IMPERIAL AND GRADUATED FROM IMPERIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. AFTER GRADUATION HE WORKED FOR IMPERIAL LUMBER YARD IN IMPERIAL AND WORKED HIS WAY UP TO MANAGER AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO CALIPAT IN 1974. HE EVENTUALLY STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS BIG D AND SONS IN CALIPAT. WORKING WITH WOOD WOULD BECOME HIS LIFELONG JOB AND HOBY. DELFINO'S MOST CHERISHED HOBY WAS BEING A GRANDFATHER AND ATTENDING EVERYONE'S SOCCER, BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES. HE WOULD EVEN ATTEND DANCE RECITALS. DELFINO AND SHARON RETIRED IN 2012 TO HEMET, CALIFORNIA. DELFINO IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SHARON BASURTO CHILDREN CHRISTINE ORTIZ, LISA (STEVE) SOMERS AND STEVEN (IRINA) BASURTO NIKKI(DANNY) SASSER GRANDCHILDREN, M.J., MATTHEW AND CATELYN ORTIZ; CAYLEIGH SASSER; CHRISTOPHER, STEVEN DANIEL, JONOTHAN AND STEVI BASURTO. DOMONICK AND DESERIE ALMUETI. HIS BROTHERS, TONY (JEANIE), ALBERT (DELORES), SALVADOR (TAWNEY), IGNACIO (NORMA) BASURTO SISTERS, YOLANDA ESPINOZA, IRENE (KEITH) ARCHIBALD MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHOM HE LOVED. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON-IN-LAW MARIO ORTIZ, BROTHER SAM, SISTERS, GLORIA, DELORES AND HIS PARENTS ALBERT AND MARGIE BASURTO. HIS EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIEND, SHEILA NOVAK. SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2022, MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 9:00 A.M. AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BRAWLEY; BURIAL WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AFTER AT EVERGREEN CEMETERY IN EL CENTRO.