We will miss you Junior!
Raymond “Junior” Espinoza was a founding member of Crown City Rugby Football Club (aka Pasadena Rugby). On August 31, 2007 he passed away peacefully in his sleep. He was born in Pasadena. He raised his children in Pasadena. He played rugby here. He met Mary here. He drank Tequila here. He played many, many games of darts here. He will be missed here.
By all accounts, Junior was a loving and gracious individual. To those that knew him (whether for a life time or just casually through rugby), he enjoyed life and wanted others to enjoy it with equal enthusiasm. My first encounter was at an after party. I had just joined the team when he sat down next to me to introduce himself. He asked me where I was from and how I got to PRFC. I told him “I was new…”. those were the last words I said in that conversation. Junior made me look like short story specialist. At one point, another old boy leaned over to me and said, “Hope you have the time.”
Juniors’ passing gives us all a moment to think about our friends and family, on the pitch and away from rugby. As his son so eloquently, “tell the people around you how much they mean to you.”
Raymond “Junior” Espinoza…R.I.P.
July 29, 1949 – August 31, 2007.
By all accounts, Junior was a loving and gracious individual. To those that knew him (whether for a life time or just casually through rugby), he enjoyed life and wanted others to enjoy it with equal enthusiasm. My first encounter was at an after party. I had just joined the team when he sat down next to me to introduce himself. He asked me where I was from and how I got to PRFC. I told him “I was new…”. those were the last words I said in that conversation. Junior made me look like short story specialist. At one point, another old boy leaned over to me and said, “Hope you have the time.”
Juniors’ passing gives us all a moment to think about our friends and family, on the pitch and away from rugby. As his son so eloquently, “tell the people around you how much they mean to you.”
Raymond “Junior” Espinoza…R.I.P.
July 29, 1949 – August 31, 2007.
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