Raul Herrera

Born Dec 10, 1931 in Los Angeles
Passed March 23, 2019 in Cerritos
He was in the Air Force for 4 years during the Korean War

Interests / Hobbies / Pass Times:

• Always behind the camera whether it was film or pictures.

• Developing his own pictures in his darkroom in the house.

• Recording & collecting movies (over 10,000+ including may hours of soft jazz & instrumental)

• Watching any western movies, specially if John Wayne was a part of it

• Traveling all over Mexico, specially if it meant him driving his Van with his babies (the 4 legged & furry ones)

• In his younger years he loved fishing

• Camping in Yosemite since he was very young, rafting in the river & teaching his family how to survive in the woods, specially if bears were around.

• Rams fan but only when they were in L.A.

• Spending all day with his honey (Maria) and babies doing nothing just relaxing in their backyard.listening to Tony Mottola.

• Anything & everything that had to do with Trains since he worked for the BNSF Railroad for 44 years.

• Taking long naps been surrounded by his pets.

Favorites:

• Eating LOT"S of Ice cream & sneaking around trying to find something sweet when he knew he couldn't have any.

• Eating Corn on the Cob , Watermelon, Bananas, Grapes & Cashews, which he would hide so his daughters wouldn't eat them all.

• Eating Tamales from La Indiana in LA, NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

• Cocking his favorite recipes, like Spaghetti, Chilli Beans, Tacos & his grandmother's Cheese Enchiladas everything from scratch & don't you dare ask for the recipes they were a Very Yummy secret.

• Listening to his music for hours & hours.

• Drinking his coffee all day, specially Cappuccinos in Mexico

• Watching T.V. all night, His favorite programs: Smallville, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives & Sunday Football.

• Browsing & buying on amazon for hours

• Talking to all strangers from anywhere in Mexico even if they didn't speak English & they just agreed with him.

• Hanging out & relaxing in his Hot Tub back from the 70's that looked like a barrel enough to cook you alive, specially when we used to throw plastic floating vegetables & then changing it to a more modern Jacuzzi with changing lights.

Expressions:

• When he was mad, you knew it because that left eye brow went up & he would say "Oh for Pete's Sake, What Did You Do Now"

• If something went wrong he would say "Dam It" & "Son of a Gun" and that was the length of his bad language since he HATED cause words, even the word Stupid whether it was in English or Spanish.

LOVED:

• His family, pets, friends, music, movies, BIG LARGE SCREEN TV'S,  with very loud surround sound & was very proud of his wife, kids, achievements & his home, specially his backyard.