Ignatius Gilbert Sifuentes
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Ignatius Gilbert Sifuentes
May 5, 1931 - December 3, 2016
I.G. “Gil” Sifuentes, 85, of Beaumont, died
Saturday, December 3, 2016. He was born in Port Arthur, Texas on May 5, 1931,
to Patricia Vella and Rufus Sifuentes. Gil worked as an electrician for the
IBEW-Local 479 from 1957 to 1993, becoming the first Spanish member during that
time.
Survivors include his sons, I.G. “Gil” Sifuentes,
Jr. and Christopher Michael Sifuentes; daughter, Brenda Gail Sifuentes;
brothers, Rufus Sifuentes and Henry Sifuentes; and sisters, Esther Castro, Eva
Garza, and Margaret Viator.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Bernice M.
Jackson Sifuentes; sons, Michael Shane Sifuentes and John Arthur Sifuentes;
brother, Jesse Sifuentes; sisters, Mary Chandler, Jospehine Sanchez, Frances
Mystric, and Irma Weldon.
Cremation arrangements are being handled under the
direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.
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