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MARION JOSEPH LOPEZ -05/26/13 1505 GE

THE CITY OF SALINAS HAS LOST A VERY POPULAR BUSINESSMAN. MARION JOSEPH LOPEZ, OWNER OF MARIANO’S NIGHT CLUB ON EAST MARKET STREET, PASSED AWAY LAST TUESDAY.  HE WAS 86 YEARS OLD.   HE  WAS REMEMBERED AS A VERY GENEROUS PERSON, WHO TOOK  PART AND PRIDE, IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND WAS SPONSOR TO MANY EVENTS THAT BENEFITED THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.   AFTER COMPLETING MILITARY DUTY IN THE EARLY 50’S, HE RETURNED HOME TO BEGIN HIS BUSINESS AFFAIRS BY OPENING A UNION 76 SERVICE STATION ON CALIFORNIA AND MARKET STREETS.  HE ESTABLISHED MARION’S CLUB IN MARCH OF 1967, WHICH BECAME A  HAVEN FOR HIS CUSTOMERS TO RELAX AND LISTEN TO MUSIC.        LOPEZ DIED PEACeFULLY AT  HOME, SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

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