Edward Reynoso
March 4, 1930 – February 21, 2023
Sacramento, California – On February 21, 2023, Edward (Ed) Reynoso, a loving husband and father of two children, died at the age of ninety-two, just short of his ninety-third birthday. Mr. Reynoso was born on March 4, 1930 in Watts, California. Edward’s mother, Caroline, came to America at the age of 19 from Chihuahua, Mexico. His parents worked as farm hands and followed the California growing season. His father, Bonifacio, provided farmhands on the farms in Northern California and his mother, Caroline, cooked for the men. Bonifacio died in Woodland, California when Ed was only eight years old. As the oldest child, Ed worked in the fields during the day and helped his mother clean the local bank in the evenings.
Because of his family commitments and with English as a second language, Ed was only able to finish school up to the eighth grade. He met Mary Francis “Ginger” Mabrey through mutual friends in Sacramento and they married in 1952. Mr. Reynoso enlisted in the Army and completed his basic training at Monterey’s Fort Ord. Mrs. Reynoso and her mother moved to Pacific Grove to serve in his to be near. When Mr. Reynoso’s service ended, they moved to Sacramento where, with help from the Veterans Administration, they bought their first home and started their family. The Reynoso’s stayed in the same neighborhood for six decades.
After military service, Ed became a plumber’s apprentice and later a journeyman before founding his own company – Reynoso Mechanical. After a few years, he realized he needed a more stable income, so he enrolled in Sacramento City College. Thanks to the GI Bill, he was able to earn his AA, which led to his being hired as the Sanitary Inspector for the City of Sacramento. He later progressed through all construction disciplines and was proud to lead the city’s Fast Track team on several notable construction projects, including the Arco Arena, the Sacramento Convention Center, and the Hyatt Regency, to name a few. After nearly four decades, Mr. Reynoso retired from the city of Sacramento and opened a construction consulting practice, providing his expertise on the large projects of several clients in Northern California. In addition, he also built and later sold a few investment houses in the South Sacramento/Greenhaven areas.
Ed loved to water ski both the Sacramento and American Rivers and taught his children to water ski from an early age. He volunteered his time and expertise, as well as the materials needed, to help build the first permanent home for the Sacramento Children’s Museum in the city’s downtown area. He has always enjoyed being outdoors, especially camping, and would happily take any opportunity to be in the mountains. As a young man, Ed enjoyed deer hunting, and even more so when he could do it on horseback. Ed and Ginger loved dancing and were members of a local dance club for several decades. They also especially loved being grandparents and great-grandparents and cherished any time they spent with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Reynoso is survived by daughter Karen Conover of Aurora, Colorado, son Randall Reynoso of Sacramento, grandsons Lon Lundgren of San Francisco, Bryson Reynoso of Sacramento and Vincent Lundgren of Roseville, California. Ed was also a great-grandfather and is survived by Elyssa Lundgren and Emilee Lundgren, both from Arizona, and Julius Reynoso from Sacramento. The family would like to thank the team at Carlton Plaza and Stephanie, Odalis and Griselda of Silver Oaks Residential Senior Living and Nurse Tam Nguyen for their kindness and the quality of care Ed received. Services will be held on Friday, March 17 at St. Mary Cemetery and Funeral Center, 6509 Fruitridge Road, Sacramento, CA. There will be a visit at 9:00 am, followed by a rosary at 9:30 am and a liturgy at 10:00 am. The funeral will take place at 11:00 am at St. Mary’s, followed by lunch. In lieu of sending flowers, the family is asking those who are able to donate to The Disabled American Veterans at dav.org.
Published by The Sacramento Bee on March 5, 2023.
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