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Edward Bogarin

January 19, 1962 — December 8, 2022

In Loving Memory of Edward Bogarin
Edward Bogarin, age 60 of Crestline, California, passed away on December 8, 2022 at St. Bernardine’s Hospital in San Bernardino, CA from heart failure.
Edward Bogarin was born in Los Angeles on January 19, 1962 to Guadalupe and Raquel Bogarin. He had three older sisters, Lupe, Laura and Irma and one younger sister, Grace. Edward grew up in Baldwin Park and lived there until he became an adult and moved away from home. As a kid, his sisters nicknamed him Eddie Spaghetti which later turned out to be fitting as his grandchildren say his spaghetti was the best! Eddie always loved a good practical joke and would often play them on his sisters. His sister Grace recalls a time when they were younger, Eddie took the plastic runner that was in the hallway of the bedrooms and flipped it upside down so that the prickly side was facing up. He then stood in the living room and would yell out to his sisters that their mom wanted to see them. As his sisters ran out of the room down the hallway, they were forced to step on the
spikes of the mat all the way down the hall, only to find out that it was just a prank their brother had played on them. They would find Eddie laughing and laughing in the living room because they fell for his trap. Eddie’s sisters always spoiled him, whether it was making him scrambled eggs just the way he liked or Laura letting him drive her gold Camaro because she knew how much he loved cars.
As a teenager, Eddie was very particular about his hair. The 70’s was the disco era, and it was all about the afro, and Eddie’s hair was no exception. He would stand in the mirror for as long as it took, picking at his afro until it was perfectly round before leaving the house. When it came time to get a job, Eddie worked with his father at his father’s business Casa Rafael in Downey, Ca and helped in the kitchen alongside him. It was there that Eddie first ignited his love for cooking. He also worked in his dad’s second business cleaning offices by night. It is safe to say that Eddie learned his good work ethic from his father, and this skill is one he upheld all throughout his life.
When Eddie married, he instantly became the father of one year old Johnny. Johnny opened Eddie’s eyes to the joys of fatherhood so much that he had six more children to follow: Edward, Valerie, Vincent, Manuel, Gabriela, and Raymond. Eddie taught his children how to play catch, drive remote control cars, fish, ride bikes and the most fun of all, how to pull weeds when they were “bored.” Eddie shared his love of sports with his children. His favorite teams were the Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams, but he watched everything, including golf. If Eddie
watched a game in the living room, he would yell at the players on the TV as if they could hear him. He even attended a Dodger game in person with Vincent and Manuel and they sat in the stands with their gloves held high, hoping to catch a flyball, and cheering at the top of their lungs. Come 4 th of July Eddie was known to
climb to the top of a ladder and light numerous fireworks and yell out “I’m the Rocket man!” When the kids had to be woken up for school, Eddie had his own bell at the ready. It was a round school bell, like the ones mounted on the walls of school buildings, and Eddie used that bell to its fullest capacity daily. He would go to each room, ring the bell, turn on the lights and yell it was time to wake up, and if any of the kids went back to sleep, he would do it all again. Eddie would string the Christmas lights on the house every year, sometimes with the help of his kids,
and was very particular on making sure each light was straight. Being married proved to be trying and although his marriage didn’t work out, Eddie always spoke of how much he cherished those years raising his children.
Eddie met Amparo Munoz in January of 2013 when Virginia, Amparo’s sister, brought him over to help around the house. He was her handyman and was fixing up her house to sell. It was during those months of endless DIY projects that they fell in love. Eddie would do yard work every day and each day he would cut a fresh rose and place it in a cup next to the kitchen sink. Amparo would make him breakfast, lunch, and dinner while he worked for her. Eddie picked up work as a handyman next door and insisted he continue to help Amparo for free when her finances were strained. It was when Amparo noticed a change in the way he moved while he was working that she knew something was wrong. She took him to the hospital where he had to have emergency triple bypass surgery. This event forced the two of them to come face to face with their feelings for each other and admit that it was more than a professional relationship between them. Two weeks later, they moved up to Crestline together and began their journey as a couple. Just like that, Eddie was no longer a father of seven, but a father of fifteen, adopting Amparo’s eight children, Punky, Ernie, Michael, Phillip, Cristina, Erica, Monica, and Gabriela, as his own. Eddie fully embodied the “Mountain Man” he was born to be. He hiked through his backyard forest to find kindling and occasionally, left-over Easter eggs from the Munoz egg hunts with a few dollars in it and collected wood to split and prep for the fireplace. Eddie perfected his fire building skills and there were no more burnt couch situations like there were when his kids were younger. In the winter Eddie shoveled snow, salted the driveway and put chains on the tires. He was so proud to be a “Mountain Man” that he referred to people down the mountain as “Flatlanders” and never passed up a moment to tell us how we can’t drive or handle the cold weather because we were “Flatlanders.” Eddie fit in with Amparo’s children like a missing puzzle piece and was always there for birthday parties, holidays, even spontaneous visits, and barbeques. He loved to cook and even if he had just gotten off work as a line cook or was about to go into work and sort packages for the next few hours, he would make the food at the family parties, dance, play pool and participate in all the fun.
Eddie loved music of all genres and when he and Amparo would go out to dance, he would not stop until the music stopped, except for the occasional cigarette break. Eddie and Amparo traveled together to Arizona, New Orleans, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Seal Beach. Eddie worked hard the last 10 years to turn his life around and he succeeded. He worked two jobs (The Lake Arrowhead Country Club and UPS), had a place to call home, a good woman he called his best friend who kept him grounded, children who loved him and accepted him and even a cat and a dog who loved their master unconditionally.
Eddie proposed to Amparo on Christmas day 2019 and they planned to marry the next year. The pandemic caused for the wedding to be postponed and was scheduled to be in 2023. Although this day will never come, their life together was everything and more. They lived the vows they planned to say to each other. They were there for each other for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, until death they did part. Eddie passed unexpectedly, but he did so as a remarkable, hard-working man who had overcome and
accomplished it all. He was loved by many people, his family, friends, coworkers, and anyone who ever witnessed his dance moves.
Edward leaves behind his fiancé, Amparo Munoz, his fifteen children, thirty-one grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
Service Information:
Viewing:
January 15, 2023
2:00pm-6:00pm
Religious Service: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Ingold Funeral and Cremation
8277 Juniper Ave
Fontana, Ca 92335
(909) 822-8083
Burial:
January 16, 2023
2:00pm
At Garden of Serenity Burial Site
Space 3 Lot 372
Oakdale Memorial Park
1401 S. Grand Ave
Glendora, Ca 91740
(626) 691-2000
Reception:
Immediately Following Burial
VFW Post 10218
11126 Ramona Blvd
El Monte, Ca 91731
(626) 448-1737
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