Rodolfo Gordines everyone’s friend and loved by everyone that knew him.

Rudy (Dolf) Gordines age 96 died August 28,2024, peacefully in his sleep. His only wish before he

left was for us not to be sad but to be grateful for his life on earth. He knew he was passing and

stayed long enough to say goodbye to his family and friends.

Rudy was born on January 12,1928 to Marguret Oropeza and Jose Godinez Padraza in Los Angeles,

CA. His mother passed away at a young age and his father moved back to Mexico leaving him to be

raised by his grandmother Josephine Sandoval. He had two siblings, his older brother Johnnie

Tenorio and his younger sister Margie Torres. He is survived by his wife of 51 years Margie Gordines.

They were married March 31st, 1973. He has two sons Ron and wife Lori and Johnny and wife Terry

Gordines and his daughter-in-law Denise Murillo. He also has six grandkids and 10 great grand kids.

He loved to spend time with his grandchildren and would go to all their sports evets with Margie.

When he was 16, he volunteered in the Navy and served on an LCS as a second-class boson mate

in Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, when the war was over his ship stopped in Shenzhen China where he ran

into his brother Johnnie after not seeing him for 2 years, that was a great reunion. He served from

1944 to 1946. After the war was over and he returned home, he went to apprentice school to learn

how to be a machinist. He worked job shops for years as a tool and die maker and had several of his

own businesses. He finally finished his schooling at UCLA and got a degree in engineering. His final

job was at Northrop where he worked for 10 years building dies for the B2 stealth bomber. He retired

from Northrop at 67 and decided to move with Margie to Temecula where they bought a nice house

and lived there for 25 years in a neighborhood full of beautiful people and friends.

He was a first-generation scuba diver in the 60’s and made all his own wet suits and gear including

their inflatable rafts. He loved football and played semi pros for La Purisima for a couple of years.

He also had a love for horses and spent many years riding his palomino and other horses through

the LA river beds and back country. As he got older and retired from horse riding, he took up carving

and spent many years learning and teaching carving. He loved to dance and sing his favorite song is

“I did It My Way” by Frank Sinatra and I can guarantee he did just that. His favorite saying was.

“You do what you gotta do”.