Jose Barrio Juarez (also known as "Pepe") passed away on Saturday April 23, 2010 in Arizona from cancer. He was born in San Juan de la Mata, Spain. He was the youngest of six children: Manuela Barrio Juarez, Rafael Barrio Juarez, Rosaura Barrio Juarez, Gabriel Barrio Juarez (Deceased), Luis Barrio Juarez (deceased). He came to America in 1964 as a sheepherder and worked in Blythe, California in winter and Williams, Arizona in summer. Three years later he met his wife of 43 years Patsy Augenstein in Williams and they got married in San Francisco, California on October 23, 1967. They moved to San Rafael, California and started his landscaping business that he had for 43 years. They had 3 children and moved to Vallejo, California in 1980, had three grandchildren, then moved to American Canyon, California in 2004, where in October 2009 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and melanoma. He is survived by his wife Patricia Ann Barrio, son Jose Agustin Barrio, daughter-in-law Eugene A. Barrio, daughters Luisa Maria Barrio, and Alizia Natalia Barrio, granddaughter LuAnn Amber McCluskey, grandsons Robert Raymond McCluskey and Travis Allen Barrio, and brother-in-law Robert W. Augenstein Jr., of Williams.

On Saturday May 8, 2010 there will be a viewing at 10am, Holy Rosary at 10:30 and Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Roman Church in Williams, Interment will conclude services at the Williams Cemetery, with a reception to follow.