Jose A Guaman Obituary

Jose A Guaman attended Jefferson High School in Daly City, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Jose A Guaman.

Graduation Year	Class of 1975
Date of Passing	Dec 27, 2012
About	In 1975 he graduated from Jefferson High School and attended Skyline College. Shortly thereafter he enlisted in the Navy. He was assigned to the Aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. The ship was sent out on a WESTPAK deployment for a 7-month cruise to the Western Pacific. Jose was assigned to Flight Operations and quickly rose to the position of Aircraft Carrier Director in charge of directing all inbound and outbound planes. He received honorable discharge in 1979 and returned to San Francisco and began a banking career with Bayview Federal. During the 80's and 90's Jose kept busy attending and being involved in the activities of his children from dance/letter girl to cheerleading, basketball, football and swimming. He coached CYO Basketball teams to many championships over the years that his son AJ (Anthony) played on and later coached his daughter Dominique's teams onto equal championships. He loved to encourage his players with skill and those without skill to work hard and play hard and taught them to believe in themselves on and off the court. He was an avid fisherman and loved to take his family camping . He spent many hours boating on the Delta and loved nothing more than to hear the happy screams of his children tubing across the water. He was also a member of Delta Bible Church and served as a Deacon and Awana program Game Director as well as playing percussion in the church worship team for many years. He had a passion for teaching the Bible and sharing his love for the Lord to anyone who would listen. He shared his Faith throughout his illness never wavering. He returned to the music scene 10 years ago and organized and managed his own Salsa orquesta "La Fuerza Gigante". His band quickly became one of the Bay Area's premier salsa groups and opened up for Patti LaBelle and Train at the 2005 Black and White Ball. They also were the back up band for many well-known artists from Puerto Rico and New York. At the time of his passing he was working on the completion of his CD, which will be released in 2013. In 1986 Jose was employed by Digital Equipment Corporation that would later be bought by Compaq Computer and then finally Hewlett Packard. He was employed by these three companies over a period of 26 years and retired on August 31, 2012 as an HP Services Business Development Manager for the Americas. He is greatly missed by his wife, children Family and Friends forever!