Jesus (Jess) DaRugna

Jesus (Jess) DaRugna peacefully joined our Lord on December 03, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Jess was born in Jerome, Arizona on November 14, 1933 to Adolph DaRugna and Ysabel Lara DaRugna. He was preceded in death by his sister Mary (Lily) Guzman (Manuel), his twin sister Anna Zavala (Mike), and his brother Louie (Mary).

While still a child, his family moved from Jerome to Superior. Jess joined the Army on June 4, 1953 and served in Korea until he was honorably discharged on Jun 1, 1955.

On May 14, 1960 Jess married his sweetheart Patty Jimenez and was soon blessed with two beautiful girls, Gerry and Monica. He worked as a copper miner for Magma Copper in Superior, Rowley Pipeline, then returned to copper mining and retired from BHP.

Jess loved spending time with his family, telling stories about his life and his town of Superior. He also enjoyed cooking, good food, tinkering around the house and watching Disney movies. In addition, everyone knew about his love of animals and was sometimes seen taking his babies for a ride in the car.

Jess is survived by his wife Patty, his daughters Gerry (Elias) Alonzo, Monica, his sister-in-law Rebecca Delgado, his cat Coco, his adopted dog Jacko, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Vaya con Dios Jess, you will be missed!