Tracy, CA

Born in San Jose, CA to Victor and Lupe Gonzales.

Aaron attended school in Santa Clara. After his graduation from Santa Clara High, he attended West Valley College and obtained an A. A. Degree as a Designer Draftsman /Mechanical Draftsman.

Aaron started his career with General Electric at the San Jose plant on Curtner. He relocated his family to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1994. In 1996, he brought his family back to California and settled in Tracy.

Aaron continued his drafting career with Lockheed / Martin, Spectrium and Lam Research. Due to illness, Aaron retired in 2017.

He enjoyed the mountains and especially trekking the Rubicon in his Golden Eagle Jeep with the other members of the San Jose 4xFun -4-wheel club.

Aaron passed away at his home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Carol, his daughters Catherine (Christopher Clark) and Sarah; his sisters Rosemary Gonzales, Esther Nickols, Olivia Halunen (Ted) and Victoria Gillespie.

He is preceded in death by his Father, Mother, Brothers-in-Law S.E.(Nick) Nichols, Doug Gillespie nephew Robert Vega and niece Erica Shaw.

A Celebration of his life will be announced in the future.

In lieu of flowers please donate to the Shriners Children Hospital www.shrinerschildren.org or the National Kidney Foundation www.kidney.org