Santos Montes, Jr.
April 30, 1954 ~ September 26, 2019
Santos Montes Jr, 65 of Fargo ND, passed away on September 26th 2019 at Sanford on Broadway surrounded by family.
Santos was born April 30th 1954, in Weslaco Texas. The second son of TeoDora Montes and the late Santos Montes Sr. He is the third oldest of 6 children. Santos married Victoria Montes On July 2nd 1973 they welcomed 3 children together Elissa Montes- Gordon, Lucas Montes and Angel Montes before divorcing in 1987, he later remarried now Sabrina Atkins and welcomed 5 more children Mary Montes, Matthew Montes, Amelia Kulas, Sarah Aguirre and Savannah Montes. They all survive him.
He is a high school graduate of Hanford high school class of 1973. He graduated along side one of his younger sisters Olga Henshaw. He had been working at Midland diesel as a diesel technician on and off for the past 4 years and he also put 6 years in at Bergs grain as a shop foreman. In spare time he did mechanic work for used-a-bit auto sales of Fargo. Santos found his passion for working on cars at the age of 17, and made it his career.
Santos will forever remain in the hearts of the ones who loved him.
Santos Is survived by his mother TeoDora Montes, his siblings Johnny Montes, Marie Placencia, Olga Henshaw, Susanna Alcoser, and Rachel Perreira all of Hanford California. His sons; Lucas Montes, Angel Montes, and Matthew Montes, his daughters; Elissa Montes-Gordon, Mary Montes, Amelia Kulas, Sarah Aguirre and Savannah Montes, and 17 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Santos was proceeded in death by his Father Santos Montes Sr.
There will be a celebration of life held on October 11th at 11 a.m at st Francis in Moorhead Minnesota.
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Condolences to the Montes I am very saddened to see this your dad was a great man please let me know if you need anything I am Amy’s and Sarah’s godmother from Hanford California thank you
May God Heal the Broken Hearted and fill you all with peace and a sound mind. May the Love of God surround the family at this time and may he rest with the Lord Jesus.
Santos Valdez Hanford CA
May the soul that has gone, rest in peace. Keep faith and courage. I am deeply and sincerely sorry for the loss of your father my dear beloved cousins. Also to Victoria and Sabrina my condolences to you as well. Love you all cousins.
My deepest condolences to the family. You will be greatly miss. May the Lord comfort the family during this difficult time.
The Aquino, Hanford Ca
May my Nino rest easy in heaven…. He was loved by all of us… My dad lost his best friend but my Nino will always be in his heart. Condolences to all of his loved ones.
RIP Santos. No more pain. I know you are at an amazing family reunion back with my dad David Morse my Father in law Esequiel Quesada catching up on truck driving storys. Prayers and condolences to the family.
Dear cousin may you rest In peace. My deepest condolences to my aunt and cousins, to all his children and family. Filomena Ambriz Valdez and family
My deepest condolences and prayers go out to Santos’ entire family. You all have been such dear friends to me all these many years. I am very grateful to God for that and I do pray your faith in Him will bring you tremendous consolation.
Love and Prayers,
Fr Timothy Cardoso
Dear Santos’s family, especially Matt. Please accept my deepest sympathy and my prayers for this great loss. I enjoyed working with Santos the past few years at Midland Diesel. I appreciated his great sense of humor and his tremendous work ethic. I considered him a friend and I will miss him.