Daniel Garcia Espinoza 76 of Moses Lake, WA entered the kingdom of God on Friday August 25th at 1:15 am at Sacred Hospital in Spokane WA. He was born in Ximalcota Guerrero on January 3rd, 1947, to Adelaida Garcia Avalos & Marcial Espinoza Godinez.

Daniel is survived by his siblings Carolina Barajas, Antonio Rubio, Anselma Mora, Bernardino Espinoza. He is also survived by his children Victor Daniel Espinoza, Ana Espinoza, Soila Rosa Espinoza & Noel Espinoza. He was preceeded in death by his sister Agustina Espinoza, Juan Espinoza, Dad & Mom.

He was first married to Santa Ana Lara in Mexico she tragically passed away in 1970 he then remarried to his second wife Angelina Olivarez whom he shared 35 years of his life with. He was an amazing father figure to her children Elvia Gutierrez, Esmeralda Gutierrez, Elena Gutierrez, Leticia Gutierrez, Daniela Gutierrez and Jesus Gutierrez. Not only was he a father figure to them but also to all his nieces and nephews as well, they looked up to him and loved him very much. Daniel had many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was known as "Grumpy Grandpa" he was always so loving and caring towards them despite his crankiness at times. He migrated from Mexico to Baldwin Park CA in 1972 he worked hard making speaker boxes later in 1975 Daniel along with his mother Adelaida and siblings Anselma, Agustina and Nino came to Moses Lake WA and worked in a sugar factory he also worked in the fields picking apples and cherries. Later in the years he started working for Benny's Tires as a tire technician; the community always thought that Benny and him were brothers because of the close friendship that they maintained. He continuously worked hard, and many people admired him because regardless of his age he always worked so hard to make a living.

In his younger years Daniel enjoyed riding bulls and loved to dance; he was always very well groomed and was known to be a ladies' man. Everyone knew him for his famous carnitas, menudo and arroz con leche. Daniel loved to go fishing and you would always catch him drinking a coffee at the 76-gas station in Moses Lake. His favorite songs were El Coco rallado and La Rubia y La Morena. He was the life of the party, he made us all laugh and he had a contagious smile. Daniel fought like a warrior; he suffered 3 heart attacks and a stroke nonetheless he continued to fight and always had high faith, he loved God and la Virgen de Guadalupe. We will continue to honor his life and remember all the good memories we have of him. His legacy will live on forever, we love you and will miss you forever you may be gone but you will never be forgotten.

Visitation service will be held on Monday September 4th at 4pm at the Providence Funeral Home. Address is 201 A St SE Quincy, WA

Funeral service will be held on Tuesday September 5th at 10 am at Restore City Church Address is 2227 W Peninsula Drive Moses Lake, WA

Graveside service will be held Tuesday September 5th at 12 pm at Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Address is 14403 Rd 2 NE, Moses Lake, WA