Joe Brito

April 11, 1926 – January 20, 2016

Joe Brito, 89, a longtime Moses Lake resident, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, surrounded by loving family. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser’s Chapel & Crematory.

Joe Brito was born on April 11, 1926 in Chandler, Ariz. to Elizandro and Isidra Brito and he has gone to rest until the resurrection with our Lord Jesus Christ. He is survived by his wife Olga H. Brito and his children, Albert Brito, Rudy Brito, Lydia Moreno, Lala Brito, Luis Hernandez, Sam Brito, Richard Brito, Manuel Brito, Andrew Brito, Yolanda VanScoy, Alicia Brito-Brown and Daniel Brito. He is also survived by thirty-seven grandchildren, fifty-one great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. His surviving siblings are Modesta Ferralez, Eulojia Talamantes, Elizandro Brito and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Elizandro Brito, Isidra Brito and his siblings Lusia Talamantes, Isidro Brito and Lucio Brito.

The final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life with our Savior that will never end.

— Dr. James Dobson

Celebration of life was held on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1601 W. Valley Road, Moses Lake, Wash.