Services have been scheduled in San Mateo (SM) for Jose Pacheco Placido, 78, a nurseryman, who died Monday in SM County General Hospital.
Thursday, a procession will leave Sneider & Sullivan Funeral Home at 9:30 AM for St Gregory's Catholic Church, where a funeral mass will be said at 10.
A vigil service will begin at 7:30 PM Wednesday at the mortuary.
Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.
Born in San Miguel, Mr Placido was a resident of SM, moving there 24 years ago, and was employed by Eggli Nursery. He was a member of Santo Christo Society of South San Francisco.
Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Maria; his daughters Maria Costa and Brazelina Pimentel, both of SM; his sons, Joe Jr of Half Moon Bay, and Tony and Manuel, both of SM; his sisters, Ermelinda Pachao of Brazil and Conceiacao Arruda of Boston; and nine grandchildren.
(from the *San Mateo Times,* San Mateo, California, Tuesday, 9 Oct 1990)