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Floyd passed away on November 30, 2023, after a prolonged illness. He was born in Sopris, Colorado, the second of seven children born to Roseann and Salvador Cordova. Floyd married Thelma Baca on December 24, 1953, whom he knew since childhood in Denver, Colorado. They made a home in Vallejo, CA for over five decades. Floyd and his family moved from Denver to Vallejo in the late 1940s where he attended Vallejo Senior High School. At the age of seventeen Floyd enlisted in the United States Air Force and served in the Korean War. Following his service in the Air Force Floyd began his welder’s apprenticeship at Mare Island Naval Shipyard where he rose through the ranks to Shop 26 Welding Shop Superintendent. In 1982, Floyd and Thelma moved to the Republic of the Philippines where Floyd was the Welding Shop Superintendent at the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility at Subic Bay until his retirement in 1986. In the years spent overseas, Floyd and Thelma enjoyed playing golf, bowling, and touring the Philippines, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Throughout his life Floyd was an avid hunter and fisherman. Floyd was a certified scuba diver and learned to fly while working in the Philippines. In retirement Floyd enjoyed the company of his extended family including his four children, seven grandchildren, and fifteen great grandchildren. During his retirement years Floyd enjoyed weekly golf rounds at Blue Rock Springs Golf Course. He and Thelma toured the Western U.S. with their RV club, visiting Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Baja. Floyd was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, two brothers, and three sisters. He is survived by his brother Richard, his children Ken Cordova, Dana Wood (Kevin), Patti Cook (Lamons), Shelly Makowski, grandchildren Victor Cordova, Anthony Cordova (Abbi), Daniel Cordova (Erin), Joseph Cordova, Lindsay Meyer (John), Sydney Williams (Matt), and Taylor Makowski, and fifteen great grandchildren. Floyd was loved and admired by his family and will be dearly missed by all. Services will be private. Cremation and arrangements entrusted to Skyview Memorial Lawn, 200 Rollingwood Dr., Vallejo, CA.

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Floyd Cordova

December 27, 1931 - November 30, 2023