Gene Monroe Mulleneaux

January 29, 1943 ~ November 12, 2Gene loved playing with his grandchildren and loved playing computer games. Gene Monroe Mulleneaux, of Colton, was born January 29, 1943 in Glendale, California. He died after a brief illness on November 12, 2017. Gene was a Deputy Sheriff with L.A. County for ten years, police officer in Phoenix for two years and he worked for the Salt River Project for 20 years. He was President of the Arizona Herpetological Association and a member of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He enjoyed snake hunting, guns and reloading. Gene loved playing with his grandchildren and loved playing computer games. Everyone, young and old, loved him and all the children at church called him "Grandpa" He was married to Rickey Mulleneaux for 51 years. Gene was preceded in death by his parents Grant Wesley and Ruth Olive Mulleneaux. He is survived by his son Richard (Sarah) Mulleneaux; Daughters Cheri (Mark) Vest, Tammy (Manny) Dominguez, Natalie Spraque and Shea (Trevor) Morrison; Sisters Linda (Fulwood) Blackburn and Jill (Gary) Hassen; Brothers Gary (Connie), Dan (Christine), Dick (Helen) Mulleneaux; Grandchildren Rion, Justin, Connor, Hayden, Veronica, Raquel, Isabella, Olivia, Tate, Tyler, Logen, Jaeden, Jayce, Madi, Mackenzie, Brooklyn, Kayleigh and Ethan. Services were held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 13250 OR-211 Molalla, Oregon at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, November 18, 2017.