Yorktown man dies in tractor accident
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YORKTOWN - Wally Naranjo was a hard-working man who always had time for others and was quick with a joke.
On Wednesday, family members remembered the 62-year-old Yorktown man who died Tuesday morning in a tractor accident eight miles northwest of Yorktown.
"He worked hard from sun up to sun down," said his daughter Virginia Naranjo of Victoria. "He had a wonderful personality and a kind heart."
The oldest of 15 children and a jack-of-all-trades, Naranjo owned and operated a junk yard in Yorktown.
Yolanda Naranjo of Yorktown said her brother-in-law was a "hard-working guy who did just about everything. There was nothing he wouldn't tackle. He always had something at the yard that someone needed. People were in and out throughout the day. He was well-known and always acknowledged everybody, no matter how well they knew each other."
He was also a jokester.
"A lot of the older guys would come around and sit under the shade trees and shoot the breeze," his daughter said.
Yolanda agreed.
"He always had a joke to tell. He was a big teaser, a wonderful guy," she said.
According to a news release from the DeWitt County Sheriff's Office, it appears that Naranjo was using a tractor with a front-end loader to push a tree into a brush pile. The tree trunk made contact with the brush pile causing the tree to roll back and on top of the tractor. The tree trunk struck Naranjo and pinned him against the tractor, causing severe head trauma.
Mary Mathis, who was working with Naranjo clearing brush on the property of Robert Ibrom, ran to the closest home, where Lorna Borgfeld called 911, according to the sheriff's office report.
DeWitt County Justice of the Peace Bill Robinson performed an inquest and pronounced Naranjo dead at the scene.
"It's a big loss for our family. We all loved him dearly," his sister-in-law said.
His daughter knows the loss of her father will have an impact.
"He's someone who left his mark and will be sorely missed," she said.
