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“He was a man who was faithful to God, to me and his community. “Felix was very loving and supportive,” Diaz said. In the High Desert, she embraced her freedom, found a new husband, Felix, and became an advocate for domestic violence victims and their children. Margaret Diaz, who was a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her ex-husband, fled Oklahoma by bus nearly three decades ago and found herself in Victorville, she told the Daily Press. “During our train trip, we made stops in New York City and Washington, D.C., where we visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.” “He was stationed at some of the bases we visited,” Diaz said. “He was a walking historian.”īefore her husband became ill, the couple visited Army bases in Virginia, Maryland and along the East Coast, Diaz said. “He loved teaching kids and talking to them about military and local history,” said Diaz, the founder and retired executive director of A Better Way Domestic Violence Shelter & Outreach program. He did have polio when he was a kid.”ĭiaz said her husband was a proud Army veteran who loved to work with the California Cadet Corps, a youth organization open to students from elementary school to college age. “We had no idea that he had heart problems. Margaret Diaz said she was surprised when medical and hospice personnel told her that her husband had heart arrhythmia, which may have led to his death. “We still don’t know what caused his death,” she said. He was appointed to the San Bernardino County Fair Board. He was also a member of the Victor Valley Union High School District Board in the early 1980s. He was elected to the Victorville City Council in November 1992 and served four years. He was involved in the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and founded the Felix G. He also coached basketball at VVC for eight years and football and track at Victor Valley High School for eight years.

He was 87.ĭiaz began his teaching career in 1961 and taught for 46 years, at all levels, from kindergarten to college, including teaching in Adelanto, at Victor Valley Junior High School and 23 years at Victor Valley College. Diaz died at his home on Saturday after battling a lengthy illness, his wife said. Longtime Victorville teacher, coach and Army veteran Felix G.