{"id":1316,"date":"2011-10-11T22:06:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T02:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2020-08-12T21:19:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T01:19:48","slug":"keep-on-truckin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/2011\/10\/special-features\/keep-on-truckin\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep On Truckin’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Some people just leave a lasting impression everywhere they go. Such was the case for Felix Harry Maggini, who passed away on August 24, 2011 after battling several illnesses. And with 1,000 people in attendance at his \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d party, it is very obvious that this hard-working and even harder-playing man left a BIG impression on many throughout his short life. Felix and the rest of the Maggini family from Riverdale, CA are well-known for their bright yellow and green hay trucks that have been running up and down California\u2019s Central Valley for almost four decades.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In the early days, Felix and his older brother Melvin would work morning to night boomin\u2019 hay \u2013 and they were good at it! In 1973, Felix decided that it was time to start his own company and there began Felix Maggini Hay Truck\u2019n Inc. With help from some of the family, Felix bought his very first truck. He knew he wanted it to catch people\u2019s eyes, but when he came home from the paint shop the opinions varied \u2013 but he didn\u2019t care \u2013 he loved his yellow and green. Trucking was much more than just a business to Felix Maggini, it was a way of life \u2013 and he loved it!<\/p>\n

In the winter of 1979, Felix\u2019s life changed forever. He still loved truckin\u2019 and burnin\u2019 down the town, but he had a new goal. A beautiful brunette had moved back to town and became the bartender at the Mt. Whitney, the local Riverdale hangout. From the moment he saw her he knew he just had to make her his own. So, in true Felix fashion, he got her attention the only way he knew how \u2013 by throwing quarters at her! Their first official date was an evening at Harris Ranch and it was all over from there. They hit it off right away. Felix loved how Kathy could hang with the best of them and he loved to watch her out-drink his friends. The two were married on September 19, 1981 in Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Starting a family rather quickly, Felix and Kathy had two girls, Kali and Katie. Always wanting boys, Felix raised his girls like they were his sons, which made them tough and independent (and maybe even a little stubborn and hard-headed). He raised them with the motto, \u201cDo as I say, NOT as I do,\u201d but they always knew he loved them. Felix was a great dad. Since then, Katie met and married James and Kali met and got engaged to Levi \u2013 and these two young men became the sons Felix never had. Katie and James also gave Felix a granddaughter (Lola) and a grandson (Grady) \u2013 and Grady is just like his gramppy \u2013 he only has one speed \u2013 wide open!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Felix was laid to rest in true hay-hauler fashion. On Wednesday, August 31, his coffin was strapped to some hay bales atop one of his trailers and pulled from the Maggini yard into town with his beloved Peterbilt cabover (which he bought brand new and had been wrecked and resurrected several times). Along with about 15 of the Maggini rigs, about 20 other trucks (mostly hay trucks) joined Felix for one last convoy into town, where his \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d party was happening. After unloading their precious cargo, Mike Maggini laid down a tire-smoking burnout right there in front of the Riverdale Memorial Hall while hundreds of family and friends cheered him on.<\/p>\n

Felix Harry Maggini lived an extraordinary life and will not soon be forgotten. We were honored to be at Felix\u2019s final party, which (literally) was standing room only. The food was great, but the stories being shared by everyone in attendance were even better! Felix never judged anybody and only saw the best in everyone. He never met a stranger in his life and he always made everyone feel so important.<\/p>\n

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All of us here at 10-4 Magazine send prayers for peace and comfort to the Maggini family and hope that you are all comforted by the fact that Felix is in a better place now \u2013 a place where all of the trucks are cabovers and hay still pays! Keep on truckin\u2019 Felix \u2013 you will be missed by everyone who knew you \u2013 and now by those who wish they did!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people just leave a lasting impression everywhere they go. Such was the case for Felix Harry Maggini, who passed away on August 24, 2011 after battling several illnesses. And with 1,000 people in attendance at his \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d party, it is very obvious that this hard-working and even harder-playing man left a BIG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-special-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28057,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions\/28057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenfourmagazine.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}