Wally served his country in the United States Navy from June 1956 through June 1962 and was stationed on the USS Lyman K. Swenson. In his younger days he worked for the fire department in New Mexico and the Post Office in Los Angeles. Wally’s job for over 40 years was as a bus driver. He worked for RTD in Los Angeles and Golden Empire Transit in Bakersfield. After his retirement from GET he had a part time job driving a small bus for the Buttonwillow Senior Center.

Wally was preceded in death by his dad Sabrino and his mom Natibeda, his wife Jessie and sister Juana.

Wally is survived by his sister Esther Gil, his brother Jesse Rubio, his daughter Lisa Phillips, his daughter Kimberly Taylor and her husband Warren Taylor, his son Paul Rubio and his wife Kristen Rubio and Kristen's son Cameron Kaufman. He is also survived by his precious grandchildren Maci, Austin and Shelby.