LANCASTER, Calif. -- Pablo Sepulvera Mesa, 64, of Lancaster, died Sunday, Nov. 26, 2000, at Dessert High Hospital in Lancaster, after an extended illness.

He was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Lancaster, the son of Pablo Mesa Sr. and Dolores Sepulvera Mesa.

Halliey-Olsen-Murphy Chapel and Crematory in Lancaster was in charge of arrangements.

He was a seasonal contractor and supervisor at H.J. Heinz in Muscatine before moving to California.

Survivors include his stepfather, Jesus Bueno of Donna, Texas; four sons, Samuel Mesa of Coachela Calif., Pedro Mesa of Davenport, Roberto Mesa of Texas, and Eddie Mesa of Muscatine; three daughters, Velma Jaramillo and her husband, Domingo, Dolores Zamudio and her husband, Victor and Linda Zamudio and her husband, Socorro, all of Muscatine; 30 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Santos Bueno of Weslaco, Texas; two sisters, Elena Coronado of Lipstix, Ohio and Inacia Rivera of Donna, Texas.

He was preceded in death by two sons, Paul Mesa III in 1974 and Antonio ''Tony'' Mesa in 1998.