OBIT – Salvador Jose Garcia

PALMVIEW – Salvador Jose Garcia, 62, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, at his home in Palmview.

Mr. Garcia was born in Nampa, Idaho on June 11, 1954, and was raised in Pharr. He worked for 23 years with the Mission C.I.S.D. transportation department.

Survivors include his wife, Nelda Dolores Garcia Rosales; mother, Edecia Garcia; children, Nelda Dolores Chavez, Salvador Garcia Jr., Rolando Jesus Garcia and Lorena Ann Garcia; siblings, Refugio Garcia, Gilberto Garza, Telesforo Garcia, Ricardo Garcia, Fidel Garcia, Javier Garcia, Joel Garcia, Lupe Garcia, Minerva Soto, Norma Gonzalez and Edecia Loera; and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father, Refugio Garcia, and his brothers, Mario and Refugio Garcia.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Aug. 11, from 2 to 9 p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary at Funeraria Del Angel in Mission. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m. at St. John of the Fields Catholic Church in Mission. Burial follows at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Mission.