OBIT – Antonio Longoria

MISSION/AUSTIN – Antonio “Tony” Alfonso Longoria, 60, of Mission, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Seton Medical Center in Austin from complications following a stroke.

Mr. Longoria was born on July 10, 1956, in McAllen to Antonio and Celeste Longoria, and was raised in Mission. He attended Notre Dame College where he received his bachelor’s in business administration and then earned his master’s in business administration from Southern Methodist University. He moved to California for a lifelong career in the automotive industry. In 2014, he moved to Austin. He was a digital marketing consultant for YP Marketing Solutions.

Survivors include his wife, Diane Longoria; daughters, Erika Longoria of New York City, N.Y. and Rachel Longoria of Austin; father, A. E. “Tony” Longoria of Mission; and sister, Laura Aissa Longoria of Austin.

A memorial service was held on Dec. 17 at El Mesias United Methodist Church in Mission. Interment of ashes followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Mission.