Rosendo Lopez Garcia

Rosendo is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Isabel Requejo Garcia; children, Diane Soberanes, Sylvia Roman, John [Myra] Garcia, Nick [Elissa] Garcia and Laura Garcia; sister, Isabel Nava and brother, Juan L. Garcia of California; grandchildren, Melissa Goodman, Daniel Roman, Joshua Garcia, Nicole Alameda, Manuel Garcia, Andrew Garcia, and Sierrah Coit; as well as great grandchildren, Aaron Roman,

Christopher Roman, Daniel Roman, Patrick Goodman, Jacob Roman, and Maverick Coit.

He was predeceased by his parents, Bartolo and Juanita Garcia, three brothers, two sisters and great-granddaughter, Alyssa Roman.

Rosendo was born in Elroy, TX on March 1, 1935. He grew up in rural central Texas and learned the value of a hard day’s work at a very young age. In 1953, the Garcia family drove to CA in search of work as field laborers. They encountered the “Valley of Heart’s delight”, where they picked cherries, prunes and apricots.

Rosendo and Isabel were married on April 28, 1956 in Austin. They traveled seasonally for five years from Austin to San Jose, CA in search of a better life for their family. He secured steady employment at Sun Garden Packing Co., which made him a dedicated member of the Teamsters Union. He retired after forty two years as a supervisor. He was now able to purse his true life-long passion full time, cattle ranching in Elroy. There, he bought a large ranch and flourished.

Rosendo was a lifetime member of the TX Cattlemen’s Association, Angus Assn., and the American Quarter Horse Assn. He was an active co-leader of the Evergreen 4-H club in CA. He taught his children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews animal husbandry, without having a formal education himself. This, taught them perseverance, responsibility and discipline. He traveled throughout CA and TX to shows but the show he enjoyed the most was in Denver, Co. He also never turned down the chance to transport horses or cattle for his granddaughter, Melissa to compete with. He was happiest at any cow show or rodeo. He enjoyed the outdoors, the country way of life, western movies, horse racing, and especially raising cattle.

We know he is back working cattle from dawn to dusk.

A visitation for Rosendo will be held Friday, March 3, 2023 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM with a Recitation of the Holy Rosary following from 7:00PM to 8:00 PM at Weed Corley Fish Funeral Home, located at 2620 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704. A funeral mass will take place the following day, Saturday, March 4, 2023, beginning at 11 AM at San Jose Catholic Church, 2435 Oak Crest Ave., Austin, TX 78704. A interment following at Assumption Cemetery located at 3650 S I-35 Frontage Rd., Austin, TX 78704.