13, 2022. Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 17th at McGilley Midtown Chapel from 5-7p.m. with Rosary
being prayed at 6p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Wednesday May 18th, 2022, at 9:30a.m. at Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church, 3333 Broadway, KCMO 64111. Burial to
follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, KS.
Ofie, as she like to be called, was born on December 5, 1933, in the Kansas City Armourdale area to
Miceala (Morales) and Thomas Esquivel. Mom married the love of her life, Herman Garcia
(aka 'Punkin'), on November 17, 1951, and proceeded to have 10 children and adopting 4 more. Mom
had many jobs in her lifetime but the one she most cherished was Posty Cards where she retired in
2007. Mom loved to see Elvis Presley movies, listen to Mexican music and was in fact a middle-aged
groupie for our local band, Las Estrella’s. Always wanted to go to dances, fiestas and parties that Las
Estrella’s played. She helped friends and family coordinate weddings, quince anos, baptismal and
always recommending Las Estrella’s as the band to booked for their event. She was a deeply religious
person who believed in her Catholic faith. She was the glue and cornerstone in our family. We
always went to her for guidance’s and blessings. She is now with her beloved Punkin.
She leaves her children, Herman, Jr. (Annabeth), Thomas (Patty), Carol (Manuel) Palacio, Miceala
(Gilbert) Tinoco, Raymond (Mary), Robert (Rachel), Jesse, Ronald and Valentina; 4 adoptive children,
Hilda, Jeff (Isabel) Santa Cruz, Mark (Michelle), Aquarius (Becky); two children of the heart, Frances
Florido and Juanita Fuentes; and one brother, Thomas Esquivel. She has 27 grandchildren, 57 great-
grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her daughter,
Linda Garcia; her two brothers, Eliseo and Ephrem Esquivel; her two sisters, Mary Rocha and
Rose Piseno; her two grandsons, Mark and Michael Palacio; great-grandson, Dominic Palacio;
and great-granddaughter, Micaela Cabrera.
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