She was born on November 18, 1922 to Carmen Milan Rojo and Emilio Rojo in Port Arthur, Texas. She was a lifelong resident of Port Arthur and a longtime member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Carmen worked as the Grease Plant timekeeper at Texaco for 10 years before she retired to raise her family. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and Lamar College in Port Arthur.
Visitation will be on Friday, September 5, 2014 from 5 PM to 8 PM with a rosary to be prayed at 6:30 PM at Clayton Thompson Funeral Home in Groves, TX. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Port Arthur, TX. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Gabbie Rojo, Joe H. Rojo, Emilio “Walt” Rojo and her husband, Manuel Angel Trevino.
Carmen is survived her son, Manuel Carlos Trevino of Paso Robles, CA, her daughter-in-law, Marianne Trevino, four grandchildren, Selina Dornheim, Theresa Trevino, Cathleen Trevino and Lilian Trevino and one great granddaughter, Leighla Dornheim.
She is also survived by her sisters, Alicia Capello of Port Arthur, Texas and Gracia Gonzales of Dallas, Texas and brother, Carlos Rojo along with several nieces and nephews
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