Joe retired from the Corpus Christi Caller Times after 35 years of service.
He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Arturo Arnoldo Bustamante.
He will be dearly missed by his wife, Viola G. Bustamante; daughters, Thelma Jo (Carlos) Soto from Houston, Texas, Vivian Lee (Stefan) Huschke from Spokane, Washington, Maricelda Bustamante and Patricia Lynn (Clint) Lawhon; grandchildren, Carlos Rene Soto, Jr., Andrew Rey Soto, Gisella Bridgette Huschke, Peyton James Lawhon, Zane Clinton Lawhon and Caitlin Amanda Lawhon; sisters, Estella Mejia, Olga Bustamante, Lydia (Manuel) Cuellar and brother-in-law, Ray R. Gonzales.
Visitation will start on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Memory Gardens Funeral Home from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and continue at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church at 6:00 p.m. with a Holy Rosary to be recited at 7:30 p.m. that same evening.
Visitation will resume at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church with Funeral Mass starting at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in his memory to the Parkinson’s Association and/or The American Heart Association.
Funeral arrangements are under the care of Memory Gardens Funeral Home.
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