Julia R. Penalver

Julia R. Penalver was the daughter of Juliana Garcia and Guadalupe N. Rodriguez. She was married to Pvt. Joe V. Penalver, a WWII Veteran who was killed in enemy action in 1944. Julia kept her ‘promise’ to Joe and never remarried.

Ms. Penalver was a member of the St. Albert the Great Catholic Church and a Lifetime Member of the Disabled Veterans League and the local VFW Chapter 8787. Her passion for cross word puzzles and dominoes befuddled many a friendly dialogue with her greatest strength, the Love for her Great-Grand Children.

Preceded in her death was her loyal husband, Joe V. Penalver, who was killed during WWII and loving mother, Juliana Garcia.

Julia is survived by her loving and supportive daughter, Maria I. Villegas (Nina) and son-in-law, Manuel Villegas, Jr., Granddaughters Paula Marie Dominguez and Husband, Ruben, and Great Grand Children, Paulina, Isabella and Ruben, Jr., Granddaughter Jessica J. Villegas, Cousins Esther Mohan and Agnes and Homer Perez, relatives, Elva Garcia, Eddie and wife Elizabeth Garcia, Deacon Fred and Delma Campos, Bob and Sylvia Boyle, John and Norma Jean Casas, Molly Torres & Son, Denver Stone, Alex and wife Elma, Ralph Torres, Jesse Torres, Delores Castillo, Bobby and Maria Torres of El Paso.

Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family from three o’clock until five o’clock in the evening, on Sunday, the 11th of January 2015, at Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at twelve o’clock in the afternoon on 12th of January 2015 at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 700 Dewhurst Rd in San Antonio, Texas. There will be a visitation prior to the Mass at eleven o’clock. Interment will follow at Fort Sam National Cemetery.