Rufino "R.B." "Sonny" Balboa Trevino Jr.

A Memorial Service in celebration of Rufino Balboa Trevino, Jr.’s life will take place on Friday, March 19, 2021 at Memory Gardens Funeral Home and Cemetery at 8200 Old Brownsville Road, Corpus Christi, Texas 78415. Rufino Balboa Trevino, Jr., 93 was called home to his place in heaven on Sunday, March 22, 2020. He was born August 14, 1926, in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Rufino and Rosa Balboa Trevino. R.B. Commonly known as "Sonny" to his friends and family, lived in Corpus Christi most of his life until moving to Beaumont to be closer to his son and family.

Starting in 1944, R.B. served in World War II for the United States Army and continued his service in the United States Marine Corp where he served as a military police officer. After his tour of duty, R.B., returned to Corpus Christi and began working as a detective with the Corpus Christi Police Department. In the early 1960's R.B. began his long career in retail at J.C. Penney. His dedicated clients relied on him for all of their special occasions and he was blessed to call all of his customers friends. R.B. retired from J.C. Penney after fifty years.

On December 30, 1959, R.B. married Elizabeth Cazares and were happily married for fifty-one years until her death in 2009. R.B. was the proud father of one son, Paul Trevino (Kelli Hayes Trevino); three grandchildren, James Jeffrey Trevino (Emily), Mary-Caroline Trevino, and Anne Kathryn Trevino; and one great-grandchild, Elizabeth James Trevino, all of Beaumont, Texas.

Visitation Friday March 19, 2021 will begin at 9:30 AM in the Chapel at Memory Gardens; Funeral Services will be at 10:00 AM and Inurnment at 11:00 AM.