Ruben Manuel Castilla

RUBEN WAS BORN IN MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO ON OCTOBER 19, 1943 TO RUBEN & NELBA CASTILLA. HE IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES SHORTLY AFTER TURNING 18 YEARS OF AGE. HE WORKED HARD TO ASSIST MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHERS, AND SISTERS IN FOLLOWING HIM. WHEN RUBEN ARRIVED IN THE U.S. HE RESIDED IN DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE HE MET RAQUEL SILVA.

RUBEN AND RAQUEL WERE MARRIED IN OCTOBER OF 1970 AND TOGETHER OVER 55 YEARS. THEY MOVED TO CARROLLTON AND TOGETHER RAISED THEIR ONLY SON. BEING HOME WITH HIS FAMILY WAS HE WAS HAPPIEST.

RUBEN IS SURVIVED BY WIFE RAQUEL, SON RUBEN M CASTILLA JR, GRANDCHILDREN TAYLOR & MEL CASTILLA, ALEXANDER MATEO CASTILLA, JOHN-PAUL R CASTILLA; BROTHER JONATHAN CASTILLA AND SISTER-IN-LAW MARI CASTILLA, AND SISTERS LIA QUINTAL, MIRNA FERRAEZ, DELMY LAFOUR, BRICELDA AYALA, AS WELL AS OVER 35 NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

RUBEN SPENT HIS CAREER WORKING AS A MACHINEST, ELECTRONIC MACHINE ASSEMBLY, AND TELECOM INDUSTRY. HE LOVED BEING AT THE BEACH AND WITH HIS FAMILY. RUBEN WAS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE AND WELCOME IN HIS HOME. HE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF OTHERS COMFORT WHILE VISITING.

RUBEN IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER NELBA AND FATHER RUBEN, BROTHERS JOSE LUIS CASTILLA, JUAN CASTILLA, AND SISTERS MARIA DEL ROCIO CASTILLA, MILDRED TAYLOR, AND DALIA LUTTRELL.

A visitation will be held at Calvary Hill Funeral Home, located at 3235 Lombardy Ln, Dallas, Texas, 75220, on December 22, 2025, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will take place at Calvary Hill Main Mausoleum North Chapel, at the same address, on December 23, 2025, starting at 11:00 am.