

CLETO “CLETS” BARRERA JR., BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER AND SON PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 5, 2021 AT THE AGE OF 74 WHILE SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES WHO WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR HIS LEGACY BY LIVING THEIR LIVES TO THE FULLEST. HE WAS BORN ON 03/03/1946 TO CLETO BARRERA SR AND BLANCA PALACIOS BARRERA IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
HE IS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, CLETO AND BLANCA; SISTER GUADALUPE PEREZ; BROTHERS RAYMOND AND GREGORY BARRERA; NEICE MARY HELEN BARRERA DAVIS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE OF 40 YEARS, MARIA DEL CARMEN BARRERA; CHILDREN, CLETO III (SANDRA), RAYMOND, JIM MICHAEL (MICHELE), OSCAR, VERONICA, CARLOS (AMANDA); SIBLINGS ELIDA ORTEGON, VIRGINIA GONZALEZ, CLARA DELGADO, MARIA DE LA LUZ CRUZ; BROTHERS; SANTIAGO BARRERA, DAVID BARRERA (RACHEL), RICARDO BARRERA, SYLVIA FUENTES (JOE); GRANDCHILDREN; JANA LEE, PRISCILLA MARIE, LISA YVETTE, CLETO IIII, NINA, ISAIAH JAMES, LEIA GRACE, EMERIS ROSE, NOA SOFIA, RAUL; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN GABRIEL AND JAMES; AND NUMEROUS NEPHEWS, NEICES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
CLETO GRADUATED FROM EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 29, 1965. HE WAS RECRUITED INTO THE ARMY IN SEPTEMBER OF 1965. WHERE HE THEN SERVED AS A MECHANIC OPERATOR. HE RECIEVED A GOOD CONDUCT METAL, A NATIONAL DEFENSE METAL AND ALSO WAS AN EXPERT (RIFLE) MARKSMAN IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE WAS LATER DISCHARHED WITH AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN DECEMBER 1967. HE WORKED AT PPG GLASS CO. WHERE HE HELPED INSTALL THE WINDOWS AT THE TOWER OF AMERICAS. SOON AFTER HE WORKED AT EG & G AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH AND ATTENDED ST PHILLIPS COLLEGE FOR ENGINEER MECHANICS. HE RETIRED AFTER 43 YEARS AT EG & G AUTOMOTOVE RESEARCH.
HE ENJOYED HELPING OTHERS, GOING FOR WALKS, BUILDING THINGS, CAR SHOWS, AND BBQING. HE ENJOYED SPENDING GOOD QUALITY TIME WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS. HE WAS A GREAT MAN, A FATHER FIGURE AND WAS A MENTOR TO MANY. HE WILL BE MISSED AND WILL FOREVER BE IN OUR HEARTS.
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