Jose M.R. Avila, age 83 of San Antonio, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Mr. Avila was raised in Kansas, Missouri and served in the US Air Force for 29 years and 8 months retiring with the rank of CMSGT.
Jose loved his grandchildren and strongly believed in education.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Jose and Vicenta Avila, siblings; Paul and Ramona Avila.
Surviving him are his wife, Eloise Avila; Daughters, Cynthia Avila (Don), and Diane Fernandez (Oscar); brother, Albert Avila (Helen); sisters, Isabel Cheney (Leroy) and Carmen Wilson; grandchildren, David Fernandez and Mark Fernandez along with numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm at Porter Loring on McCullough.
ROSARY
TUESDAY- FEBRUARY 26, 2019
7:00 P.M.
PORTER LORING CHAPEL
PROCESSION
WEDNESDAY- FEBRUARY 27, 2019
9:30 A.M.
FROM PORTER LORING
MASS
10:00 A.M.
SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL
115 MAIN PLAZA
Interment in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.