Rosa Maria Garcia

She was born in Laredo, Texas on November 28, 1943. She graduated from Martin High School in 1962. She also attended Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX ), Texas A & I University (Kingsville, TX) and Corpus Christi State University.

She was married to Enrique Garcia on June 5, 1965.

Rosa Maria, (Rosemary to her friends and coworkers), began her career with West Oso ISD in Corpus Christi, TX in 1978. She retired in 2004 and returned to employment with district 2006 – 2017.

She was a member of Our Lady of Pillar Catholic Church. She enjoyed traveling, amusement parks, reading, sports, and supported her grandchildren in their education and extracurricular actives. She was an active member of her Bunco group. She was a very independent woman and was always ready for an adventure.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Enrique Garcia, parents Epigmenio and Maria Ignacia Garza, granddaughter Azalie Beth Lopez and her brother Oscar Jaime Garza.

She is survived by one daughter, Elizabeth (Daniel) Lopez of Corpus Christi, TX, two sons, Santiago (Patria Moran) Garcia of Pflugerville, TX and Enrique Jr. (Maribel) Garcia; nine grandchildren, Santiago Garcia Jr, April Marie Garcia, Enrique Garcia III, Araceli Lopez Brown, Renee Garcia, Aleksandr Lopez, Ariana Lopez, Xavier Garcia and James Garcia; seven great grandchildren.