He worked for many years for Dresser Industries as a machinist, and before being a machinist he was a migrant worker. He was an active member of St. Theresa Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife of 69 years Emma Ramirez Cortez; his children: Francisco “Frannie”, John, Evaristo “Buddy”, Robert, Rosalva and husband Peter, Yolanda, and Aida and husband David; his grandchildren: Jeremiah, Ashley, Henry, Amber and husband Alex, Alan, Jordan, Dustin and wife Chloe, Carmen and husband Keith, Jessica, Christopher and Taylor; his great grandchildren: Kalista, Ella and Aiden; his cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
