Fermin served as a medic in the United States Army and graduated from SAC in 1994 with an Associate’s in Applied Science with a major in Nursing. He worked as an RN at multiple hospitals throughout San Antonio for 20+ years.
Fermin was skilled at leather craftsmanship, sandblasting in glass and stone, and inventing new gadgets to help him improve ways of doing things.
His favorite pass times included being with his childhood friends and fishing the many lakes here in Texas.
Fermin is preceded in death by his father, Fermin R. Garcia Sr; his mother, Bertha L. Cuellar and his brother Rene Garcia.
Fermin is survived by his wife Bonnie Garcia, his children Fermin Garcia III (wife Lisa), Steven Garcia, Angela Garcia, Jennifer Hitchens (husband Brandon) and Ashely Boyer, grandchildren Linda Garcia, Alex Verow, Kenneth Verow, and Ellie-Marie Verow, siblings Daniel Garcia (wife Mary Alice), Yolanda King, Elma Dallmann (husband John) Bertha Garcia, Melissa Medel (husband Jose) many nephews, nieces and cousins and dear friends he held so close to his heart.
Poem “Happy the Man”
Written by John Dryden
Chosen by Fermin’s son Steven Garcia
Happy the man, and happy he alone.
He who can call today his own
He who, secure within, can say
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate are mine.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has been,
And I have had my hour.
