Emilio G. Barrera Jr.

Port Lavaca – Emilio G. Barrera, Jr., 79, of Port Lavaca passed away October 20, 2014. He was born January 15, 1935 in Roma, TX to the late Emilio Barrera Sr. and Luz Gonzalez Barrera. He was retired from TxDOT and a Catholic.

He is survived by his daughter, Loretta Barrera Salinas and her fiancé, Edgar Vasquez; son, Jesse Barrera; sisters, Yolanda Boyce, Oralia Guajardo; brothers, Jose Mario Barrera, Luz Barrera; grandchildren, Carlos Barrera Jr., Jennifer Barrera, Roxanne Salinas, Jeremy Salinas, Suzanne Salinas, Matthew Salinas, Trisha Barrera, Mercedes Daniel Barrera and great-grandchildren, Kameron Castaneda, Ava Faith Madla, Averie Rey Salinas, Creighton Osornia and Carington Osornia.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Andrea Duenez Barrera; parents; son, Carlos Barrera Sr.; sisters, Maria Enriquez, Juanita Cimpriano, Isabel Guajardo, Odelia Jones; brothers, Armando Barrera, Leonel Barrera and grandchildren, Angel and Adam Salinas.

Visitation will be held Thursday, October 23, 2014 from 5-7 p.m. at Richardson-Colonial Funeral Home with a rosary to begin at 7 p.m. Funeral Mass will be Friday, October 24, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Gardens.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.richardsoncolonial.com.