He served in the United States Army during Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star. Eddie was a loving father and an avid outdoors man.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Mr. Rangel is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elida Rangel; sons, John Edmund Rangel and Stephen Edward Rangel and their mother Diana Rangel; grandchildren, Edmund Michael Rangel, Natalie Sierra Rangel and Jakob Zachary Mercado; sisters, Mrs. Dorene Minis and Mrs. Yvonne Hernandez; numerous nieces, nephews and other family and friends.