Mr. Ramon Aguilar Jr.

He is preceded in death by his parents Ramon Aguilar and Paula Flores, sisters Rita Aguilar, Beatrice Flores, Consuelo Martinez, and his beloved wife Juanita Zamarripa.

Left to cherish his memory are his children David Aguilar (partner Sandra), Rita Aguilar, Roger Aguilar, Ray Aguilar (wife Daunette Williams), granddaughters Jennifer Aguilar, Catherine Aguilar (Husband Nick Pumphrey), great-grandchildren Raven Aguilar, Morganna Almanza, Rogue Almanza, Violet Pumphrey, Nick Trumble, his daughter-in-law Brenda Huizar Aguilar, sister Elma Aguilar and numerous nieces and nephews.

Ramon was born on July 26, 1933 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Ramon Aguilar and Paula Flores. He grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was at the age of 17 that he made a life-changing decision to enlist in the US Air Force. By the time he turned 18, he was in the battlefields of Korea. After Korea he would eventually find himself stationed in San Antonio Texas where he met the love of his life Juanita Zamarripa. They fell in love and married September 28, 1957 at St Timothy’s Catholic Church and were married for 47 years until his wife’s death in 2005. Ramon would eventually remarry and become a widow again in 2025.

Ramon made the decision to do at least 20 years in the Military. Towards the end of his Military career, he was sent to Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1972 after completing two tours of duty in Vietnam. He retired with the rank of Staff Sergeant. Some of the medals he received were the Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal Korea, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. A true military man at heart, he always expressed his love for his service to his country. He believed in respecting the flag and all the enlisted men and women who made the decision to serve. He always said there are many hardships a soldier and their family have to go through since they all had to make a lot of sacrifices in service to their country. When asked would you do it again, he always answered yes.

After he retired from the US Air Force, he began working for the City of San Antonio with the Airport Police Department. He worked for 23 years before he retired in 1995. It was while he was working for the City of San Antonio that he earned his Associates Degree from Alamo Community Colleges in Accounting and a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from Texas A&M University.

Ramon had great love for his family. Becoming a father, grandfather and then a great-grandfather brought him such joy and he treasured them all. It was always the simple things in life that brought him the greatest joy. He enjoyed running races with his kids and playing games in the backyard. One of our many favorite memories growing up is sitting on the back step at night eating raspa with ice cream to stay cool during the summer. He also enjoyed working on Sudoku puzzles and playing scramble. He enjoyed cooking on the grill and experimented making homemade BBQ sauces. He enjoy the baby showers, birthday parties, graduations, job promotions, retirement celebrations and what we called “just because” gatherings.

He was a very avid reader and a true history buff. He loved watching history and documentary shows on PBS, History Channel, Story TV, and any other shows that caught his interest. He also kept up with current events going on around the world and enjoyed reading the newspapers. He was a true “news junkie.” He also enjoyed watching western movies and western shows. He grew up watching them with his dad and he was hooked.

In his younger days, enjoyed fixing things around the house with his trusted sidekick Catherine. He enjoyed just sitting around the table talking with friends and family drinking coffee and eating a concha or cookies. He loved to talk about how his dad found a new hamburger place that opened up in Corpus Christi that made good burgers called Whataburger and would take the family there there to eat once a month, He loved listing to Opera, show tunes, and Spanish music (like Vicente Fernandez). He was a big fan of the San Antonio Spurs, Kansas City Chiefs and the Northern Dame Fighting Irish teams.

Health issued slowed him down in his later years but he was determined to keep as active as possible. Once his health issues changed over to to end of life care, he placed his well being in gods hands. He lived each day with smiles and laughter. In 2025 he moved in with two of his children and spent his final years enjoying life with his kids and the grandchildren. He worked on his dance moves with Violet. At the age of 93 he became a member of Violets band “The Winix” as the drummer with their "One hit wonder “False Alarm.” Anytime they got together you would hear them singing songs together with the drum and guitar. It was during this time he started to learn how to use a computer, Facebook, and learned how to listen to music, shows and view news articles on the computer. He worked on playing the guitar and a native flute. If you walked by his room, you could hear him singing or playing one of his instruments.

He enjoyed going out to eat and looked forward to his weekly trips to Denny’s, Pico De Gallo or Cracker Barrel which were his favorite places to eat breakfast or lunch. He later learned about the pizza buffet at Peter Pipers and he was hooked and it became another place he enjoyed going to.

We wish to express our deepest appreciation to those who reached out with their love, support, kindness and visits during his final years. He always enjoyed seeing everyone. We want to especially thank Dr. Duggan and Dr. Vestal and their staff with internal medicine and Dr. Prientice and his staff with Cardiology all located at BAMC. We especially want to thank the staff from our many ER visits to BAMC who always went above and beyond with our dad. Your care, patience and dedication to his well being will always be appreciated and never forgotten by our family.

Our dad had a favorite quote from Douglas MacArthur that he loved to quote a lot:

“Old soldiers never die; they just fade away" (General Douglas MacArthur’s April 19, 1951 Farewell address to Congress)

It was our father’s wish that in lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Wounded Warrior Program.

Visitation will be held at Funeraria Del Angel Roy Akers, 515 North Main Ave, San Antonio, TX 78205, US, on December 1, 2026, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, with the Rosary at the same location on December 1, 2026, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

A Funeral Mass will take place at San Juan De Los Lagos, 3231 El Paso St, San Antonio, TX 78207, on December 2, 2026, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by a Graveside Service at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, on December 2, 2026, from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm.