This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1hB.2ACE/1404 Message Board Post: Obituary: RAFAEL TORRES (60 YRS OLD) from Corpus Christi, TX, passed away on May 2, 2002. He is survived by his wife Mary Helen Torres, and children Cristina Rhodes, Suzette Garcia, and Patrick Torres.

> Obituary: RAFAEL TORRES (60 YRS OLD) from > Corpus Christi, TX, passed away on May 2, 2002. He is > survived by his wife Mary Helen Torres, and children > Cristina Rhodes, Suzette Garcia, and Patrick Torres. This is the full obit; I index the Corpus Christi Caller-Times obits, though I am woefully behind. Rafael H. Torres passed away on May 2 at a local hospital. He was 60. Rafael attended Flour Bluff High School before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1961. He served initially as an Infantryman and was twice wounded during two tours in Vietnam. He was awarded two Purple Hearts, The Combat Action Ribbon, Cold War Medal, National Medal Defense Service w/ Two Star Cluster, Good Conduct Medal w/Five Star Cluster; Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Vietnam Service Medal w/ Two Star Cluster, Vietnam Campaign Medal and Sea Service Deployment Medal. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1981 and worked at CCAD for 12 years before retiring to become a part-time rancher in Skidmore. Rafael then moved to Oceanside, California and returned to Corpus Christi in the past year. He is preceded in death by his father Daniel Torres and brother Ricardo Torres. He is survived by his wife Maria Elena Almanza-Torres originally of Oceanside. They have three children: Suzette (Danny) Garcia of Corpus Christi, Texas, Patrick (Jeanette) Torres of Lamesa, Texas and Cristina and (Jason) Rhodes of Corpus Christi, Texas. He is survived by his mother, Hortensia H. Torres; brothers Raul (Myrtle); Reynaldo (Lucy) of Sinton; Roy (Pat) of Salt Lake City, Utah; Bob, and sister Becky (Virgil) Selph. Other survivors include five grandchildren: Demi and Mia Garcia, Ashley and Julien Torres, and Hannah Rhodes. Visitation will be held Sunday, May 5, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Corpus Christi Funeral Home. A Rosary will be recited that same evening at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul The Apostle Church, 2233 Waldron Rd, Monday, May 6, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Seaside Memorial Park --Amy