Submitted by
Ken Gates
Marlin Democrat
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Marlin, Falls County, Texas
Blas E. Vasquez
February 3, 1925 – August 20, 2007
Blas E. Vasquez, 81, of Rosebud died Monday, August 20, 2007 in a Temple
hospital. Services were held at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Anne's Catholic Church in
Rosebud. Rev. Joseph Suneet officiated. Burial with military honors was in
Sacred Heart Cemetery in Rosebud.
Rosary was recited Thursday in Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral in
Rosebud.
Mr. Vasquez was born February 3, 1925 in
Rosebud to Ignacio and Sara Espinoza Vasquez. He married Aurora Tijerina. He
served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines. He retired from American Desk Mfg.
Co. in Temple. He was a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church in Rosebud.
He was preceded in death by his wife on July 12, 2007.
Survivors include one son, Blas T. Vasquez Jr. of Rosebud; one daughter, Elida
V. Tovar of Marlin; and three grandchildren.