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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.