Irma Cardenas Flores, 83, passed on to be with our Lord, on Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home with a Recitation of the Rosary at 7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m., Friday, March 6, 2015, at San Jose Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Park.
Irma married Roman Bosquez at the age of 21 and was soon widowed at the young age of 32. She continued to work for Hicks Ponder, a pants factory, where she opted to work after securing employment, while not yet completing her high school education. She soon became a supervisor where she enjoyed the respect and friendship of her peers and co-workers. She diligently worked for Hicks Ponder for over 30 years providing for her three children and helping her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas, who had taken the family in after the death of her husband.
After 15 years of widowhood, she rekindled a relationship and married her school sweetheart, Eliseo P. Flores. She quit her job and they moved to Sonora, Texas, where she began to dedicate herself in service to others by volunteering at a Senior Citizen center, joining her church choir, and taking care of children.
Irma was a determined lady and a strong woman. She lived through her own personal tragedies with grace and strength and was one to be admired. At age 40, she went back to school and obtained her GED. At age 50, she was active playing in a softball league and took pride in knowing that she was good at it. Irma enjoyed life, maintained lifelong friendships, and in her later years was truly a blessing to her grandchildren. In 1991 she and her husband, Eliseo moved to Austin, Texas to live with her daughter and family. While in Austin, she was forever giving of herself while taking care of her family and her grandchildren. She loved and was loved.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roman Bosquez; a daughter, Irma "Mimi" Bosquez; her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas; sisters, Viola Trevino and Odelia Vela; and a granddaughter, Bianca Marie Galica.
Survivors include her husband, Eliseo P. Flores; daughter; Romelia B. Galica and her husband, Peter R.; sons, Rolando Bosquez and wife, Maria, and Roman C. Bosquez; grandchildren: Roberto Solorio ll, Mariza Bosquez, Vanessa Bosquez Rangel, Siena Grace Galica, Brianna Terese Galica, Julianna Frances Bosquez, Sophia Catherine Bosquez, Emma Marie Bosquez, Roman Eliseo Bosquez; great-grandchildren: Bianca Fay Solorio, Robert Solorio lll, Roman Solorio, Roland Solorio, Nathaniel Rangel, Cassandra Rangel and Dejuan Taylor Jr.; sister, Griselda Naranjo; brothers, Felix Cardenas and Oscar M. Cardenas; and many other nieces and nephews. A18
Irma married Roman Bosquez at the age of 21 and was soon widowed at the young age of 32. She continued to work for Hicks Ponder, a pants factory, where she opted to work after securing employment, while not yet completing her high school education. She soon became a supervisor where she enjoyed the respect and friendship of her peers and co-workers. She diligently worked for Hicks Ponder for over 30 years providing for her three children and helping her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas, who had taken the family in after the death of her husband.
After 15 years of widowhood, she rekindled a relationship and married her school sweetheart, Eliseo P. Flores. She quit her job and they moved to Sonora, Texas, where she began to dedicate herself in service to others by volunteering at a Senior Citizen center, joining her church choir, and taking care of children.
Irma was a determined lady and a strong woman. She lived through her own personal tragedies with grace and strength and was one to be admired. At age 40, she went back to school and obtained her GED. At age 50, she was active playing in a softball league and took pride in knowing that she was good at it. Irma enjoyed life, maintained lifelong friendships, and in her later years was truly a blessing to her grandchildren. In 1991 she and her husband, Eliseo moved to Austin, Texas to live with her daughter and family. While in Austin, she was forever giving of herself while taking care of her family and her grandchildren. She loved and was loved.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roman Bosquez; a daughter, Irma "Mimi" Bosquez; her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas; sisters, Viola Trevino and Odelia Vela; and a granddaughter, Bianca Marie Galica.
Survivors include her husband, Eliseo P. Flores; daughter; Romelia B. Galica and her husband, Peter R.; sons, Rolando Bosquez and wife, Maria, and Roman C. Bosquez; grandchildren: Roberto Solorio ll, Mariza Bosquez, Vanessa Bosquez Rangel, Siena Grace Galica, Brianna Terese Galica, Julianna Frances Bosquez, Sophia Catherine Bosquez, Emma Marie Bosquez, Roman Eliseo Bosquez; great-grandchildren: Bianca Fay Solorio, Robert Solorio lll, Roman Solorio, Roland Solorio, Nathaniel Rangel, Cassandra Rangel and Dejuan Taylor Jr.; sister, Griselda Naranjo; brothers, Felix Cardenas and Oscar M. Cardenas; and many other nieces and nephews. A18
Irma Cardenas Flores, 83, passed on to be with our Lord, on Sunday, March 1, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Funeral Home with a Recitation of the Rosary at 7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m., Friday, March 6, 2015, at San Jose Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Park.
Irma married Roman Bosquez at the age of 21 and was soon widowed at the young age of 32. She continued to work for Hicks Ponder, a pants factory, where she opted to work after securing employment, while not yet completing her high school education. She soon became a supervisor where she enjoyed the respect and friendship of her peers and co-workers. She diligently worked for Hicks Ponder for over 30 years providing for her three children and helping her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas, who had taken the family in after the death of her husband.
After 15 years of widowhood, she rekindled a relationship and married her school sweetheart, Eliseo P. Flores. She quit her job and they moved to Sonora, Texas, where she began to dedicate herself in service to others by volunteering at a Senior Citizen center, joining her church choir, and taking care of children.
Irma was a determined lady and a strong woman. She lived through her own personal tragedies with grace and strength and was one to be admired. At age 40, she went back to school and obtained her GED. At age 50, she was active playing in a softball league and took pride in knowing that she was good at it. Irma enjoyed life, maintained lifelong friendships, and in her later years was truly a blessing to her grandchildren. In 1991 she and her husband, Eliseo moved to Austin, Texas to live with her daughter and family. While in Austin, she was forever giving of herself while taking care of her family and her grandchildren. She loved and was loved.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roman Bosquez; a daughter, Irma "Mimi" Bosquez; her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas; sisters, Viola Trevino and Odelia Vela; and a granddaughter, Bianca Marie Galica.
Survivors include her husband, Eliseo P. Flores; daughter; Romelia B. Galica and her husband, Peter R.; sons, Rolando Bosquez and wife, Maria, and Roman C. Bosquez; grandchildren: Roberto Solorio ll, Mariza Bosquez, Vanessa Bosquez Rangel, Siena Grace Galica, Brianna Terese Galica, Julianna Frances Bosquez, Sophia Catherine Bosquez, Emma Marie Bosquez, Roman Eliseo Bosquez; great-grandchildren: Bianca Fay Solorio, Robert Solorio lll, Roman Solorio, Roland Solorio, Nathaniel Rangel, Cassandra Rangel and Dejuan Taylor Jr.; sister, Griselda Naranjo; brothers, Felix Cardenas and Oscar M. Cardenas; and many other nieces and nephews. A18
Irma married Roman Bosquez at the age of 21 and was soon widowed at the young age of 32. She continued to work for Hicks Ponder, a pants factory, where she opted to work after securing employment, while not yet completing her high school education. She soon became a supervisor where she enjoyed the respect and friendship of her peers and co-workers. She diligently worked for Hicks Ponder for over 30 years providing for her three children and helping her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas, who had taken the family in after the death of her husband.
After 15 years of widowhood, she rekindled a relationship and married her school sweetheart, Eliseo P. Flores. She quit her job and they moved to Sonora, Texas, where she began to dedicate herself in service to others by volunteering at a Senior Citizen center, joining her church choir, and taking care of children.
Irma was a determined lady and a strong woman. She lived through her own personal tragedies with grace and strength and was one to be admired. At age 40, she went back to school and obtained her GED. At age 50, she was active playing in a softball league and took pride in knowing that she was good at it. Irma enjoyed life, maintained lifelong friendships, and in her later years was truly a blessing to her grandchildren. In 1991 she and her husband, Eliseo moved to Austin, Texas to live with her daughter and family. While in Austin, she was forever giving of herself while taking care of her family and her grandchildren. She loved and was loved.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roman Bosquez; a daughter, Irma "Mimi" Bosquez; her parents, Felix and Juanita Cardenas; sisters, Viola Trevino and Odelia Vela; and a granddaughter, Bianca Marie Galica.
Survivors include her husband, Eliseo P. Flores; daughter; Romelia B. Galica and her husband, Peter R.; sons, Rolando Bosquez and wife, Maria, and Roman C. Bosquez; grandchildren: Roberto Solorio ll, Mariza Bosquez, Vanessa Bosquez Rangel, Siena Grace Galica, Brianna Terese Galica, Julianna Frances Bosquez, Sophia Catherine Bosquez, Emma Marie Bosquez, Roman Eliseo Bosquez; great-grandchildren: Bianca Fay Solorio, Robert Solorio lll, Roman Solorio, Roland Solorio, Nathaniel Rangel, Cassandra Rangel and Dejuan Taylor Jr.; sister, Griselda Naranjo; brothers, Felix Cardenas and Oscar M. Cardenas; and many other nieces and nephews. A18
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