Ricardo Mendiola, 72, born November 24, 1945 went to be with the Lord on February 5, 2018 surrounded by his loved ones.
Ricardo was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran who served in the United States Army
from 1965-1967. He retired from both the NAS Corpus Christi and Ingleside. He was preceded in death by his parents Castulo and Antonia Mendiola,
his brothers Ramiro and Reymundo Mendiola. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years Yolanda R. Mendiola and his four daughters Cynthia (Felix) Garcia, Elvia Mendiola, Irene Mendiola and Christina Mendiola. Six grandsons, Ricardo A. Mendiola, Joshua Mendiola- Garcia, David Mendiola-Garcia, Lauro Gutierrez II, Daniel Galvan and Christopher Mendiola-Garcia. Six granddaughters, Justene Garcia, Laura
P. Gutierrez, Ana Gutierrez, Jennifer Mendiola, Araceli Mendiola, Graciela Y. Mendiola. Three great grandchildren. Three brothers Castulo (Theresa) Mendiola, Ruben (Cruz) Mendiola and Ernesto (Susan) Mendiola. Six sisters, Maria Lopez, Lucia Villarreal, Graciela Mendiola, Emilia (Anastacio) Garcia, Hilaria Mendiola, Cristela Guerra and numerous nieces and nephews. His best friend from childhood Erasmo Mendoza.
Visitation will be Thursday February 15th from 5-9 pm with a remembrance service at 7 pm at the Guardian Funeral Home located at 5922 Crosstown CC, TX 78417. The church service will be held Friday February16th 9:30 am at Our Lady of Pilar located at 1101 Bloomington CC, TX 78416. Burial to follow at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery 9974 IH 37 Access Rd.