MR. RICHARD LEE CASAREZ, 53, PASSED AWAY MARCH 14, 2018.  HE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 22, 1965 IN CORPUS CHRSTI, TEXAS TO MR. LUIS CASAREZ AND MRS. LUCY ESQUIVEL CASAREZ. RICHARD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, ERNESTO ESQUIVEL, AND NICOLASA ESQUIVEL, UNCLE, ISMAEL (SMILEY) ESQUIVEL, PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, SIMONA CASAREZ AND JOAQUIN CASAREZ. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARENTS, HIS DAUGHTERS, KATHYRN CASAREZ, CLAUDIA CASAREZ, SONS, DOMINIC CASAREZ AND DAMIEN CASAREZ,  THREE GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS NIECES & NEPHEWS (LARGE FAMILY) AND TWO SPECIAL BABIES, AARON & ALEXIS FLORES.SISTERS, JULIE GOMEZ, DIANE LOPEZ (ARTHUR), CHRISTINA CASAREZ, JESSICA CASAREZ (ANGEL), BROTHERS, LUIS CASAREZ AND JOHN ANTHONY CASAREZ.  MEMORIAL SERVICE AND CELEBRATION OF RICHARD'S LIFE WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018 AT GUARDIAN FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL 'B'.