Antonia Garcia's Obituary
ANTONIA GARCIA, “TONI” SHE WAS BORN IN SILAO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO, ON NOVEMBER 7, 1921. SHE CAME TO THE USA WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 6 MONTHS OLD, ACCOMPANIED BY HER PARENTS AND FAMILY, AND SHE GREW UP IN NATIONAL CITY WITH HER PARENTS AND 4 SISTERS: CARMEN, GRACE, LULU (LUELA) AND VEVE (VERA). SHE IS THE SECOND CHILD OF A VERY TRADITIONAL MEXICAN FAMILY. HER FAMILY WAS ALWAYS TOGETHER AND SHE ALWAYS APPRECIATED HER FATHER’S TRADITIONS AND VALUES. DURING HER SCHOOL YEARS SHE PLAYED PIANO DURING MASS AT ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH IN NATIONAL CITY. SHE AND HER SISTERS LOVED MUSIC, EACH OF THEM PLAYED A DIFFERENT INSTRUMENT. TONI ENJOYED OUTINGS AND DANCING.SHE GRADUATED FROM SWEET WATER HIGH SCHOOL, THEN GRADUATED FROM COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AND BEGAN TO WORK IN HER FIELD FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL SHE AND TWO OF HER SISTERS (GRACE AND VEVE) OPENED THEIR OWN FIRST BEAUTY SALON, IN THE HEART OF WHAT IS NOW OLD TOWN, SAN DIEGO; DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH.YEARS LATER, SHE AND HER SISTER GRACE, MOVED THEIR BUSINESS TO INDIA STREET, WHERE THEY WORKED UNTIL THEY RETIRED. TONI ALWAYS FOUND HER JOB VERY REWARDING BECAUSE THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP SHE HAD WITH HER SISTER GRACE AND FOR THE FRIENDSHIPS SHE BUILT UP WITH HER CLIENTS THROUGH THE YEARS.AT AGE 24, SHE DATED ROBERT GARCIA FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN THEY GOT MARRIED AS SOON AS HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY AIR CORP. THEY REMAINED MARRIED ALL THEIR LIVES, FOR 61 YEARS.THEY BOUGHT TOGETHER A LOVELY HOUSE IN LEMON GROVE. THEY HAD A CHILD, ROBERT GARCIA JR.. TONI ENJOYED VERY MUCH THE FAMILY GATHERINGS, ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS AT HER NIECES’ HOMES, ELEANOR AND ELSIE, WHERE ALL THE FAMILY GATHERED FREQUENTLY. TONI HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR HER GRAND NEPHEWS AND NIECE: CULLEN, TARA AND MIKEY. LATER ON, TONI BECAME A GRANDMOTHER WHEN HER GRAND-DAUGHTER MARISA WAS BORN. IN 2006, TONI’S HUSBAND PASSED AWAY. SHE BECAME A WIDOW FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS OF HER LIFE.TONI WAS A HARD WORKING LADY, AND SHE WAS VERY DEVOTED TO HER HOME, HUSBAND AND SON, ROBERT. TONI LIVED A GOOD LIFE. SHE WAS VERY MUCH LOVED BY HER HUSBAND, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.Rosary: Monday, February 27th, 2017 – 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM – Ascension Catholic Church 11292 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. – San Diego, CA – 92124Funeral Mass: Monday, February 27th, 2017 – 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Ascension Catholic Church 11292 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. – San Diego, CA – 92124** A Reception will be scheduled and announced at a later date. **
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