Robert Burciaga Nunez, age 72, of Corpus Christi, Texas earned his wings on Friday, March 17, 2023. He was born on January 5, 1951 in Sinton, Texas to Vicente Sr. and Maria Nunez.
Robert was a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather, son and brother.
Robert graduated May 1971 from Odem H.S. and was immediately drafted into the Army. After being discharged from the Army, he went to work at the Corpus Christi Army Depot as an Apache helicopter mechanic. As a result of his job he was able to travel the world, from Germany, Turkey, El Salvador, Panama among other locations. Robert was a bit of a shade tree mechanic; self taught. We could always count on him to diagnose any problems we had with our cars as long as it was nothing major. He even fixed flat tires for his daughters that were only flat on the bottom (family inside joke). The bottom line is that you could always count on Robert to drop everything to help family in need.
Robert is preceded in death and joins in heaven his father Vicente Nunez Sr. and sister Norma Castaneda. He is survived by his loving wife Gloria A. Nunez, and children Allison (Pete) Garcia, Natalie (Alex) Nunez, Melissa (Darren) Rodriguez, Javier Enriquez and David Michael Nunez. He also leaves behind grandchildren Samantha, Jade, Justin, Alex, Serenity, Liam, Brennan and Lillyana, Mother Maria Nunez, brothers David, Vicente Jr. (Mary), sister Sylvia Nunez and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Thank you to Angel Bright for their compassion and loving care during his hospice time. To St. Andrew by the Sea pastor Rev. Hanh, staff and all parishioners that were praying for his health.
A visitation will be held from 5pm to 9pm on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Seaside Funeral Home Chapel with a rosary to be recited at 7pm that evening. A funeral mass will take place at 11:30am on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at St. Andrew by the Sea Catholic Church. Interment to follow at Seaside Memorial Park.
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