Ramon H. Alvarez

February 8, 2015

Ramon Alvarez 57 of Mason City, died Sunday evening, February 8, 2015 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, February 13, 2015 at St. Joseph Epiphany Catholic Church, 302 5th SE, Mason City. Officiating will be the Rev. Rodney Allers. Visitation will be from 4 until 8:00 pm Thursday at Fullerton Funeral Home, 123 2nd ST. Se, Mason City and again one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be in Rock Grove Cemetery, Nora Springs. Full obituary and picture may be found at www.Fullertonfh.com and Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhome. Ramon Hernandez was born at Cdmeixico Pozos, Guanajuato Mexico the son of Luis and Reyna Alvarez. At age 17 he moved to Mason City and lived with his aunt and uncle Isop and Aurora Torres. After attending school he was employed as a welder at Curries Manufacturing for 25 years. He was a friend to all and would drop everything to help where ever he could. He was patient with everyone. On March 28, 1998 Ramon was united in marriage to Nancy Smith at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. One of his priorities in life was to visit his relatives yearly in Mexico. He enjoyed collecting and swapping cars as well as playing pool on the Willow Run pool league. He was very proud when he obtained his US citizenship. Soccer was a sport he really enjoyed watching on television. Surviving Ramon is his wife Nancy of 16 years, his parents Luis and Reyna, children Brandon Snater, Mason City; Derik and his wife Terah Smith, Grand Island, NE; Maggie and her husband Travis Abben, and Steven Alvarez all of Mason City; seven grandchildren Paxton, Brooklyn, Breighton, Isabella, Harper, Chloe and Blake; his brothers Cristbal (Gema) and Adolfo (Silvia) Alvarez, sisters Maria Luisa Alvarez and Susana (Luis), his brother-in-laws Don, Jack, Larry and Bob Smith, sisters-in-law Theresa (Randy) Stevens, and Nina (Lon) Foreman; aunt Aurora Torres, many nieces, nephews and cousins, including Rachel, Henry and Patsy Torres and Olivia Stalker. His brother Honorio Alvarez and sister Maria Del Carmen and his uncle Isop Torres preceded him in death. Fullerton Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 123 2nd ST. SE, Mason City, Iowa 50401 641-423-8676 www.Fullertonfh.com Facebook/Fullertonfuneralhome