Clarissa Hinojosa Garcia

Clarissa Hinojosa Garcia passed away on Sunday morning, February 12, at Valley Baptist Medical Center. She was 92 years old.

Clarissa was born in Mercedes, Texas and graduated from Edinburg Junior College and Texas A and I in Kingsville, where she received both bachelors and masters degrees. She taught first grade for many years at Skinner Elementary School and later was a supervisor in the BISD. She finished her career in education as a professor at Texas Southmost College.

After her retirement from TSC, she served as Chairwoman of the Brownsville Housing Authority, a position she held for 8 years.
Clarissa was loved for her generosity of spirit, her wit, her goodness. No one was more fun to be with and to talk to, and until the very end of her life, she was full of passion and opinions about politics and art and movies. For her family and friends, she is quite simply irreplaceable. She will live in our hearts and in our stories and will remain for us a model of what it is to be a wife, mother, motherinlaw, sister, aunt, teacher, public servant, and friend.

No one will ever be quite like Clarissa, and we are grateful that we had her for so many years.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, O.B., her parents, Manuel and Carrie Hinojosa of Mercedes, her brothers Roy and Rene Hinojosa, her sister Dora Mae Villarreal, and her grandson Cornelius Garcia.

She is survived by her sons Rene Ingrid and Eddie Rica, grandchildren: Cynthia Graham, Alexandra Garcia, David Garcia, Katy Gray, Adam Garcia, Mark Garcia, Allan, Harry, and Charles Tiger Hirst, and Sarah Eplett a daughterinlaw, Anita Garcia, and by greatgrandchildren and many nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews. She is also survived by her brother Romeo Hinojosa and her sisterinlaw Velia Hinojosa, and her wonderful caregiver, Lupita Salazar.

A memorial service celebrating Clarissas life will begin with the recitation of the holy rosary at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2012 in the East Chapel at DarlingMouser Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in Clarissas name may be made to Texas Southmost College, General Scholarship Fund, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas.

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