Individual Details
Rufino R. "Rufus" Lopez
(3 Nov 1938 - 7 Apr 1990)
Events
Families
| Spouse | Joy Marie Wilson (1937 - 2003) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Dora Estrada (1943 - ) |
| Father | Rufino Medina Lopez (1902 - 1991) |
| Mother | Petra Guzman (1904 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Ernestina Lopez (1926 - 2014) |
| Sibling | Guadalupe Lopez (1926 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Inocencio Lopez (1929 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Hilberto Gilbert "Gilberto" Lopez (1932 - 1998) |
| Sibling | Raul Rudy Lopez (1934 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Roberto A Lopez (1941 - ) |
| Sibling | Edward Guzman Lopez (1945 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
Name: Rufino Lopez JrSSN: 454620842
Birth Date: 3 Nov 1938, Place: Karnes City, Texas
Death Date: 7 Apr 1990
Father: Rufino Lopez
Mother: Petra Guzman
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Nov 1955: Name listed as RUFINO LOPEZ JR; 03 Jun 1993: Name listed as RUFINO LOPEZ
Name Rufino Jr. Lopez
Event Type Birth, Date 03 Nov 1938, Place Karnes, Texas
Gender Male
Father's Name Rufino Lopez
Mother's Name Petra Guzman
Census
Rufino age 38 2nd grade born Mexico farm operator lived in Karnes county in 1935Petra age 35 wife, born Texas no schooling
Erenstena daughter age 13 born Texas
Lupe son age 12 born Texas
Encincoson age 10 born Texas
Herbito son age 8 born Texas
Rayol age 5 son born Texas
Marie daughter age 3 born Texas
Rufus Jt age 1 born Texas
Census
Refino Lopez age 44 born Mexico farm operatorPetra wife age 45 born Texas
Gilberto son age 18 born Texas farm helper
Guadalupe son age 22 born Texas farm helper
Inacincino son age 20 born Texas farm helper
Raul son age 16 born Texas farm helper
Refino Jr age 11 born Texas
Maria daughter age 13 born Texas
Irene daughter age 8 born Texas
Edward son age 5 born Texas
Reinaldo son age 3 born Texas
Marriage
Rufino Lopez age 30Marriage 22 Jan 1969
Baxer County, Texas
Dora Estrada age 26
Marriage
Name: Joy M WilsonBirth Year: abt 1938
Age: 44
Marriage Date: 24 Jul 1982, Place: Smith, Texas, USA
Spouse: Rufus R Lopez Jr
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 41
Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
Divorce
Rufino G Lopez Jrage 46
Date 24 Oct 1985
Dora L Lopez
age 42
1 child under 18 years old
Bexas County Texas
Death
Requiem Mass was celebrated Wednesday, April 11, 1990 at St Cornelius Catholic Church in Karnes City, Texas for Mr. Rufino Lopez Jr. Msgr. Lambert Bily Officiating. A Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at Rhodes Funeral Home Chapel in Karnes City.Interment was in the New Bremen Cemetery.
Pallbearers for the service were George Lopez, David Lopez, Andres Lopez, Alex Lopez, Roland N Lopez and Saul G Lopez.
Mr Lopez was born in Karnes County, Texas on Nevember 3, 1938 to Rufino and Petra Guzman Lopez Sr. and died on april 7, 1990 in San Antonio at the age of 51 years, five months and four days.
Mr Lopez had lived in Karnes City for the past two years. moving here from San Antonio where he was self employes as tile setter. Mr. Lopez was a member of St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Karnes City.
Survivors include his two daughters Mrs. Monica L. (Rojelio) Rodriguez and Ruby (Paul) Frendez both of San Antonio: his father Rufino Lopez Sr. of Kennedy: five brothers, Lupe Lopez of Fort Worth, Gilbert and Edward Lopez both of Coy Coty: Raul Lopez of San Antonio and Retnaldo Lopez of Houston: three sisters Mrs Ernestine Cantu of Floresville, Mrs Mary Bowers of North Carolina and Mrs Irene Guerra of Houston: five grandchildren.
Endnotes
1. Rufino Lopez Jr, birth certificate Index (3 November 1938), Familysearch citing Ancestry Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas.
2. Rufino Lopez Jr, 454620842, November 1955, Ancestry Index, Social Security Administration, .
3. Rufino Lopez, 1940 U.S. Census, Karnes County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 1, page 2A, line 19, Enumeration District (ED) ED 128-2, household 20; National Archives micropublication T627, roll 2007.
4. Rufino Lopez, U.S. Census, Karnes County Teaxs, population schedule, Karnes City, page 13, Enumeration District (ED) ED 128-6, household 189, line 4; National Archives micropublication RG 29, roll.
5. Salt Lake City, Utah, Texas County Marriages 1837-1977, #712, Dora Estrada and Rufino Lopez Jr, 22 January 1969; Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
6. Salt Lake City, Utah, Texas County Marriages 1837-1977, , ; Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
7. "Texas Divorce Index 1968-2010," index fhl, Familysearch, (https://familysearch.org/ : Internet 5 August 2023), Rufino G Lopez Jr and Dora Estrada; Texas Department of State Health Services.
8. Rufino Lopez Jr entry, Index, Bexar County, Texas: , Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas.
9. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com : viewed 28 November 2016), Rufino Lopez, 454-62-0842, 1955.
10. Obituary Rufino Lopez Jr, Karnes Citation , Karnes city, Texas, 8 April 1990, Page 8, column 1. Available from Karnes public library.

