Last week I lost my grandfather, he was a good man. Somebody I loved very much.

JOE V. CASTELLANOS, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, a veteran of World War II, was called to be with his heavenly father on September 3, 2007. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and three sisters. Born on August 18, 1921 in Weimer, Texas, he made Houston his home after the war in 1945. A member of the American Legion Post 594 in Houston, Texas. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Vivian B. Castellanos. His daughters, Gloria and husband Dalton Alexander, Vivian and husband David Trevino, Norma Castellanos-Juarez and husband Javier V. Juarez, Paula Castellanos and husband Cesar Pulido; Grandchildren, Elizabeth Alexander, Emma Yvette and husband Mario Rodriguez, Athena V. Coronado, David J. Trevino; Great Grandchildren, Chloe Chantel and Jacob Paul Hinojosa, Jesse Rae and David Jr. Trevino, Mario, Nicholas and Isabella Rene Rodriguez. The family will receive visitors at the chapel of Felix H. ! Morales Funeral Home on Wednesday, September 5, 2007, from 1pm to 9pm with a Rosary to be recited at 7:30 pm. The funeral procession will depart on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 9:30am from the funeral home chapel to Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church for the Funeral Liturgy at 10am. Interment will follow at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery.