Francisco "Frank" Garcia

February 6, 1941 - January 29, 2020

Funeral services for FRANCISCO "FRANK" GARCIA, 78, will be held at 10am Thursday, February 6, 2020 at the United Methodist Church with Pastors Javier Parra and Adolfo Reynaga officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery. Frank died at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado on January 29, 2020. Visitation will be Wednesday from 3pm to 5pm at the funeral home and the casket will be open briefly prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are by the Colyer Funeral Home and condolences may be sent to www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Frank was born February 6, 1941 in Laredo, Texas the son of Sebastian and Ascencion (Longoria) Garcia. At the age of six his family moved to a farm east of Lyman, Nebraska and he attended school there. He met Esther Escamilla and on February 11, 1967 in Torrington, Wyoming they were married. In 1965 he started work for Holly Sugar and later Western Sugar in Torrington and worked his way up to sugar boiler. They moved to Torrington in 1966. He retired in 2004 but continued to work campaigns until 2019 when the factory shut down. Frank enjoyed fishing, family vacations, museums, historical places and information, western movies, reading, singing and the Colorado Rockies baseball team. He was a member of the Spanish Assembly of God church where he served as Deacon, Sunday School Superintendent, evangelist and as an interim Pastor when needed. He was also a member of REBA and the Ministers Alliance of Wyoming and Colorado. Frank is survived by his wife Esther of Torrington, Wyoming; sons Francisco Garcia Jr of Torrington, Juan Garcia of Moses Lake, Washington and F. Javier Garcia of Torrington; daughters Elissa Garza of Moses Lake and Erica Sena of Arvada, Colorado; brothers Juan Garcia of Tampa Bay, Florida and Thomas Garcia of Surprise, Arizona; sisters Yolanda Mendoza of Grand Prairie, Texas, Guadalupe "Linda" Escamilla of Fortney, Texas and Esperanza "Hopie" Lerma of Tampa Bay; twenty grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents three brothers Sebastian, Daniel and Abelardo; a sister Lorenza; two granddaughters; and one great grandchild.