Bernardo Villanueva

A Mass of Christian Burial for Bernardo Villanueva, 58, Clinton resident will be held 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 30, 2021 in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, officiated by Father Mandagiri Balaswamy. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. A Rosary will be held 6:00 P.M., Thursday, April 29, 2021 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel. Bernardo Villanueva was born August 20, 1962 to Nestor Villanueva and Victoria (Tierrablanca) Villanueva in San Miguel Octopan, GTO Mexico, and passed away Monday, April 26, 2021 in the Clinton Alliance Health Emergency Room in Clinton. Bernardo was raised in Mexico and came to the United States of America as a teenager. He married Sylvia Martinez on December 18, 1981 in Arapaho, OK. He later married Veronica Santana on May 11, 1995 in Mexico. He has been employed with Bar-S-Foods; he worked as a driller in the oilfields for a seismograph crew; he has worked farm labor, hauling hay, chopping and pulling cotton and for the past 21 years he was employed at the Custer City Co-op. He was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church; he loved to dance, ride bikes, practice karate and most importantly he wanted to be with family. He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Lourdes Villanueva and brother, Nestor Villanueva. He is survived by his wife, Veronica, of the home, daughters, Bernarda Maria Villanueva-Aguinaga and husband, Jose, OKC, OK, Sylvia Ann Villanueva, Isabel Rene Villanueva, OKC, OK, Daniela Jonven Villanueva, Victoria Jacelyn Villanueva, and Chaille Villanueva, and a son, Bernardo Villanueva, all of Clinton. He is also survived by three sisters, Teresa Villanueva, Ernestina Villanueva, both of Clinton and Maria Villanueva, Mexico; brothers Joel Villanueva and wife, Gena, and Juan Villanueva and Nati, all of Clinton, and Marcos Villanueva and wife Lucia of Clinton.