Ricardo Anthony Cantu

Ricardo Anthony Cantu, 25, passed away Monday, November 7, 2016.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 17, 2016 in the Chapel of Owens and Brumley Funeral Home with Deacon Anastasio Perez, officiant. Rite of Committal will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home of Wichita Falls.

Ricardo was born on February 23, 1991 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Ronald Myron Cantu and Myong Cha Pong. He was a graduate of Nocona High School. After high school, Ricardo went on to serve as a Combat Medic in the U.S. Army for several years. During his military career, he served in Afghanistan and received the Afghan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, the NATO medal, and the Combat Medical Badge.

He is survived by his parents, Ronald Cantu and Myong Cantu; his wife, Carmen Morales Cantu; his daughter, Giahna Cantu; his sisters, Martha Cantu and her children, Skyler and Olivia, and Marlena Cantu and her children, Angelina, Cora, and Lily; his grandparents, Ricardo M. and Verline Cantu; and a large host of aunts, uncles, cousins, family and friends.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Owens and Brumley in Wichita Falls.