Carlos Jose Quant Joo

Carlos Jose Quant Joo Family and friends of Carlos Jose Quant Joo will gather to celebrate his life of 79 years at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18th, in Lake Ridge Chapel. Lake Ridge Chapel and Memorial Designers will host a time of reflection and fellowship with family and friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, June 17th, at the funeral home. Carlos left the earth, Friday, June 10, 2011, as a double rainbow appeared in the skieswhat a way to say farewell. Carlos Jose was born on Feb. 28, 1932, in Masaya, Nicaragua, son to the late Augusto and Ana Joo de Quant. He graduated from Colegio Salesiano in Masaya, Nicaragua. He moved to Lubbock in 1979 and became a co-owner of the former Chinese Kitchen #2. After his retirement in 1992, he enjoyed long walks and being surrounded by his nieces and nephews and their families. He enjoyed listening to Chinese music and watching movies. He will be missed by his family and friends. Those left to cherish his memory will be his sister-in-law, Maria Quant of San Francisco, Calif.; brother, Victor Quant and his wife Nubia of Lubbock; sister, Rosa Kwan of Lubbock; sister, Miriam Cheung and her husband Albert Cheung of Hudson, Mass.; brother, Roberto Quant and his wife Lorena of Lubbock; brother, William Kwan and his wife Siu Fong Lai of Lubbock; 21 nephews and nieces; and 23 grandnephews and grandnieces. He was preceded in death by his brother, Augusto Quant Joo of San Francisco, Calif. Those who will serve as pallbearers are Andy Kwan, Irving Quant, Henry Quant, Mauricio Quant, Denis Quant and Gilbert Quant. The Quant family wants to especially thank the staffs at Bender Terrace and Heather Ruhardon for being there for Carlos until the very end. Words cannot express our gratitude. In honor of Carlos' life, a tribute page is available at www.memorialdesigners.net, where you will be able to leave words of encouragement for his family.