Felipe L. Cantu Jr.

I am so sorry for your loss. Your dad was so kind and sweet, he is missed. Big hugs, and I’m am so sorry I can’t be there for you. Know you and your family are in our prayers.

My dear sweet brother, I still can’t believe you’re gone but you’ll never be forgotten. I miss you so much but I know God welcomed you with open loving arms and I know you’re with mom and dad and all the rest of our family. Love you so much.♥️😢

Uncle Phil, thank you for all the fun memories that I’ll forever cherish. Every time I hear a John Denver song I’ll think of you and smile, because I know you took the best “Country Road” home. I’m sorry for all you went through, but I know in my heart that you are now at peace and having so much fun with so many loved ones. Please tell God and everyone hi for me and tell them I love them. Uncle Phil, you’ll never be forgotten. I love you.

Dad, The news of your passing hit me rather hard. I want you to know that I am forever grateful for all you did in my life. I will forever cherish the memories of trips to the beach, six flags, you listening to jazz and classic rock on the weekends, and evening walks after dinner. All that I know of LOVE I learned from watching you. What a wonderful father your were to us and how great of a husband you were to our mom. I will never forget you, I will always appreciate all you did in my life. Rest easy dad, watch over us and know that your memory will live on in those that love you. My condolences to the rest of our family especially to my mother, sister and brother.

I spent one school year interacting with the Cantu family when I was the teacher of his daughter Melissa, then in third grade. I will remember always the compassion and determination Phil and Mary had to seek the best for their daughter. I spent more time with them than I did with most other parents that year, and enjoyed seeing a family that seemed so very much like mine. Phil or Mary went on every class field trip with my students that year, and came to class parties to help any time we had one. One day I heard Phil coming up the hallway at the school, but I couldn’t see him yet. But he was speaking and I heard Melissa‘s voice in his voice and thought, wow, what an amazing thing that two people so different in age and size could have voices so similar that you could’ve put the two together as family just by hearing them speak.
Phil and Mary attended my wedding, and I got to have a dance with Phil as friend. And that marriage didn’t last, but the friendship with Phil and Mary and Melissa did. My heart is broken to know that Phil no longer shines his light in this world. But his legacy of family does. And my deepest condolences go to all of them.

Our sincerest condolences, Maria, Melissa, Chris, Linda & family. I was so saddened to hear of Felipe’s passing and regret not having been better at keeping in touch. I remember the great conversations we shared years after our dad’s passing and as I made my way through college. He was a special person and the memory that stands out most to me from some of the chats we shared was the immense gratitude and pride he felt for his family. What a blessing knowing he was surrounded by your love. God’s grace and comfort be with each of you throughout this difficult time, and may his memory be a vivid part of your every days.

Claudia, Carlos, Carlos Jr., and Diego Alvarez