Janet Melendez

SAN ANTONIO PFC. Janet Melendez, 20, of Kerrville, TX passed from this life tragically on Saturday, June 1, 2013 in San Antonio, TX. Born in Columbia, SC, she was the oldest child of Jaime and Catalina LimonMelendez.

Janet graduated from Ingram Tom Moore High School in 2010 where she was most interested in academics. She studied a lot, but was well known for Always Smiling After high school, Janet enlisted in the U S Army in 2011, being assigned to Fort Jackson for basic training. Upon completion of training, she was then assigned to Fort Sam Houston for the Army Reserves. She was a U S Army Private First Class E3 in the 340th Quartermaster Company, 363rd Quartermaster Battalion, 300th Sustainment Brigade.

A devout member of Notre Dame Catholic Church, Janet will be missed by her church family. Janet worked at the Altos De Jalisco 4 Restaurant in Ingram, TX before joining her parents at the El Sombrero Restaurant in Kerrville, TX.

Those left behind to honor and cherish her memory are her parents, Jaime and Catalina LimonMelendez siblings, Luis, Jamie, Omar, and Aaron grandparents, Alfredo and Eva Limon and Luis and Evangelina Melendez numerous aunts, uncles and cousins, along with her military family whom she cherished greatly.

A Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at 6 PM, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 in the Chapel of Kerrville Funeral home, 1221 Junction Highway, Kerrville, TX 78028. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 PM, Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Notre Dame Catholic Church, corner of Washington and Water Streets, Kerrville, TX 78028. Interment with full active duty Military Honors will follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery, 3250 Fredericksburg Road, Kerrville, TX 78028.

The family suggests that memorials be made to the charity of ones choice.

Arrangements are under the direction and personal care of the professionals at Kerrville Funeral Home, 830 8955111

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