Sylvia Antonia Cantu

SYLVIA CANTU MUSCATINE, Iowa - Sylvia Antonia Cantu, 42, of Muscatine, died Monday, October 31, 2005, at her home following a courageous battle with cancer for three years. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 4, 2005, at Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, 1931 Houser St., Muscatine. Casket bearers will be Raul Cantu, Jamie Cantu, Andres Cantu, Enrique Mancha, Humberto Cantu Sr. and Humberto Cantu III. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation will be from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2005, at the funeral home Memorials may be made to the family in care of Humberto Cantu Jr. Online condolences for the Cantu family may be left at www.wittichfuneralhome.com. Sylvia was born on June 13, 1963, in Reynosa, Mexico, the daughter of Enrique Mancha and Enriqueta Lopez Vega. She married Humberto H. Cantu Jr. on December 26, 1981, in Pharr, Texas. She was an avid reader with a thirst for knowledge and always wanting to educate people. She enjoyed collectables. Survivors include her husband Humberto H. Cantu Jr. of Muscatine; her mother Enriqueta Cantu o...[more]

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harr, Texas; two sons Humberto H. Cantu III and Andres A. Cantu both of Muscatine; one daughter Grace N. Cantu of Illinois; two brothers Enrique Mancha and fiancé Martha, and Juan Jesus Mancha; one sister Rosa B. Finney; two brothers-in-law Jamie Cantu and wife Cori, and Raul Cantu and wife Nancy; one sister-in-law Maggie Sanchez and husband Servando; her father-in-law and mother-in-law Humberto and Lupe Cantu Sr. She was preceded in death by her father Enrique Mancha and her step father Julian Cantu.