DAVID CORDOWAY PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY NOV 16, 2022 SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. HE IS NOW WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE CATHLINE  CORDOWAY NOW THEY ARE BOTH IN HEAVEN WITH THE LORD ABOVE. DAVID WAS 89 YEARS OLD.

BORN MAY 2, 1933 IN FLORESVILLE, TEXAS TO JOHN & ELENOR CORDOWAY.

DAVID WORKED FOR STOWER'S FURNITURE FOR OVER 30 YEARS & HAD HIS OWN BAND KNOWN AS "LOS COMPADRES" HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC BROUGHT HIM TO MEETING CATHALINE & THERE IS HOW IT ALL STARTED. THEY DATED FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR & MARRIED FEBRUARY 1966. AFTER THEY MARRIED THEIR FAMILY STARTED ON GLADSTONE ST. & ALL THE MEMORIES CONTINUED THERE AFTER. DAVID TAUGHT EVERYONE A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM PLAYING MUSIC, BAR B Q'ING, HUNTING, FISHING, FIXING FURNITURE & TEACHING US HOW TO DRIVE & MOST IMPORTANT FAMILY. DAVID WAS A VERY LOVING GIVING & HUMBLE PERSON. HIS OTHER LOVE WAS HIS GUITAR & ACCORDION. WHENEVER THERE WAS A FAMILY GATHERING DAVID ALWAYS HAD THEM JUST A REACH AWAY & DON'T FORGET HIS COLD ONES IN HIS HANDY ICE CHEST. DAVID LOVED TO JOKE AROUND, SING, TELL STORIES OF HOW THEY LIVED IN THE COUNTRY. DAVID LOVED WAR, COWBOY, NATURE MOVIES, HIS FAVORITE CHANNEL WAS GRIT. HE COULD WATCH COWBOY MOVIES ALL DAY LONG.

DAVID IS ALSO PROCEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS & SISTERS, RAYMOND, JOE ALFRED, LUCY, STELLA, MARY, MAGGIE, LINA & EMMA. THE LAST LIVING BROTHER, JOHN CORDOWAY.

DAVID WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS SON ALFRED CORDOWAY, SON JUAN MENDEZ (JOVITA MENDEZ), BELOVED SON ROBERT MENDEZ (MARY MENDEZ) DAUGHTER LISA CORDOWAY (STEVEN LOPEZ)

DAVID ALWAYS MADE HIS FAMILY HIS PRIORITY. DAVID HAD 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.