Mass of Christian Burial for 69-year-old Fernando Hinojosa Cantu of Madelia, Minnesota, will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning, October 5, 2016, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Madelia. The church is located at 223 1st Street NE.
A private interment will take place at a later date.
Sturm Funeral Home-St. James Chapel, is handling the arrangements.
Fernando Hinojosa Cantu passed away on Friday, September 30, 2016, at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia.
Fernando Hinojosa Cantu was born on January 14, 1947 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. He was one of seven children born to Heberto Cantu and Maria de Jesus Hinojosa. Fernando was an active young man and loved to play baseball and soccer,
He moved to the United States and settled in Iowa. Later, he moved to Madelia, and started a family. Fernando worked at Tony Downs, Vandenberg, and Spartech Plastics.
Fernando loved to watch baseball in his free time, listen to music, and was an excellent cook.
Survivors include his children, Roberto (Carly) Cantu of Bloomington, Minnesota, Raquel Cantu of Madelia and Elizabeth Cantu of Mountain Lake, Minnesota; grandchildren, Silverio Ramirez, Graciela Ramirez, Claudio Ayala, Miguel Ayala, Alicia Ayala, Dominic Cantu and Caden Cantu; brother, Hector Cantu and sister, Blanca Segura, both of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico and brother, Luis Cantu of San Antonio, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Heberto Cantu and Maria de Jesus Hinojosa and brothers, Heberto Cantu, Arturo Cantu and Rolando Cantu.