Rosie H. Muñoz went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at the age of 78.  She was born in San Antonio, Texas, on August 28, 1945, to Juan P. and Otilia Herrera.  She graduated from Southside High School in 1963 and married Mike Muñoz in 1968 after returning from Vietnam.  They were married for 45 years.

Rosie had an entrepreneurial spirit.  She owned her own hair salon for 20 years and was an owner-operator of several McDonald's Restaurants with her family for 17 years.  After retirement, she enrolled in horticulture classes and returned to work at SeaWorld's garden center.  She helped many people design their yards and could always be found outside gardening and planting.

Rosie loved volunteering and gardening and was a very good cook.  She was involved, as a volunteer, with Mission San Jose, Mission Espada, and the San Antonio Botanical Gardens.

Rosie was preceded in death by her husband, Mike Muñoz; her parents Juan P. and Otilia Herrera and her brothers, Ofilio and David Herrera.  She is survived by her loving children, Linda Muñoz Zehr and her husband Wade, Mike Muñoz, and his wife Jodie; sister, Esther Reyes; her adopted family, William and Helen Vasquez and their daughters, Helen, and Lizeth; also numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 30th at Mission San Jose at 11:00 a.m., with a Rosary being recited at 12:00 p.m.

Funeral mass will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m.  Interment for Rosie will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery at 2:30 p.m.