Ruben Mata

Offering our deepest condolences at this difficult time.

My heartfelt prayers are for you Oliva and family.I will be praying that God gives you strength and his peace.I will always remember Ruben's beautiful smile and his welcoming spirit. He made me feel welcome in his home when ever I stopped by. Also, I admire the love he had for his family and especially his grandchildren. He was a very giving man and was always sharing dollar coins or food with all the kids! I know he is in a better place and surely he is smiling.I hope the Lord draws you all closer through this difficult time. Love you, Michelle Benavidez

I will always remember my Grandpa as a funny and loving man! I remember when I was in elementary school he would pick me up in his old truck. (Note:I was so embarrassed of that truck ha) but now I look at that truck and see him sitting there. The one thing about him that would make me laugh is his selective hearing and his constant spelling errors(: that would crack me up everytime! He would always know how to make me smile when I was having the worst day ever! Im so sad he is gone but im so happy he is with the Lord! He is probably in his little garage sitting listening to his oldies waiting for us! I can't wait to hug him and comb his hair with his little black comb! I miss you so much and I love you<3

The memories I will always remember will first be the moment I went to grandpa and grandmas house and grandpa opening the door and then saying hi Mija and shutting the door! Lol oh how he loved to joke! And the times I would come in and he would be siting in his big oh blue recliner and only seeing the top of his head and him peeking over to see me! The memories of me and my cousin randy having a spelling bee with him and me asking him how to spell FISH and he would spell it FICH with confidence and us going to get sugar and seeing it spelt on the container spelt SURGER. I get my spelling habits from him! I will love that warm smile I would always get when I saw him. I love you grandpa and will always remember those many wonderful moments I had with you! You are up there sitting in your new garage listening to those oldies but goodies waiting for us to come and be with you again. I love you and will take care of grandma for you! I can't wait to tell my future kids about the wonderful grandpa I had and how much they would have loved because my love for you is indescribable. I love you and will be with you one day!

Did not know Ruben but having worked with Ronnie, he told his dad was quite a character , a practal joker and loved to be around family and friends. Our condolences go out to the Mata Family. Joe, Vikki Rhoan

It is sad to hear of Ruben's passing. There are so many memories uniting the Mata and Perez families that can never be broken, thanks to the "compadrismo" shared by Ynez y Lucy and Julio y Amelia who now enjoy their eternal lives. They are there to welcome Ruben with open arms! On behalf of myself, Ralph, Carmen, Michael, and Dave, the Perez family extends our prayers to the Mata family(families)with deep sympathy and friendship.

So sorry for the loss of Ruben,I have lots of memories of him. The time he spent with the Flores's were many on many different occasions growing up. To all the Mata family we send our prayers and condolences.

My prayers & condolences to you & your family and all the Mata family very sorry to hear of his passing.

The memories i will always have of my dad will be the funny conversations with him. His selective hearing made the conversation hilarious. Example: " Hey dad, what you doing.". His response " Who's pregnant." lol. Im gonna miss hearing him pulling up to my house in old gray, watching him come up to the front door always carrying that ice chest. He always made me feel happy and special. He was always there when I needed him. I'm truly blessed to have had such a generous, unselfish, loving father. I will always love you and always keep you in my heart poppa. I miss you so much.

Big Ruben has been a part of my life for 25 years. He was a wonderful father in law and an awesome grandfather to all his grandchildren. He was always taking them swimming at uncle Gilberts in the summer. I have so many fun memories of him. Like the time he said his dinner tasted like black ants. What?! He was always teasing me about having his granddaughter Amorette a day before his birthday. He would say "you just couldn't wait 1 more day huh Michellie". I'm glad he was able to see two of his grandchildren graduate from high school and see one get married and have his first great granddaughter. I will miss his tasty tuna sandwiches and eating sardines with hot sauce and crackers with him. He was always a phone call away whenever we needed his help. Thank you Ruben for taking me in your family and treating me like a daughter. I look forward to seeing you again. Love you, Michellie

Dearest Mata Family u are in our thaughts and Prayers:Lean on the Lord and He will bring u comfort and Peace, the Joy of the Lord is our Strength!

I have known Big Ruben since i was 17 years old. He was a great father in law and I loved him like my second dad. He welcomed me into his home and always made me feel like i was one of his own. I will miss him so much. One of the things i loved about him was his humor. He would always tell me your my favorate daughter in law and then when he was with Michelle his other daughter in law he would tell her the same thing. It took us awhile to figure it out and when we did he just laughed. He will be greatly missed. Love you Big Ruben.

My grandpa was one of the funniest people I knew even though half the time he wasn't trying lol. One of many memories I have of my grandpa is how he would take all the grand kids swimming at uncle Gilberts and he would stay all day just for us. I'll always remember all the things my grandpa did for me and I love and miss him <3

Dearest Olivia, Ruben Jr., Ronnie and Randy, I am truly sorry to hear of your recent loss of your husband and father. I extend my sincere sympathy to all of you at what I know is a very sad and mournful time. I know firsthand how profound a loss it is when you realize that he will no longer be there for all the events in your life. I can tell you though that the very best way to mark his passing is by filling your mind with all of the wonderful memories you have of happier times. Ruben will long be remembered as the hardworking, humorous and loving man that he was. My thoughts will be with all of you. May you find comfort in the outpouring of sympathy from all of us who share your loss. In Deepest Sympathy, Irene

When I think of all the memories of Big Ruben the one that sticks out to me the most is how he called me Geneieve when my name is Jennifer. He had a nickname for everyone of his grand kids. Although I am only related through marriage he always made me feel like I was one of his own. I am grateful that I had a chance to know Big Ruben and even more grateful that he was able to see his grandson and I wed and meet our daughter, his great grand daughter Bella. It breaks my heart that she will not grow up seeing him, but we will share every memory of what a wonderful man her great grandfather was. We love you Big Ruben and we will cherish your memory always. Thank you for being such a great person.

I am truly going to miss my grandfather. I'm especially going to miss the way we would pretend to box every time we first saw each other. I'm going to miss the surprise appearances he would make every so often to our house just to visit us. I remember hearing his truck and then helping him out by getting his ice chest. At the bottom of the ice chest there was always soda for my sister and I, which made me know that he put those in there first, before he thought of himself.

I will always remember my Uncle Ruben as my funny uncle who made me laugh. The one thing I remember the most is his when he would make his "bitter beer face" and he always called me "mechelly". I send my love and condolences to my cousins, and to my tia Olivia. My prayers are with you.

Dear Olivia & family, our prayers are with you thru this trying time, as you know Ruben was very special to Cippy and I he will be missed very much. His funny smile. I don't every remember seeing him without it. I know he's up there looking down at us and thinking those dummies shouldn't be sad cause I'm ok up here" He always had some funny to say and he also started calling me my nickname "MISSIPPI" which he was so clever. He will always be with us in spirit. I wish more people could be like him happy all the time. We were so blessed to have known and shared many good times with him. LUV U.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time. Ruben was a true great gentleman that we had the privilege of knowing and working with for years!

Ruben was a dear friend. I worked with him for 34 years. Not only did I work with him, we drove to work together everyday for about 10 years. He was a loving, funny and very respectful gentleman. Always saying jokes to and from work. We had our coffee together every morning on the way to work and a beer after work. We would joke about our birthday's and since they were on the same day he could take it off because he had higher seniority than I did. He would say, I will celebrate for both of us "Blood" till you get out of work! "Blood", this "Blood" will miss you! But I know that you are in a better place than I, so until we meet again... Our sympathy and prayers go out to you and all of the Mata family. May God bless you all. Paul & Rita Perez