Hundreds Pack Church For Quiroga Rosary
Funeral To Be Held Friday At 11 A.M.
POSTED: Friday, August 20, 2004
UPDATED: 6:01 am CDT August 20,
2004
SAN ANTONIO -- Hundreds of people packed a West Side church Thursday night to pay their respects to Robert "Pequin" Quiroga, the first San Antonio boxer to win a world boxing title, who was stabbed to death earlier this week.
Mourners formed a long line outside Holy Rosary Catholic Church more than an hour before a rosary was recited in honor of the 34-year-old father of two."He was a good man," a man in line said. "He was somebody (who) was very significant to the town. You gotta understand a man like that put S.A. on the map.""Everybody liked him," a woman said.Some of the fans who attended the rosary wore a T-shirt that had an image from Quiroga's boxing days.While mourners remembered Quiroga, police continued looking for Ricky Merla, 38, a former member of the motorcycle club Bandidos, who is accused of stabbing Quiroga multiple times.Quiroga was found bleeding in front of a home in the 3500 block of Fallen Leaf early Monday. He died at University Hospital.A funeral Mass for Quiroga will be celebrated Friday at 11 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church.
Mourners formed a long line outside Holy Rosary Catholic Church more than an hour before a rosary was recited in honor of the 34-year-old father of two."He was a good man," a man in line said. "He was somebody (who) was very significant to the town. You gotta understand a man like that put S.A. on the map.""Everybody liked him," a woman said.Some of the fans who attended the rosary wore a T-shirt that had an image from Quiroga's boxing days.While mourners remembered Quiroga, police continued looking for Ricky Merla, 38, a former member of the motorcycle club Bandidos, who is accused of stabbing Quiroga multiple times.Quiroga was found bleeding in front of a home in the 3500 block of Fallen Leaf early Monday. He died at University Hospital.A funeral Mass for Quiroga will be celebrated Friday at 11 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Previous Stories:
- August 19, 2004: Ex-Bandido Wanted In Quiroga Fatal Stabbing
- August 18, 2004: Quiroga Memorial Services Set
- August 17, 2004: S.A. Mourns Death Of Boxing Legend Quiroga
- August 16, 2004: Ex-Boxer Quiroga Found Fatally Stabbed
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