Claudio H. Baca, 83, of Odessa, died Sunday, February 6, 2022, in Odessa, Texas.  Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Hale Center Cemetery, with Father Jeremy Trull, officiating and under the care of Ramage Funeral Directors.

Claudio was born June 6, 1938, in Knott, Texas, to Natividad and Barbara (Hernandez) Baca.  He married Faye Harmon and was a Catholic.  A free spirit in his younger days, Claudio loved cats.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Faye Baca, in 2014 and two sons, Freddy and Manuel Baca.

Survivors include three sons, Angel Baca, Joe Baca and wife Gerri, Felipe Baca and wife Angela, daughter, Julie Baca, stepdaughter, Ruth Strickland and husband Ralph, brother, Louis Baca, Sr., two sisters, Reyna Adame and Anita Hodges and husband Hal and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.