Sioux City, Iowa – Jose A. Silva Martinez, 56, of Sioux City, Iowa passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021 at MercyOne in Sioux City. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at All Saints Catholic Parish-St. Joseph Church in Le Mars, Iowa. Father Travis Crotty will officiate. Burial will be at Jardine del Eden Cemetery in Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico.

Jose Antonio Silva Martinez was born on May 10, 1964 in Guadalajara, Mexico to Vicente Silva Valle and Ramona Martinez Enriquez. He was employed at Seabord Triumph Foods in Sioux City.

He is survived by his parents; his sisters, Patricia Silva Martinez, Miriam G. Silva Martinez and Josefina Silva Martinez; brothers, Jose Santos Silva Martinez, Jose de Jesus Silva Martinez, Sergio Silva Martinez and Mario Silva Martinez; his grandmother, Margarita Martinez.

Jose was preceded in death by his sister, Maria Guadalupe Silva Martinez and his grandfather, Cesario Martinez.