Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Faustino Mendez Castro, 47, of Perry.  Visitation will be held from 1-7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 28th at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Family will be present from 4-7 p.m.

Mass will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at St Patrick’s Catholic Church followed by burial in the Violet Hill Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife Maria, sons Adam Mendez, Billy Mendez, Jake Mendez, and David Mendez and his baby girl Josslin Mendez; his parents Santos and Maria of El Salvador; his brothers Jose Mendez and Elmer Castro both of Des Moines; and
his sisters: Catalina Mendez of El Salvador, Andrea Mendez of Des Moines, Maria De Jesus Mendez of Lenox, Ana Julia Mendez of Perry, Rosalina Mendez of El Salvador, and Maria Grey Mendez of El Salvador.