OBIT – Ambiro Cavazos Sr.

MISSION – Ambiro Cavazos Sr., 85, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at his home in Mission.

Mr. Cavazos was born on Oct. 20, 1932, in Granjeno to Jose Cavazos and Concepcion Reyna Cavazos.

Survivors include his children, Arnoldo Cavazos, Annabel Guerra, Omar Cavazos, Leticia Mendoza, Veronica Regalado, Jorge Cavazos, Roberto Cavazos, Ezequiel Cavazos and Rene Cavazos, all of Mission, Aida Garcia of McAllen, Cesar Cavazos and Imelda Munoz of Irving, Olga Cavazos of Edinburg, Belinda Zamora of Peñitas, Thelma Cavazos of Palmview and Maria De Jesus Fugate of Illinois; and 51 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Maria D. Cavazos; parents; and son, Ambiro Cavazos Jr.

A funeral mass was held on April 23 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission. Burial followed at Valley Memorial Gardens in Mission.