Mrs. Lesvia Dalia Rico's Obituary
Lesvia Dalia Rico was born in New Gulf, Texas on November 28, 1933. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on January 31st, 2020 at the age of 86 years old. Lesvia was a devoted wife to Amado until his death in 1993. She enjoyed spending her summers at Garner State Park with her family, singing in her church choir, cheering on her Houston sports teams, a trip to the Coushatta where you could find her at the slot machines, volunteering her spare time as an election clerk, and traveling around the world with her dear friends and the Red Hat Society ladies. Lesvia’s memberships included the Legion of Mary Association, the Guadalupana Society, the Red Hat Society, and a proud member of the choir at St. Mark Evangelist Catholic Church. She was a wonderful wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Lesvia will be remembered best for her love and devotion to her family and will truly be missed within all of her many group involvements. She showed us unconditional love and unfailing faith in the Lord.
She is proceeded in death by her parents Guadalupe Ortiz and Guadalupe Loera; husband Amado Rico; four brothers Ladlslao, Joe, Leo, and Peter Loera; two sisters Mary Diaz and Leonor Ortiz; and great-grandchild River Rey. She is survived by her brother Lin Loera and wife Sylvia; her two sons Jose Juan Rico and wife, Leticia, Ricardo Rico and wife, Esmeralda, and daughter Maricela Rico; her grandchildren Ricardo Rico Jr., and partner Deann Dear, Felicia Rico, Monica Rico, Veronica Gutierrez, and wife, Melissa, Angelica Spillane and husband, Ryan, Jomarie Rychlik, and husband, Anthony, and Rachel Fowler; and her loving great-grandchildren who were her world, Kaleb, Ricardo III, Avry, Caden, Daisy, Colt, Nicolas, Gracelyn, and Collin.
For those wishing, memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made in memory of Lesvia to the MD Anderson Cancer Center at gifts.mdanderson.org or the Adult Congenital Heart Association at achaheart.org
The Rico family will be receiving friends and family on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 starting at 5:00 PM till 9:00 PM for a visitation. The Holy Rosary will be recited at 7:00 PM at SouthPark Funeral Home. Funeral services will continue at St. Mark Evangelist Catholic Church with mass at 10:00 AM with a short viewing at 9:00 AM. Burial will be at 1:30 PM at Roselawn Cemetery
Safely Home
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect jo and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shad?
Oh! but Jesus’ love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus’ arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth’s shadows,
Pray to rust our Father’s Will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth -
You shall rest in Jesus’ land.
When that work is all complete,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
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