Maria Rose Huntsberry's Obituary
Maria Rose Monteiro Huntsberry, age 80, passed away on October 24th after a long illness. She passed in her Missouri City home, surrounded by loved ones.
Maria, or Marie, was born on April 10th, 1945, in Providence, Rhode Island to parents Francisco G. Monteiro, from the Portuguese colony of Cape Verde, and Hazel Virginia Bradley Monteiro, of Yorktown, Virginia. Maria was born in the family home on Main Street.
Marie married Ezra Huntsberry Jr. on June 4th, 1963, in Rhode Island. Although separated after 25 years of marriage, Marie and Ezra became close again in the final years before his death in 2017.
Marie worked for many years at the City of Houston Water Department, until her retirement. She enjoyed spending time with her family, bowling, collecting religious figurines, and sightseeing.
Marie was predeceased by her parents, her brother Francisco G. Monteiro, Jr., her sisters Martina Patterson-Gill and Elizabeth Howard, and by her daughter, Ernestine, who Marie cared for in the years preceding Ernestine’s death. Maria is survived by her son, Henry E. (Tate) Huntsberry and his wife Shanice Renee Huntsberry, her son Caleb Huntsberry and his husband Bailey (Hank) Jones, her son Marc D. Huntsberry, grandchildren Jabarri, Jasmine, Calvin, Stargina, Courtney, Staci, Cody, Shanda, Shaina, Aiyanna and Prince, and many great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at South Park Funeral Home and Cemetery on November 7th at 1 PM. The family wishes to acknowledge the service of Marie’s dear friend and caretaker Barbara Shankle.
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