Mr. Ramon Uribe Rios' Obituary
Ramón Uribe Rios was born in Brownsville, Texas on January 17, 1939 to Macaria Uribe and Reyes Rios. As the seventh of eleven children, he would always be getting into trouble, being a pelionero (starting fights) and exploring where his heart desired. Often times, he would tell stories of when he would catch a ride on a fruit truck and wonder into the next village or how he would travel on foot and not eat for days. He would also reminisce about how he would pick up piñas from the trucks and take them back to his mother or how he got lucky enough to find a gorgeous ring in a ditch and gifted it to her.
The way he died is just like he lived: he wrote his own rules, he fought authority and he paved his own way. And if you said he couldn’t do it, he would make sure he could. He was a rare combination of someone who had a love of life and a firm understanding of what was important to him- his family.
He married his main squeeze Maria De los Angeles Lopez (although, ideally, he probably would have married Marilyn Monroe) and had 4 children (with Maria). He was a loving father of Maria De la Luz, Ramon, Maria Asuncion (Susy), and Alejandro Rios. A proud grandfather of Maria Angeles (Angie), Daniel, Alexis Malya (Mya), Susie Amaly (Amalia), Melody, and Hailee-Rose (changito). And was a fun-loving GREAT-grandfather to Alexander Gabriel, Jerson Emmanuel, and Mia Leilani.
Ramón will be fondly remembered by family and friends as a loving father, a comedian storyteller, an angelic singer, un vago aventurero, a bad-ass truck driver (who never once was given a traffic ticket) and was a man who accomplished everything he wished to do. He was an admirable and patient pool teacher, educating his children and grandchildren the right ways to aim and hold the pool stick. And, in addition to all his wonderful traits, he was a superhero, always getting his children and grandchildren out of trouble, whether it was car trouble at Sonic or whether it was a shoulder to cry on. His love for the opera, the Astros, our King of Rock-n-Roll, Elvis Presley, and our breathtaking, blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, were his everyday passions (other than the kids). He has given us gifts that are more precious than anything in this world.
He died without any regrets and knowingly that he was surrounded by the love of his family. Our cat of nine lives, Ramón Uribe Rios, has finally entered into the loving arms of our Lord on September 26, 2019 at the age of 80 years old.
Goodbye, Dad. You will always live on in our hearts ♡
The Rios family will be receiving friends and family on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 with a public visitation starting at 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Funeral services will start at 3 PM.
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