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Submitted: 9/30/22 • Approved: 9/30/22 • Last Updated: 10/3/22 • R539434-G0-S3
March 22, 1936-April 24, 2022
*Obituary
Funeral Mass for Catarino Escobedo, age 86 of Seminole, Texas will be celebrated Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church with Father Jose De Dios Gonzalez officiating. Burial will follow at Gaines County Cemetery. Rosary will be held Friday, April 29, 2022 from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church. All services are under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home.
Catarino Escobedo was born March 22, 1936 in Marfa, Texas to Carmen (Frias) and Jose Escobedo. Starting at the age of fourteen he began his career in ranching in Ft. Davis, Texas with his father, where he worked roundups and became a real cowboy. He rode horses and enjoyed rodeo animals, always wearing his black cowboy hat; he never left it at home. On July 22, 1957 he married the love of his life, Mary Lou Valverde in Ft. Davis, Texas. He owned a little farm on Lamesa Highway where he raised cows, horses, chickens, and sheep; he really enjoyed sharing the chicken eggs with his neighbors. He had worked for Parker Drilling Company in 1961 as a water well technician in Seminole, which later became Fire Ball Irrigation; he went on to retire in 2004. Catarino was known to call all of his family members on their birthdays and sing happy birthday to them, making it such a personal memory.
Catarino Escobedo passed away at his home in Seminole, Texas on Sunday, April 24, 2022. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by two sons, Johnny Escobedo in 1978 and Reno Escobedo in 2021; three brothers, Robert, Jesus, and Joe; and one sister, Carmen.
Source: Boyer Funeral Home
Contributed on 9/30/22 by neldapat
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