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Mardonio M. Serratos entered eternal peace on Sunday May 17, 2020 at the age of 90. He was born December 23, 1929 in Los Cimientos, Guanajuato. He lived there until immigrating to the United States around 1946 at the age of 17. He lived the rest of his life with his family in San Antonio TX. He began working at the young age of 12 years old and worked until the last few weeks of his life. He worked for over 50 years for William L. and Katherine W. Moody III in various capacities he also worked for their grand-daughter’s family, Van and Edna Archer, who considered him more of a friend than an employee. Mardonio was known as “Pancho” to most people who knew him. In the beginning he worked as a farm hand and then did pretty much any job that was needed. He took much pride in his landscaping job that he started over 45 years ago to provide for his family. He was the kind of man who worked 7 days a week and so he did just that all the way to the end. Throughout his life he provided not only for his wife and daughters here but for his mother and 10 siblings in Mexico along with providing for his wife’s family in Guanajuato, Mexico. He was a man of his word and loyal to those who knew him. Pancho would give the shirt off his back for friends and strangers alike and always believed that giving was better than receiving. Most of his clients told us in recent days that he was not just their landscaper he was their friend and part of their families. His life was nothing but honorable and deeply rooted in his Catholic faith. He prayed for everyone and always had kind words to lift you up. His laughter was contagious and although he did not like to smile much in pictures, you knew inside he was grinning from ear to ear. He loved to joke around and recount his adventures with anyone willing to listen. In his free time, which he didn’t have much of since he worked 7 days a week, he worked on his own yard, went to church at St.John the Evangelist, and spent time with his daughters, grandchildren and most recently his 1st great-granddaughter. Every November he went on several religious pilgrimages to Guanajuato, GTO and San Juan de Los Lagos, Jalisco Mexico. He lived his life in servitude to his faith, family, and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife Carmen Velazquez Serratos, daughter Antonia Serratos, his parents and 9 brothers and sisters. He is survived by his daughters, Lucia S. Williamson and her husband David, Maria Elena Serratos- Lopez and her husband Jesse, Gloria Serratos-Morales and her husband Gerardo, his grandchildren; Zachary Barcenas, Nichole Salas and her husband Albert, Mateo Morales, Alejandro Morales, Katherine Lopez, Noah Lopez and great-granddaughter Madeline Salas and one brother Juan Serratos and half-sister Socorro Mares and numerous nieces and nephews. Words cannot express the kind of man he was. We will miss him deeply. Please pray for his eternal rest.

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Mardonio M. Serratos

December 23, 1929 - May 17, 2020