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Mary Esther Delgado Garza October 30, 1927 – January 12, 2024 Mary Esther Delgado Garza, 96, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Friday, January 12, 2024. Mary Esther was born October 30, 1927, in San Antonio to Genevieve Delgado and raised by the man she considered her dad, Frank Delgado from Mathis Texas. She was a graduate of Brackenridge High School in 1946. On April 12, 1950, she married her partner for life, Ruben Laborde Garza. Mary Esther and Ruben were married for 65 years. Mary Esther was a great cook and used her talents to feed students for 25 years, first at St. Patrick Catholic Elementary and then at St. Gerard High School. Kids loved her enchiladas and her morning biscuits. She was a magician with government cheese. When she wasn’t feeding kids, she would work summers and feed Archbishop Flores and Father David. She was a firm believer in being involved in her church and her community. She was an active member of St. Patrick Church for over 70 years where she was always volunteering to be Festival Chair or PTA President. In her later years she and Ruben joined Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in downtown San Antonio and went on her first ACTS retreat in 2011 at Our Lady of Grace. In addition to being a great cook, she sewed many blankets for her grandchildren She also assisted her husband in keeping the accounting books for R. Garza & Sons Trucking and would hide the checkbook from her husband so he wouldn’t write too many checks. She made sure her 6 sons all received a Catholic school education at St. Patrick, Holy Cross and St. Gerard. She was the disciplinarian in the family. Her sons know that the local baseball team was named after her, the “flying chanclas.” While she was strict, she was also very loving and caring and a woman ahead of her time. When she retired from work, she was always taking care and babysitting her grandchildren. She picked them up from school, made sure they had a snack and did their homework. Mom was proud of every single one of her children, grandchildren and their partners and loved each one unconditionally. Mary Esther is survived by her six sons, Ruben Garza Jr and his wife Rose Marie, Alejandro and his wife Elma, David and his wife Kathleen, Jaime and his wife Jackie, Francisco and his wife Alma Lee and George. Mary Esther was the matriarch of 16 grandchildren, Ruben III, Jose Javier, Monica, Priscilla, Arthur Ray Sepulveda, Cassandra, David II, Christie Maldonado, Antoinette Martinez, Frankie, Elissa, Nicholas, Eddie Prieto, Bennie Prieto, Genevieve and Georgie and 17 great grandchildren and her loving Goddaughter Guadalupe Morales Rojas. She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Genevieve Delgado, husband Ruben L. Garza, sister Aurora Peace, brother Rudy Delgado and her Grandson Ruben Garza III. So much gratitude to her caregivers who took care of her at home. Maria Sarmiento, Kristina RN and Josie CNA from Holy Savior Hospice, and her caring daughter in law Alma. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Ruben Garza III Scholarship at Holy Cross High School, https://holycross-sa.socs.net/vnews/display.v/ART/608861a806779 or Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, https://www.ihmsatx.org/giving-to-ihm--dar-a-ihm.html Family will receive friends on Sunday January 21, 2024 from 5 PM to 8 PM with a Rosary at 6 PM at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church at 223 E. Summit Ave. Funeral Service will be on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 10:00 AM at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church at 617 South Santa Rosa Ave. Interment immediately to follow at Mission Burial Park North.

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Mary Esther Delgado Garza

October 30, 1927 - January 12, 2024