Guadalupe Llamas, Jr., 72, of Pasadena, Texas died Saturday (March 26, 2016) at the Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston, Texas.
He was born on March 24, 1944 in Newton, Kansas, the son of Guadalupe and Marian Saenz Llamas, Sr. He attended schools in Newton and had worked as a cook.
Guadalupe moved to the Houston, Texas area where he continued to live for many years. He had done some construction work and also worked for the Houston Chronicle and the Pasadena Citizen newspapers.
He was married to Patricia Bricker for several years. He later married Dessie Tillery on July 25, 1997 in Pasadena, Texas.
Survivors include his wife Dessie of the home in Pasadena, Tx; sons Guadalupe Llamas, III also of the home, Joseph Llamas and his wife Brenda of Humble, Tx.; daughter Christina Lacca and husband Jason of Humble, Tx.; step-son Johnny Ward of Oregon; brother Mark Llamas of Newton; sisters Susan Rangel and Rose Martinez of Newton and Mary Short of Wichita; six grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents; one son Christopher; and two brothers Phillip and Gary.
Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be said at 6:30 P.M., Thursday (March 31, 2016)
with the Mass of Christian Burial held at 10:00 A.M., Friday (April 1, 2016) both at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton. Interment will be in the Prairie Lawn Cemetery in Peabody, Ks.
The casket will be open at the church after 4:00 P.M. on Thursday.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.