A native of Fort Worth, Pete was born to Jesus Sanchez Torres and Anita DeLuna Torres on August 20, 1945. Growing up in the Southside of Fort Worth, Pete attended Green B. Trimble Technical High School. While at Trimble Tech, he met the love of his life and wife of many years, Joyce Marie Aguilar. Welcoming three children into the world, Pete, Christine and Angela, Pete was a loving and strong father and role model to all of his children.
At a young age, Pete sought out meaningful work at North Texas Steel Mill. Later, Pete went to work for Southwestern Bell Corporation, later known as AT&T. At Southwestern Bell, Pete excelled in all of his work, demonstrating expertise in his field, strong work ethic, and wide breadth of technical knowledge, thus earning the respect and lifelong friendship of many of his coworkers and superiors. After thirty years with Southwestern Bell, Pete retired in 2002.
During his retirement, Pete led a fruitful, fulfilling, and active life. Pete enjoyed many travels with his wife, children, and grandchildren to a variety of locations across the United States. In fact, Pete traveled to almost all fifty states in the Union by the end of his life. For leisure, Pete enjoyed spending time with his children and his grandsons, treating them to dinners at his home or a variety of restaurants throughout Fort Worth and sharing with them his favorite foods. In particular, Pete enjoyed eating enchiladas, popcorn, sno-cones, and chocolate cake.
A model of virtue, Pete embodied perseverance, humility, generosity, piety, faith, hope, charity, and true Christian friendship, which he demonstrated to all. Perseverance, Pete’s constancy as the rock of his family never waned, as he faithfully served as loving husband, father, grandfather, and son no matter the stresses or despairs that may have beset him from the beginning of his life to his final days. Humility, Pete was always moderate and never sought to place himself before others, but rather found true happiness in simplicity, family, friendship, and true devotion to the Lord. Generosity, Pete acted never for himself, but rather for others, readily giving of his time, knowledge, skills, and even material means to help both those who he saw in need and those who sought him out. Piety, Pete served both God and family. At Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pete served as a member of the men’s organization and began a lifelong devotion to the Virgin Mary, a devotion he continued to nurture at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and Saint Mary of the Assumption, seeking her protection and comfort until the end of his life. As a son, Pete demonstrated special devotion to his father and mother throughout their entire lives, seeking to always secure their benefit and serve as their comfort. Faith and hope, Pete cultivated true happiness grounded on trust in God and His promises for this life and the next. Charity, Pete embodied the highest precept of Christ, “you shall love your neighbor as yourself,” extending to all he encountered a true demonstration of the loving spirit of the Gospel. Pete’s charity was most intimately experienced by those he loved, especially his three grandsons, with each of whom he fostered a unique relationship. However, Pete’s greatest love was his wife Joyce, with whom he was selflessly united in one heart. Inseparable from his wife, he demonstrated to her unceasing tenderness, love, devotion, and friendship. Ultimately, Pete's virtues were embodied in his many expressions of true friendship, characterized by unselfish love and constant desire to do good for others−friends, family, and even strangers−in his life. In fact, no person was stranger to Pete, for in every conversation−and he could hold many, and with any person from any walk of life−he was witty, intelligent, kind, humorous, and always saw the goodness in a person’s character. Pete’s amicability was further evident from his long-time and enthusiastic participation in several civic, social, and labor associations in Fort Worth, including the Fort Worth All-City Breakfast Group, the Southside Breakfast Club, and the Communications Workers of America (CWA). For many, nothing was more prized than true friendship with Pete.
Closing this life with goodness of character, Pete leaves behind many memorials of virtue and thus on the lips and in the hearts of all of his family and friends, there remains the highest reverence for a loving husband, father, grandfather, and son, and the unassailed hope that Pete enjoys the happy and loving embrace of God, an embrace that heals all sorrows, dries all tears, satisfies all desires, and surpasses all imagination.
Pete is preceded in death by his father, Jesus, his mother, Anita, his siblings, Pedro, John, Mary, Pablo, David, and Paul, and his grandson, Pete Jonah.
Pete is survived by his wife Joyce, his son Pete Torres (Evangelina), his daughters, Christine Torres (Johnny) and Angela Moore (Fred), his grandsons Matthew, Steven, and Noah, his siblings Helen, Joe, Jesse, Dolores, and Annie, and many cousins, nephews, and nieces.
Rosary and Visitation: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at Chapel of Chimes, Laurel Land Funeral Home and Cemetery, 7100 Crowley Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76134.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10:00 AM, Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, 509 W Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76104.
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