Emma Flores Galindo

Emma Flores was born on September 18th, 1920 in Mission, Texas. She was the daughter of Juanita Escobar and Antonio Flores. She was one of 11 siblings born to Juanita and Antonio. She was the 5th daughter and 8th child of the Flores family. The four brothers were Ernesto, Erasmo, Tony and Arturo. The seven sisters were Lucia, Elvira, Lillia, Esther, Emma, Emilia and Angela. As a result of this large family, the two sons of Leo and Emma Galindo had many cousins, too many to even remember! Antonio was a barber who died of a heart attack when Emma was a teenager. Juanita lived into her eighties and passed away in 1969. In 1939, Emma graduated from Mission High School, made famous at a later date because Tom Landry graduated from there in 1941. Emma continued her education and graduated from a combination of course work from Southwest Texas State (Now Texas State) and the Texas College of Arts and Industries in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She went on to teach for a few years after meeting Desiderio Leo Galindo from San Antonio, who she married on June 11th, 1947. On January 16, 1949, Denis Leo Galindo was born to Emma and Leo. On July 11, 1952, there second son Jonathan (Joe) was born. As Leo was serving in the military, they resided in Atlanta, Temple, Tulsa and then settled in San Antonio in 1958. As Leo became the Chief Pathologist for the Robert B. Green hospital, it was there that Emma settled in as CHO (Chief Homemaker Officer) for the next twelve years until both Denis and Joe graduated from high school. Extremely dedicated to her family, and to her two sons, she was the consummate sports mom. She attended all of their games, very often keeping stats on Denis and Joe, tracking how many points they had in their basketball games. She was relentless in loving and serving her family, always bringing organization and order to everything going on. There was no question that she was regularly on a mission in all that she did. Around 1971, Emma began a whole new adventure with God, and came to a point where she said that she was born again. She never turned back from that point as she began a journey with Jesus Christ for the next 46 years. Leo joined her on that faith journey which they enjoyed together for 30 years until he passed away on June 27, 2001. In June of 1987, they celebrated 40 years of marriage at a special anniversary service at their church in San Antonio. In the summer of 1997, they celebrated 50 years of marriage before a large gathering of family and friends. She was loved by many as she generously gave of her time and her energy to her family, her friends, and the people she regularly encountered through the years. When encountering a stranger, it was only a matter of time that the stranger became a friend to Emma. In these last few years, she often said: “I’m ready to go! I don’t know why the Lord still has me here!” On Saturday night, March 4th, 2017, Emma entered into the presence of the Lord where she longed to be. Today, we can be confident that Emma Flores Galindo is with the Lord Jesus her Savior whom she loved so much.