Adolph Ramirez

Adolph Ramirez passed away peacefully at his home on June 20, 2018 after a year and a half battle with cancer. He was born on March 3, 1945 in a small town in Matagorda County called Tin Top. He is survived by his wife Diana and his two sons, Tomas Adolph and wife Eva, and David Antonio. He is also survived by his grandchildren Julian, Diana and a baby to be born in November. Besides his wife and two sons, Adolph is survived by his sister, brothers, sister-in-laws, brother-in-laws and his very special nephew Pete Ramirez, who only came into his life a few years ago but who Adolph was very proud of and considered him as a son. Adolph had three things he was very proud of in his life, his family, his work for the Harris County Sheriff's Department, and most importantly, the time he served his country in the Army during the Vietnam War. Adolph was often an ornery and grumpy person and not to easy to live with, but anyone who knows me would know that I could not have stayed married to someone 29 years, who didn't have a truly good heart deep down inside. I understood his behavior because most of it could be attributed to his PTSD that he suffered from what happened to him as a young soldier in Vietnam. As one of the VA counselors told us only a soldier can truly understand what it means to fight in a war and to be a soldier, something that we as lay people can never truly understand. I could tell you the time he spent in Vietnam and the medals he earned there and later in the National Guard for 20 years, but instead I will simply say for Adolph once a soldier always a soldier. Adolph's time in the Sherriff's Department was another thing that caused him much joy. I can still remember when he finished the Academy and got to put on his blue uniform for his first time. Just as he was always a soldier, he was always a cop as well. It drove us crazy when we would be out together and he would stop if he thought someone was breaking the law or needed help of some sort. Finally Adolph was truly a family man. He loved to travel and at first was way more adventurous than I was comfortable with. One of his favorite lines was I've never been down this road which is how we ended up on a desolate dirt road called the Apache trail with no cell service, no food, no water, no people-I prayed hard that day to get back to civilization. We started our married life with a trip to Hawaii of which he wasn't to crazy about the long flight, but loved the trip itself. We were blessed with our last long trip to the Holy Land the summer before he was diagnosed with cancer. Always the adventurer, he rode a camel, rode a donkey all the way up to the top of the Greek Isle of Santorini and he even served as an altar boy whenever we had a Mass on our journey. I am sure God was very pleased with him. Between our first and our last big trips together we took many, many road trips. One which lasted 21 days and saw many sights throughout the United States. If you ever visit our home you can see refrigerator magnets of our many adventures. Adolph loved his sons and once told me if he had to save me or his boys, sorry but I would be on my own. He was very proud of them and he taught them and myself to defend ourselves and look out for one another. Adolph will be greatly missed but he left us with many good memories and many lessons to continue our journey.