Javier Casas, born in Zacatecas, Mexico on July 28, 1931 and passed away on February 14, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Rafaela, of 56 years and their eight children: Javier and his wife, Desiree, Evangelina and her husaband, Alvaro, Gabriela and her husband, Juan Manuel, Leonor and her husband, Christopher, Dolores, Rafael, Monica and her husband, Alonso, and Ruth and her husband, Nidal; 22 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.