Jesus (Jesse) Esequiel Gutierrez was 67 years old and born in Baytown on August 26, 1957 and passed away on Saturday November 23, 2024. He took his last breath on Earth surrounded by his loving family and his first eternal breath in Heaven greeted by his parents Ruben and Alice Gutierrez.
Jesse graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1975 and graduated from Lee College with two Associates degrees.
Jesse retired as a Detention Sergeant at the City of Baytown, Police Department on August 27, 2021. Jesse lived his retirement dream while working for his beloved Houston Astros as an usher, enjoying many playoff games and taking game selfies with family and friends.
Jesse was a lifetime member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church where he taught CCE for 20 years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and served his community as a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Jesse enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Jesse loved dancing to Tejano and Country music and many will miss dancing with him. He loved watching sports, especially baseball, softball, and football. Go Astros and Houston Texans! He always looked forward to his next out-of-town trip traveling to different baseball fields to root for the Astros. In his younger days, Jesse played catcher for the Baytown Scorpions, fastpitch softball team, where he spent many weekends doing what he loved best…playing ball. He was an avid pool player and enjoyed coordinating pool tournaments all around Baytown.
Jesse will be remembered for his sense of humor and witty remarks and there was never a shortness of laughter when he was around. His one liners were that of legends and even given a name, “Jesse-isms”.
He was preceded in death by his parents Ruben and Alice Gutierrez of Baytown, his grandparents Julio and Demetria Sanchez, Frank and Adela Gutierrez, nephew Henry Gutierrez Jr., and brother-in-law Bootie Gonzales.
Jesse is survived by his daughters Demetria (DeeDee) Martinez, Gena Utzman and husband Chris, his sons Dwayne Gutierrez and wife Francis, and Dexter Gutierrez; grandchildren Marissa Elena Nava and husband Ricardo, Alex Jesse Gutierrez, Rene Seth Gutierrez, Matthew Dylan Gonzalez, Madison Virginia Gonzalez, Kayleigh Utzman, and Kyle Utzman; his great grandchildren Mateo Angel Nava, Myleen Elena Nava, and Matias Ricardo Nava; his sisters Rebecca Gonzales and Marco, Helen Motte and husband Jerome; his brothers Ruben Gutierrez Jr. and wife Rosemary, Henry Gutierrez and wife Cindy. Godfather to Tiffany Gutierrez, and Grand Paw to Lilly Gutierrez; his nieces and nephews Brandon Capetillo, Ian Holter, Brandon Motte, Fr. Albert Jerome Motte III, Bekah Motte, and Tiffany Gutierrez; his uncles Richard Gutierrez of Houston and Jesus Julio Sanchez of Selma, Alabama.
The pallbearers are Alex Jesse Gutierrez, Matthew D. Gonzalez, Rudy Mosqueda, Mike Flores, Marco Polo Sr., Jerome Motte, Ian Holter, Brandon Capetillo, and Ramon Lara. Honorary pallbearers are Carlos Alanis, Kyle Utzman, Matias Nava, and Mateo Nava.
We want to give a special thank you to MD Anderson, especially the League City campus.
Funeral services for Jesse Gutierrez are as follows: Friday, November 29, 2024.- Visitation 5-8 pm at Earthman’s Funeral Home (Rosary 7-8pm) and Saturday November 30, 2024.- Mass 10:30 am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 1124 Beech St. and burial to follow at Earthman’s Memory Gardens Cemetery.
