Joe "Papa Joe" Alvarado

Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday October 27 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Msgr. John McCaffrey officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday with a rosary service at 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan.

Joe was born September 15, 1933 in Cameron. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Joe is preceded in death by his sons, Joe Alvarado Jr. and Carlos Alvarado Sr.; daughter, Sylvia Escamilla; and grandson, Carlos Alvarado Jr.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Santa Alvarado of Bryan; his children, Steve Alvarado, Barbara Sandoval and husband Rigoberto, Richard Alvarado and wife Brenda, and David Alvarado all of Bryan; grandchildren, Jennifer Ramirez, Rose Arevalo, Sonya Urrutia, Nicole Romo, Roxann Mendez, Richard Alvarado Jr., David Alvarado Jr., Nicolas Alvarado, Andrea Castillo, Christopher Alvarado, Angelica Seneff, Christina Mandujano, Melanie Alvarado, Janie Marie Alvarado and Steve Alvarado Jr.; and eighteen great-grandchildren.