Catalina Saucedo Siqueiros

Our community mourns the loss of Catalina “Katy” Siqueiros who passed August 7, 2023, at the age of 101 at her home with her son by her side.. Katy was born on February 12, 1922, in Lordsburg, N.M., and her family relocated to El Paso when she was three years old.

Between 1944 and 1954, Katy worked at Popular Dry Goods in the fur department and pursued studies at the El Paso Conservatory of Music.

Katy dedicated 32 years of her life to being a real estate agent, assisting a diverse range of clients in finding their ideal homes. She achieved numerous noteworthy accolades as a realtor with Coldwell Banker DeWetter Hovious, Inc.

For 26 seasons, Katy played the violin with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra. Her memories with the EPSO are chronicled in a collection titled “The Katy Siqueiros Collection,” which is housed within the University Library Special Collections Department at UTEP. Within this collection, her personal memories provide a valuable documentation of the EPSO’s history from 1946 to 1972. Katy continued playing in the civic orchestra at EPCC for many years.

Katy is preceded in death by her son Randy (Cid Lasher), her father Domingo Saucedo, mother Guadalupe Soto Saucedo, her brothers Carlos, Eladio, Heriberto H. and Heriberto S. Saucedo, her sisters Evangelina, Consuelo, and Carmela Saucedo.

Katy is survived by son David Siqueiros and granddaughter Rebecca Siqueiros. Daughter Elizabeth C. de Gonzalez and her husband David Gonzales and grandson Donovan Gonzales. Granddaughter Thalia Siqueiros and her husband Jesse Harvel. Granddaughter Athena Cole and her husband Kelly Cole and great grandsons Jonah and Isaac Cole; Brother Armando Saucedo. Numerous nieces and nephews, and many beloved friends, also survive her.

Services at Martin Funeral Home East on August 14, 2023, 9-11AM, 1460 George Dieter Dr, El Paso, TX 79936. Mass at St. Rafael’s Church 12-1PM, 2301 Zanzibar Rd, El Paso, TX 79925, and internment at Evergreen Cemetery East 1:30PM, 12400 Montana Ave, El Paso, TX 79938.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests memorial contributions to the University Library Special Collections Department at UTEP, where the “Katy Siqueiros Collection” resides: https://givingto.utep.edu/Siqueiros. Donations can also be made via check, mailed to UTEP Institutional Advancement, 500 W. University, Kelly Hall, 6th Floor, El Paso,TX 79968. Please make checks payable to UTEP and indicate the gift name of “Katy Siqueiros Collection” in the memo.

Professional Achievements:

*Million Dollar Producers Club: 1996

*Circle of Honor Awards: Third and Fourth Quarters 1996

*Sales Associate Award Winner: July, August, December 1996

*Circle of Honor: Quarterly, 1993 - 1994

*Super Star Top Producer: 1992, 1993, 1994

*Sales Leader: 1992, 1993, 1994

*Listing Leader Super Star: 1991, 1992, 1993

*Top Dollar Earned 1989 Achievement Reach Program (YMCA): 1991

*Million Dollar Club Member Distinguished Service Award: 1984 & 1986

*Designated Senior Associate Coldwell Banker Circle of Honor: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

*John T. Nothnagle Round Table: 1978, 1979, 1980

*Senior Sales Counsellor Award: 1978, 1979, 1980

*Distinguished Gallery Counsellor: 1978 to 1981

*Dollar Volume and Listings Sold: 1976

*Hovious Associates Number One Agent: 1975

Personal Activities:

*Violinist with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra for 26 Seasons

*A.B.W.A. Woman of the Year: 1976 (International City Chapter)

*A.B.W.A. Woman of the Year: Mt. Franklin Chapter

*National Federation of Business Women’s Club Member

*T.A.R. and N.A.R. Member

*American Federation of Musicians Local 466

*El Paso Civic Orchestra (Community College)

*Grievance Committee - G.E.P.B.R

*Professional Standards Committee - G.E.P.B.R

*Governmental Affairs - G.E.P.B.R

In the photo above Katy is wearing a dress she made from a parachute brother Eladio gave her after his service on the USS Bennington CV/20 at the end of WWII.