Amalia Pereyra Castro

On Thursday , May 10, 2018, Mom was surrounded by her family, God welcomed our loving mother home. The light shined and momma was received by our Lord, all his angels, and her loving family waiting on her. Mom will be forever at peace, no more suffering.

Born on May 5, 1930, in Bellville, TX to the late Ysidro and Angelita Pereyra, she moved to Houston in 1947, where she met Robert Lopez Castro, who had returned from naval service in the Pacific during WWII, they were married on August 30, 1948. Our mother was preceded in death by her loving husband, her cherished daughter Belinda Marie Castro, her father Ysidro and mother Angelita, sisters Mary Munoz and Tina Kaufmann, brother William & Lorraine (sister-in-law) Pereyra.

Amalia is survived by six children, sons Robert Castro Jr. (Terry), Anthony Castro (Dora), daughters, Mary E. Trevino (Joe), Carol A. Matamoros (Arthur), and sons Patrick R. Castro (Sofia), and Javier L. Castro (Mary).

Survived by her loving siblings, Laura Morones, Margie Novachek (Dave), Raymond Pereyra (Kathy), Max Pereyra (Olga). Mother is also survived by her loving 14 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, 4 great- great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Also surviving is longtime companion and friend Jose Espinosa.

Mother will forever be remembered for the love she had for her family and everyone she met, she had a huge heart filled with compassion, courage, strength, and devotion to our Lord. The legacy she will be remembered for most was the boundless unconditional love, patience, and care she gave to her family. She lived a life of compassion for others, helping others in need, this was in keeping with her deep faith in the Lord. This is something we her children were witnesses to our whole life with Mom. Anyone was welcomed through her door and was always offered food and drink.

Mom (Momo) was extraordinary in every sense of the word and our mother will be greatly missed every day of every year by her family, to her we were her chick-a-dees. She had nicknames for each of us, as we are known by, Tootie, Piggy, Buggy, Benda, Cookie, Popo, and Mutzie.

We were blessed by God’s grace for the special gift of our loving mother.

The family wishes to express our special thanks to the Doctors who gave years of special loving care to our mother: Doctors Susan Vogel, Madhureeta Achari, Todd Price, Dale Halter, and the members of their special staff. The family extends a very special thank you for the compassionate care given to our mother by Corpus Christi Hospice, Valarie, Scott, and most especially to the nurses who cared for mom and were by our side, Sheree and Emily.

A special thank you to Monica Ortiz, her dear friend who was also by mom’s side helping care for her. and a special thank you to Gabby Diaz, one of her home health care providers.

On Wednesday, May 16th, Visitation will be at 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Rosary will be at 7:00 pm, at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home, 6900 Lawndale St., Houston TX, 77023. Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, May 17th, 10:00 am at Christ the King Catholic Church, 4419 North Main St, Houston Tx 77009. Interment will be at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. Reception to follow in the Forest Park Lawndale Hall from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

Pallbearers are; John Matamoros, Raymond Matamoros, Robert Trevino, Christopher Castro, Brian Garcia, Sam Ghali, and Honorary Pall Bearer Jose Zapata.