Mariano Morales, 82 of Kansas City’s Westside, died August 3, 2019. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 am Friday, August 9, 2019 at Sacred Heart/Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 2544 Madison, KCMO. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, 6901 Troost. KCMO. Visitation will be 6-8 pm Thursday at the McGilley Midtown Chapel, 20 W. Linwood, KCMO.
Mariano was born July 26, 1937 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico to Manuel and Francisca Morales. He came to the United States and Kansas City In 1952. Mariano was a truck driver for Allied Systems and later Jack Cooper Transportation that delivered new Fords off of the assembly line in Claycomo to the dealerships. He retired in 2018. He was an avid Chiefs fan, a 16 year season ticket holder. He was first in the gates to tailgate and was the chief cook and griller; and he was training an apprentice, his grandson, Nicholas Garcia, III. Mariano loved his salsa music.
Mariano was preceded in death by his wife Agustina 2014; two daughters, Martha Collins and Anna (Anita) Esparza; one sister, Antonia Gallardo and three brothers, Mariano Cortez, Dolores Cortez and Sebastian Cortez. Mariano’s survivors include two daughters, Linda Raya (Roman) of KCK and Gloria Cervantes of KCMO; one brother, Leondro Cortez, KCK; ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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