Marie E. Brushwood

Marie was born to parents Rosalio & Elvira Galindo on April 30, 1936 in Rio Grande City, Texas. She was blessed to have siblings, all sisters, throughout her live and well into her golden years. Marie served on the Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer Wives Club board while the family was stationed in the Philippines and Turkey. She attended and graduated from Providence College. While working at NISD Esparaza Elementery School, she also went to St. Philips College at night and retired after 30 years of teaching.

When she wasn’t teaching, she was involved with church activities at St. Dominic Catholic Church, specifically in ladies auxiliary. She also did volunteer work at St. Vincent De Paul Society and helped those in need and wanted guidance. She was one of the first faces you’d see if you went there, and one that would be remembered most. She also was in the Thunderbird Hills HOA to make her community great. There were many charities she donated time and money to throughout her life and too many to list them all.

She was devoted to not only God, but to St. Dominic Church and St. Vincent de Paul. Her love for kids and teaching them the word of the Lord was incredibly important to her and impacted all those around her. No matter what time of day it was, she could’ve been seen praying for all our souls to enter Heaven and rejoice in the arms of our Lord.

Marie is preceded in passing by her loving parents, Rosalio & Elvira Galindo; her sisters, Sylvia Barba, Rosie & Yolanda Galindo; along with her beloved husband Charlie L. Brushwood and precious son, Chuck L. Brushwood.

She is survived by; her children, Mark S. Brushwood (wife, Gwen), Michael S. Brushwood, & Anne B. Quintana; her grandkids, Gail, Grace, & Edward Quintana, Tony Brushwood (wife, Louise), & Mark Brushwood; and great-grandkids, Master Remy Brushwood, Marley Tschirhart, & Judson Bratcher.

Pallbearers for the service will be Mark Brushwood, Michael Brushwood, Edward Quintana, Gilbert Barba, & Mark Brushwood.

A visitation for Marie will be held on October 1, 2025 beginning at 6:00 PM, followed by a rosary to start at 7:00 PM; both will take place at Sunset Northwest Funeral Home, 6321 Bandera Rd, San Antonio, Texas 78238.

A mass will take place on October 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM at St. Dominic Catholic Church, 5919 Ingram Rd, San Antonio, Texas 78228. We will be in procession to her final resting place at San Fernando #2 Cemetery.

To keep her memory alive, please feel free to donate to a charity of your choice.

"What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." — Helen Keller