Simon Flores, San Antonio, Texas - Simon Edmundo Flores, 83, died peacefully on May 13, 2021. Simon was born at home by midwife to Simon and Julia Flores on Nov. 16, 1937, in Laredo, Texas. He loved and showed an aptitude for music at a very young age. He taught himself to play piano and guitar. As teenagers he and his sister Olivia competed in local talent shows and were frequent winners. Following his 1955 graduation from Laredo Martin High School, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his 4 year commitment achieving the rank of E-4. It was during his tour at Keesler AFB that he met and soon married Nancy M. Flores (Dufour). They relocated to San Antonio TX where they began their family and he began his civil service career at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. He never gave up his music. He was a member of several local bands, including Los Bandidos, and played at many a piano bar and numerous weddings. He was the youth choir director at St Stephens Catholic Church. After he retired from Kelly Air Force Base, he went to the University of Texas at San Antonio and was a member of the Madrigal Singers. He also began teaching piano, voice, and guitar, sharing his love of music at “Studio III”. And of course, he was the family accompanist at Christmas Eve gatherings at his brother Daniel’s home as we joyously sang Christmas carols. His love for music and the piano continued to bring him and all those around him joy until the very end.
Simon leaves to cherish his legacy and memory his 6 adult children – Rhonda M. Flores, Rosalba Flores Jones (Dr. Myron Jones), Roxana S. Adams (Bryan Adams), Ramona J. Flores, Raul S. Flores (Colette E. Laine-Flores), Rene S. Flores (Ronny D. Stephens), 19 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. He is preceded in death by the mother of his children Nancy Dufour Flores, his parents Simon & Julia Flores, his brother Daniel Flores and two sisters Olivia Hernandez and Petra Patino and their respective spouses.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25th, at Colonial Funeral Home, 625 Kitty Hawk Road, Universal City, TX to be followed by a Committal Service at Holy Cross Cemetery, 17501 Nacogdoches Road, San Antonio, Texas.
There are no words to adequately express the family’s gratitude to Simon’s caregivers most recently at the Haven and the Laurels at Stone Oak and Anchorage Hospice but also to his caregivers at the Legacy at Forest Ridge in Schertz. The love and care you provided to our father and to us during his last few days on this earth will never be forgotten.
The family would like to invite all of Simon’s friends and family for a celebration of his life from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, immediately following the Committal Service, location to be determined.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association https://www.alz.org/ to help fight Alzheimer’s or to a local music education program.
Condolences may be offered to the family at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/universal-city_tx/simon-flores.
