Ricardo Cazares Valencia was born August 25th to Luciana Cazares Valencia and Guillermo Cazares in what was then, the dusty little town of Galeana, Chihuahua, Mexico where there were more horses than cars in 1942, the year of his birth. As a boy, he would rather be out riding his horse or shooting bottles than attend class. If his mother found him ditching, she would grab him by his ear and take him to school. Although he was deaf in his later years, he never lost his knack for recounting adventures that began after his mother's death when he was 14 years old. He vividly remembered the train he took and jumped off in different parts of the country to find work, ending up in Mazatlan, hungry and eager to work. Adventures throughout his youth such as camping with another adventurer in the Sierra Nevada mountains with no money in his pocket and not being able to sleep with the howling of wolves and sounds of animals in the brush; or sleeping under the stars in California while working on the railroad tracks. The darkness of his temper, that those close to him knew all too well, was toned down by age but not enough. The sharpness of his mind allowed him to use his phone as his computer to do research on herbs and their use. His tenacity was evident until the end where his strong will kept him alive a little longer than his body was prepared for. He passed away January 10, 2025, in his home in Canutillo, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Luciana Cazares Valencia; his father, Guillermo Cazares; his ex-wife and mother of his children Rosario Rodriguez; his wife, Maria Guadalupe Cazares; and his son, Andres Cazares.
He leaves behind five children: Luciana Batista, Maria R Cazares, Ricardo Cazares, Jesus M Cazares, and Cynthia Cazares.
Twenty-one grandchildren: Martin Cazares, Abel Macias, Vanessa Lozano, Gabriel Lozano, Valeria Wayne, Daniel Lozano, Amanda Lozano, Andrea Lozano, Robert Macias Jr., Crystal M Medina, Celeste J Limon, Edward J Limon, Ale Cazares, Daisy Limon, Analise Cazares, April Limon, Leonardo M Cazares, Marissa Rangel, Cassandra N Cazares, Alondra Olmeda, and Maximiliano J Cazares.
Twenty-four great grandchildren: James E Cazares, Anthony C Roderick, Asia R Roderick, Jacob I Cazares, Hailey Roderick, Kylev Almare, Joseph M Cazares, Alexander Lozano, Michael D Rollins III, Anthony Fret III, Adam Lozano, Mia Limon, Martin R Cazares Jr, Sebastian Medina, Abrina J Medina, Addison F Medina, Emerald R Medina, Dominic R G Wayne, Isabel R Lozano, Helios Rangel, Bronson K Spears Jr, Leilah Limon, Leanne Limon, and Sofia B Wayne. Maria Rose Cazares (818)749-1237.
Visitation to be held Saturday, January 25, 2025, at San Jose Funeral Home Central, from 11 AM to 3 PM; with a Vigil Service at 11:30 AM. Interment to be held Monday, January 27, 2025, at Memorial Pines Cemetery at 9 AM. For information, please call
915-532-1856.
