Gerardo G. Salazar, 90, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017. He was born September 14, 1927 in Waco, Texas to Jose Salazar and Andrea Gonzalez Salazar. Gerardo is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 62 years of marriage Teodora Salazar; his children Gerardo Salazar, Jr. and daughter-in-law Vera Salazar, Jose Antonio Salazar and wife Sara, Rosa Maria Lopez, Susana Maria Smithart and husband Chester, Daniel Salazar and wife Adriana, Maria Elena Santiago and husband Vincent, Martha Elia Cardenas and husband Mario; fifteen grandchildren; four great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 5, 2018 from 5-9 PM with the Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7 PM at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home. The funeral mass will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 10 AM at Resurrection Church 915 Zoe Street, Houston, Texas. Interment will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster, Texas.