Asencion H. Rodriguez

August 15, 1925 - December 11, 2017

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother of five generations went home to be with our Lord and Savior on December 11, 2017, at the age of 92 in San Antonio, Texas.

She was born on August 15, 1925, in Castroville to Teofilo and Trinidad Hernandez.

She married her husband Miguel Rogelio Rodriguez 1940. Her husband was a WW II and Korean War veteran. In 1941 she had her first of twelve children.

She was devout Catholic and was an active parishioner of St. Agnes Catholic Church. She was part of the Eucharist Ministry; she led the Food Pantry who gave food to the needy. She volunteered at St Agnes Hall preparing and serving breakfast tacos as a fundraiser for the Church. She earned a Certificate from the Oblate School of Theology and learned how to minister to parishioners who were home bound and how to give the Holy sacrament of Communion. She was homemaker and devoted her entire life to her family.

She is preceded in death by her parents Tiofelo and Trinida Hernandez, husband Miguel Rogelio Rodriguez, Lilly Rodriguez-Barcomb, daughter, Samuel H. Rodriguez, son, Greogorio, Rodrigo (Igo), Tito, Domingo, brothers and Epifanio Fernandez, step-brother.

She is survived by sisters Guadalupe (Lupe) Trejo, Ignacia Mendoza, Simona Hernandez and children, Olga Garcia, Rosemary Gutierrez (Emilio), Carlos Rodriguez (Terry) David Rodriguez (Julia), Miguel H. Rodriguez, Jr., (Brad Veloz), Richard Rodriguez, Esperanza Vasquez (Ruben), Rudy Rodriguez, Daniel Rodriguez and Joe Rodriguez, numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and extended family and friends.

The family wishes to extend appreciation to the nursing staff of St. Francis Nursing Facility for the care of our mother.

You can shed tears that she is gone

Or you can smile because she has lived

You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back

Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left

Your heart can be empty because you can't see her

Or you can be full of the love that you shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday

Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

You can remember her and only that she is gone

Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind,

be empty and turn your back

Or you can do what she would want:

smile, open your eyes, love and go on. (poem by David Harkins)

SERVICES

Visitation will be Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Roy Akers Funeral Home, 515 N. Main Ave., San Antonio, Texas from 4:00 – 7:00 pm with a Rosary to be recited at 7:00 pm, A Mass will be celebrated on Monday, December 18, 2017 at St. Agnes Catholic Church at 10:00 am, 814 Ruiz Street, San Antonio, Texas. Interment will follow at San Fernando Cemetery #2.