Elena C. Castillo

Elena loved to spend time with her family, listening and dancing to music, traveling, growing and admiring plants and flowers, baking, sewing, and building and creating things in her spare time. She could walk into any room and fill it with a great presence that was loved and respected by many. Elena was always true to herself and always positive about life. She was a very intelligent and goal driven woman. She would talk to others to give them motivation that would go on to benefit their lives. Her intellect and perseverance would lead her to being the 1st woman in Texas to become a building engineer. She was president of SAABE and RSES for many years. Elena has been a member of RSES since 1989. She created her own company, Castillo Training in 2005, where she provided recertification courses for HVAC contractors and helped new people prepare to get a new state license.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother Pete Cortez Jr., and Minerva Cortez (sister-in-law). She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Miguel S. Castillo; her children, Monica Morgan, Cynthia Morgan, Angela M Cortez, Jim E. Morgan, and Jesse Salame Jr. (son-in-law); her grandchildren, Jett V. Salame, Jaxon Salame, Suzanna M. Leverenz; and her siblings, Magdalena De La Cruz, Isabel Jimenez, Cecilia Rodriguez, Antonio Cortez, Ernestina Palacio, Ernest Cortez, and Stella Garcia.

A visitation for Elena will be held Thursday, November 18, 2021 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Funeraria Del Angel Roy Akers, 515 North Main Ave, San Antonio, TX 78205 with a rosary service at 6:00 PM. Rosary will be Livestreamed promptly at 6:00pm on Roy Akers Funeral Home Face Book page. The funeral procession will leave the funeral home at 9:30 AM for a funeral mass on Friday, November 19, 2021 at 10:00 AM at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 3107 St. Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78212 with graveside following at San Fernando #1 Cemetery, 1100 Colorado St., San Antonio, TX 78207.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.FunerariaDelAngelRoyAkers.com for the Castillo family.