Mary Guadalupe Ortiz Vinton was born in Dilley, Texas on October 11, 1952. She entered eternal rest on February 19, 2020 after a brief illness in San Antonio, Texas. Mary was a graduate of Dilley High School. She attended Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. She became an Educator and worked in the Dallas Independent School District, where she started her career and retired after 27 years. Ms. Vinton was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac and Adelaida Vinton and her grandparents, Eloy and Irene Vinton. She is survived by her brother, Juan Jose Vinton, and daughter , Erica Valdez, grandchildren, Jaelyn and Aaron (AJ), aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Mary will be forever remembered and dearly missed.