A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, Genevive Cazares passed away peacefully at home on May 6, 2023. She was born in Pasadena, Texas on November 14, 1931, to Geronimo and Atanacia Garcia Luna and was raised in Houston. At a young age she learned to sew and enjoyed making beautiful clothes for herself, her family, and friends. In 1959, she studied and achieved her Beautician License, and not long after opened her salon on Cochran Street in Northside. While working, she volunteered as a Cub Scout Leader and held meetings in her home. During the early years she and her husband were members of Club Verde Mar and enjoyed social dances of the Sembradores de Amistad, Azalea Club, and Club Mexico Bello. After retiring as a beautician, she became a Mary Kay Consultant, was a member of The Parliamentary Club, and volunteered for the Jefferson Davis Alumni Club and at Catholic Charities as a Program Coordinator. She also took evening courses at Houston International University. She later worked at Rotan Mosle in the Cashier Department. After retiring, she and her husband enjoyed traveling and participated in many social events. She was as of recent the Parliamentarian for the St. Patrick Catholic Church Young at Heart Club. She loved to cook, read, take casino trips, and most of all gather with family and friends and play cards and Dominos. She will be forever loved and profoundly missed.
Genevive is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Richard; brothers Guadalupe and Juan Munoz; and sisters Maria Arellano, Frances Gonzales, Jovita Mendiola, Esperanza Sierra and Amelia Sammon.
She is survived by her children, Sylvia and Richard Jerome; grandson Jerome Dominic Cazares and wife Cristina; great-grandchildren Evan, Braeden, Landen, and Anasten; sister Jesusita (Susie) Luna; and many nieces and nephews.
A Rosary will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2023, and Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 3600 Brinkman Street, Houston, Texas 77018. A reception will follow in the church Parish Hall. The interment will be scheduled as a private ceremony at the Houston National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in her name be directed to The Houston Food Bank or Salvation Army.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.pathfoleyfuneraldirectors.com for the Cazares family.
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