Francisco Javier Rodriguez Cortez

MAY 27TH 1958 TO AUGUST 16TH 2021

FRANCISCO GREW UP IN THE CAPITAL OF SONORA HERMOSILLO WERE HE LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS ENRIQUE AND CONSUELO RODRIGUEZ BROTHERS ENRIQUE, JOSE AND SISTERS MONY, BERTHA, MARTHA, CHELO AND CHALITA. FRANCISCO AFTER STUDYING MANY YEARS IN MEXICO MOVED TO THE US AT THE AGE OF 30 IN AWE OF ACHIEVING THE AMERICAN DREAM. WHERE THOSE FEET LEAD HIM HE WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED TO BE A RESIDENT OF PHOENIX AZ. HE LIVED AS A SON, BROTHER, FATHER, HUSBAND, FRIEND, AND A SERVANT TO OUR LORD. WITH HIS WIFE LOURDES AND CHILDREN MARIO, HECTOR, CRUZ, ANGELICA, AND FRANCISCO JR. FRANCISCO PASSED HIS TIME WORKING TOWARDS HIS GOALS,IN THE APPRECIATION OF GOOD FOOD, ADMIRING CLASSIC CARS, TRAVELING, TELLING STORIES, AND LAUGHING, AS A FAMILY MAN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS. EVEN THOUGH HE LEFT THIS WORLD TOO SOON HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON. LIVE ON THROUGH HIS CHILDREN, AND OUR MEMORIES.

SOME OF FAVORITE BIBLE VERSES:

I KNOW WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AND WHEN YOU RISE UP. Psalm 139:2 FOR YOU WERE MADE IN MY IMAGE. Genesis 1:27 FOR ALL YOUR DAYS WERE WRITTEN IN MY BOOK AND WONDERFULLY MADE. Psalm 139:14 BECAUSE I LOVE YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE. Jeremiah 31:3 MY THOUGHT TOWARDS YOU ARE COUNTLESS AS THE SAND ON THE SEASHORE. Psalm 139:17-18 FOR YOU ARE MY TREASURED POSSESSION. exodus 19:5 AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU GREAT AND MARVELOUS THINGS. Jeremiah 33:3 FOR I AM YOUR GREATEST ENCOURAGER. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 I AM ALSO THE FATHER WHO COMFORTS YOU IN ALL YOUR TROUBLES. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 WHEN YOU ARE HEARTBROKEN I AM CLOSE TO YOU. Psalm 34:18

I AM YOUR FATHER AND I LOVE YOU JUST AS THE ALMIGHTY GOD LOVES HIS SON JESUS. John 17:23 I GAVE UP EVERYTHING I LOVED THAT I MIGHT GAIN YOUR LOVE. Romans 8:32 COMING HOME THE ALMIGHTY GOD HAS THROWN THE BIGGEST PARTY HEAVEN HAS EVER SEEN. Luke 15:7