LAURO SOTO MARTINEZ

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Our heavenly Father has called Lauro Soto Martinez home as promised by our faith.

" He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

Psalm 23:2-3

Our father Lauro was born November 5, 1930, in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, the second son of the late Felipa Martinez Gutierrez and Agustin Soto Galvan and long-life resident of Laredo, Texas.

In 1953, he married Josefina Mendez Diaz. Lauro and Josefina went on to have ten children. With our Lord's blessings, that seedling has spanned in to three generations, with twenty-seven grandchildren, fifty-one great grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

From a very young age, our father loved the ranch life and carried that with him. Those who knew our father will remember him for his love of cowboy hats, great cabrito, good music and a cold beer to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Our dad wore many hats, from working as a truck driver in Mexico to working in the fields of North America as a migrant worker.

Our father's greatest heartbreak was losing his father at a very young age, outliving two of his sons and much later losing his beloved wife whom he affectionately called his "Una Dama o Su Reina."

Our family chain is broken,

And nothing seems the same,

But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again.

-Ron Tranmer

The loved ones that preceded him are his wife, Josefina and two sons, Gerardo and Lauro.

His parents, Felipa and Agustin Soto and many siblings.

Forever treasuring his memory are his beloved children Agustin Soto, Juan Angel Soto, Arturo (Maria Guadalupe) Soto, Maria Guadalupe (David) Santos, Eduardo (Patricia) Soto, Luis (Melissa) Soto, Zulema (Isauro) Valle Jr. and his youngest "La Coyotita" Sandra (Luis Eduardo) Valdez.

Daughter-in-Law, Maria de los Angeles Soto.

Also surviving are numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren along with his brother Roberto Soto, his sister Lilia Soto, plus many more relatives.

Funeral services were held on Friday, March 10, 2023 departing from the Hernandez, Lopez and Sons, Northside Chapels, 800 Boston St. on San Bernardo Ave . Holy Mass was celebrated at San Martin De Porres Catholic Church. Committal services and interment followed at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

PALLBEARERS WERE: Agustin Soto Sr., Juan Angel Soto, Arturo Soto, Ezequiel Soto, Juan Ricardo Estrada Soto, Eduardo Soto, Luis Soto, Isauro Valle III, Alberto Soto and Julio Arevalo.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Luis Eduardo Valdez, Isauro Valle Jr., David Santos and Roberto Soto.