ZAPATA, TEXAS---Alfredo Gutierrez 79, entered peacefully into eternal rest on Friday, January 25, 2019 at his ranch in Zapata, Texas.

Mr. Gutierrez is preceded in death by his granddaughter, Claudia Liza Gonzalez; parents, Eliseo Gutierrez and Adelaida Cuellar Gutierrez and a sister, Maria Del Refugio Gutierrez.

Mr. Gutierrez is survived by his wife, Thelma De Los Santos Gutierrez; sons, Alfredo Jr. (Lucy) Gutierrez, Manuel D. (Marisela M.) Gutierrez; daughters, Patricia E. (Diego Jr.) Gonzalez, Yolanda G. Paredes, Maria E. Gutierrez (Herby Martinez), Leticia E. Gutierrez (Isidro Ramirez); twenty-two grandchildren; forty-two great-grandchildren; brothers, Jose F. (Ella W.) Gutierrez, Eliseo E. Jr. (Belen) Gutierrez, Nicolas I. (Elsa S.) Gutierrez; sisters, Antonia G. (Teofilo Jr.) Vela, Juanita G. (Oswaldo H.) Ramirez, Margarita G. Gerush, Olga G. (Ramiro) Benavides and by numerous nephews, nieces and other family members and friends.

Visitation hours were held on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at 8 a.m. with a rosary at 9:30 a.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home.

The funeral procession departed at 10:45 a.m. for an 11 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.

Committal services followed at El Ranchito Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home Daniel A. Gonzalez, Funeral Director, 2102 N. US HWY 83 Zapata, Texas.