Miguel (Mike) S. Lopez Sr.

May 8, 1929 - December 2, 2021

Raymondville, Texas Miguel (Mike) Solis Lopez, Sr. was born in Brownsville, Texas on May 08, 1929, to Herlinda Solis Lopez and Macedonio Lopez. As a Cursillista, (De Colores) Mike has gone on to live his fifth day by joining our heavenly Father on December 2, 2021. Mike attended Brownsville High School and joined the Air Force in 1946 where he became an aircraft mechanic and was stationed in Guam. After the war he resided in Brownsville and married Florencia Ramirez and had two children: Miguel (Michael) Lopez, Jr. (Cylle) and Debra (Debbie) Denise Esquivel (Ramiro). In Brownsville, he attended Christ the King Catholic Church where he served as Lector and Eucharistic Minister and was also a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 9283. He was very active in raising funds as a volunteer for Hanna High School and the Esperanza Home in San Benito, Texas. In 1985 he married Eduarda (Edie) H. Lopez. They were both active with the volunteer jail ministry, the Youth center, and the Catholic Cursillo Movement both in Brownsville and in Raymondville. They both retired and moved to Raymondville in 2010 where they continued with the jail ministry. He is survived by his wife, Edie and two children, Debbie and Michael; two grandchildren, Clara Hernandez and Tommy Salazar, Jr. and five great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 5, 2021, from 12 pm -9 p.m. with a rosary at 7:00 p.m. at Duddlesten Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held on Monday, December 6, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 693 N. 3rd, Raymondville, Texas followed by interment in the Raymondville Memorial Cemetery. Military graveside service will be under the auspices of American Legion Post #390 of Raymondville. Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Jorge Cano, Ramiro Esquivel, John Deputy, Tommy Salazar, Rene Galvan and Max Galvan. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Duddlesten Funeral Home, 604 West Hidalgo Ave., Raymondville, Texas.