Ramiro Avalos Briones Obituary (1938 - 2020)

Ramiro Avalos Briones was born on June 25th, 1938 and died at the age of 81 (18 days short of his 82nd birthday) June 7th, 2020, at approximately 1:30 pm, in Houston, TX, of heart failure. Ramiro was born in Anahuac, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, he was the first born to Conception Briones and Josefina Avalos. He grew up on the family farm, learned the family trade, and traveled through Mexico as a child for his education. At the age of 18 he joined the military and served for 2 years. In 1961 he met, fell in love with, and married Juanita Del Toro and began a family. They eventually moved from Mexico to the United States, settling down in the Houston, TX area and raised their family. Daughters, Maribel, Norma, Diana, Victoria (adopted), and their son Ramiro Jr... and they always remembered their son Juan who died as an infant in 1966. He enjoyed planting seeds and working in his garden, he spent much of his time memorizing poetry and enjoyed reciting poems and Psalms, watching old Western movies, and the classic Pedro Infante movies also. He appreciated a good cup of coffee and a conversation with a good friend... he loved listening to his grandchildren in conversation and laughter. And he loved the Astros. He worked many years as a skilled scaffold builder in the refineries along the Houston Ship Channel, at the age of 60 he retired to care for his ailing wife, they were married for 38 years, Juanita passed away in 2000, they were 62. Ramiro then became a loving and caring father and grandfather to his 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren; they knew him as Papo.