ASENCION TORRES SR.

Ascencion Torres Sr., 84 of San Angelo went to be with the Lord, Friday February 27, 2009 at an area nursing home. Rosary will be 7:00 PM Sunday March 1, 2009 at the Robert Massie Funeral Home Chapel. Mass will be 2:00 PM Monday March 2, 2009 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Quirio Cornejo, officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Ascencion was born June 1, 1924 in Doole, Texas to Baltazar and Osevia Hernandez Torres. He worked with the City of San Angelo in the Street and Bridge Department and was a lifelong sheepshearer. He married Senovia Flores on December 31, 1944 in Wall, Texas. They shared 62 wonderful years together until her passing on December 4, 2006. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, two brothers; Lorenzo Torres and Jamie Torres Sr. a sister; Martha Navarro and his son-in-law; Henry Jones Sr. Survivors include; a daughter, Irene Jones; two sons, Ascencion Torres Jr. and his wife, Jeri; Juan Manuel Torres and wife Marisa, all of San Angelo; one sister, Rosa Madrigal of Hereford, TX., and one brother, Amador "Mayo" Torres of Waco, TX.; 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. Pallbearers will be Henry Jones Jr., Andrew Jones, Anthony Jones, Juan Manuel Torres Jr., Monica Torres and Paul Torres Special Thanks to VistaCare Hospice and Baptist Memorial doctors and staff for the loving care they showed our father and our family.