Mary Lou Castro died in Gilroy on April 9. She was born in
Brawley and was 71 years old.
Mary Lou Castro died in Gilroy on April 9. She was born in Brawley and was 71 years old.
She and her husband, Secundino “Nini” Castro were married in 1951 at Immaculate Conception Church in Tres Pinos. She had just recently moved from Fresno to Gilroy and lived in Hollister for many years. Prior to her retirement she worked as a secretary for State of California EDD, the Dean of Education at San Jose State University, Pacific Bell Telephone and Pacific Gas and Electric Co and also worked for many physicians. She graduated from Watsonville High School and attended Cabrillo College and was a member of Sacred Heart Church in Hollister.
She is survived by her husband Secundino “Nini” Castro of Gilroy; her son Richard Castro of Gilroy; and her daughter and her husband Mary Lou and Richard Montoya of Hollister; her half-brothers and half-sister, Manuel Reynozo and Jackie Reynozo of Bakersfield and Virginia Reynozo of Los Angeles; her grandchildren Richard Montoya Jr of Hollister, Stephanie Montoya of Hollister and Anthony Montoya of Sacramento and two great grandchildren.
Friends can pay their respects from noon until 8pm on Wednesday, April 13 at Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home.
Prayer services will be at 7pm at the funeral home that evening. Pastor Kevin Townsend of Sunnyslope Christian Center will officiate.
A Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, April 14 at 10am at Sacred Heart Church in Hollister. Friends can gather at the funeral home chapel at 9:30am for a procession to the church.
Interment and graveside services will follow the Mass at Calvary Cemetery in Hollister. A reception will follow the services at Sunnyslope Christian Center in Hollister.
