June 1999 - This is what the children of Jesus M. Lozano wanted to say about their dad.

Oh Daddy… what can we say about Daddy. He was a true Texan; loved deer hunting, horses, baseball and the Dallas Cowboys. We remember him talking about playing football while in school… they would call him the "Jack Rabbit" because he was real fast. Dad loved horses and horse races. Throughout the years, he had some Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds… his favorite was his Black Stallion, Apache. We would love to go to the stables to watch him with Apache… that horse was very high-spirited and ornery but not more than our dad.

The thing we remember most about our dad was his love of story and joke telling. One of the stories he told was about being out in the ranch as a young boy and something startled the cows that sent a bone chilling scare up his spine… he said he grabbed onto one of the cows tails and didn't let go until he got to town. And then the one about when he and our mom were first married… they were sleeping in a barn and there was a cemetery close by… he felt something on his feet and looked and saw a ghost… a white lady with long hair sitting on his feet. He said he covered his head with the blanket and looked again but she was still there… he said, "I didn't tell your mother what I saw because I was afraid she would go to town and leave me out there all alone."

The last joke our dad told was last week as he was slipping in and out of being coherent. Out of the blue he started saying something in Spanish that rhymed and my mother started laughing she said, "He just told a chiste (pronounced: cheese teh), a joke." We would like to share his last joke with everyone: Bueno, Bueno le dijo la mula al freno, Aviendo sacate y agua, Todo esta bueno. (The translation doesn't make much sense but it is funny in Spanish.) Good, Good, the mule told the harness, Having grass and water, All is good.

We would like to share what dad's grandson, Jacob Lozano had to say about his grandpa. He said, "Grandpa is an Angel in the Outfield, he is out playing baseball with his brothers again just like he used to. I know that Grandpa is watching over me, he's now my guardian angel."

We would like to thank Vetas Crisis Care Nurses who were with our dad around the clock for the last three weeks… thank you for taking such excellent care of our dad and for supporting us through these difficult times. Our sincere gratitude to St. Mary's Catholic Church, to relatives, friends and co-workers for your daily support and prayers… we could not have made it without you.

We had a ritual we would always go through when visiting our parents… upon leaving, we would always go up to mom and then to dad, we would give each a big hug and a kiss and would tell them, "I love you, God Bless you." In closing we would like to say, "Daddy, your new spiritual life has just begun, free from disease, pain and agony… you are safely home in Heaven at last, with the Lord; your parents; and your brothers; Tio Amadeo, Tio Balde and Tio Pancho. Daddy, we are sending you a big hug and a kiss… until we're together again…"We love you daddy and God Bless you."

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