Mr. “Apa” Ramon Limas Quintero, Sr. age 85 of Lyons, died Sunday, January 23, 2022, at his home following an extended illness.  He was a native of Pharr, Texas and lived in several places before moving to Lyons in 1984.  He was a crew leader for Stanley Farms for many years and was a member of Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle in San Juan, Texas.  He is preceded in death by his wife, Maria Del Roasario Alverez Quintero; two sons, Ramon Quintero, Jr. and Doroteo Quintero; parents, Antonio Quintero and Guadalupe Limas Quintero; and nine siblings, Isabel, Jesus, Antonio, Manuel, Nena, Pancho, Felipa, Thamasa, and Adela Quintero.

His family includes ten children, Jesus Quintero, Sr. and wife Janie, Francisco Quintero, Cervando Quintero and wife Lydia, Eloy Quintero and wife Elvira, Beto Quintero, Rosie Carter and husband Pete, Efrian Quintero and wife Mary, Selestino Quintero and wife Elvira, Prisila Reyes and husband Henry, and Emilio Quintero; four siblings, Santiago Quintero, Felix Quintero, Ester Quintero, and Chita Quintero; sixty-nine grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, great-great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, January 25th, at 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Burial will follow in Lyons City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening from 6:00 until 8:00.