Ángel Antonio Oscós Jurado

Ángel Antonio Oscós Jurado was born to María de Jesús Jurado and Manuel Oscós Sotelo on May 25, 1925 in Tenancingo, Estado de México, México. On October 23, 2024 he entered eternal rest with our Lord. We will miss our beloved father, grandfather, and great grandfather. We know that dad has left many memories in the hearts of all who knew him. 

We celebrate dad’s life that began among family and friends in the small town of Tenancingo. He had fond memories of learning to read, write, and play the guitar. He loved swimming and playing soccer in the natural beauty of the area. He also enjoyed listening to baseball games on the radio. As a young man, he worked as a commercial truck driver and would eventually court our mother, Ana Rosalia. They were married in 1952 and had their first two children Ana and Rosario in Toluca, México. Soon after, the family moved to San Antonio, Texas where Dolores, María, Manuel, and José were born. 

When he arrived in San Antonio dad faced the struggles of the Spanish-speaking Mexican immigrant and had trouble finding a steady job. He finally landed a job as a carpet layer at Hansen Bros. where he worked for many years. Later, he would learn to read printed maps of the streets of San Antonio to deliver medications all over the city for White Cross Pharmacy. When the pharmacy closed its doors, dad knew that he needed to work one more year before he could retire. Having knowledge about cars, parts, and the streets of San Antonio, Luna Automotive agreed to hire him. Dad repeatedly expressed how grateful he was to them for hiring him for that one year. 

Dad valued connections to family, enjoyed travelling, and was very grateful to our Lord for his protection. Since 1955, he would eventually make nearly 40 trips back home to Tenancingo and his first stop was often to a church to give thanks. We were blessed to have safely made many of those trips with dad. As young children, we were privileged to accompany dad to many churches and to both the original and new Basílica de Guadalupe in Ciudad de México. We hold many treasured memories of the visits and outings with family and friends in Ciudad de México, Monterrey, Puebla, Tenancingo, and Toluca. During the last years that dad was able to spend in México, he was very happy to have had the opportunity to make numerous pilgrimages with family members in México. We are particularly pleased, that after retirement, dad was able to spend more time with and help care for his mom, our abuelita, during her final years. 

Dad was quite creative and enjoyed capturing both the natural and man made beauty in the world. He usually had his camera in hand and was ready to snap a picture of everything he saw. Often he tried to recreate things that he had seen or to create things he had imagined. Dad always had projects to work on and he left some several unfinished projects on the front room table of his home.

Ángel was preceded in death by his wife Ana Rosalía Sánchez Oscós, his parents Manuel Oscós Sotelo and María De Jesus Jurado Díaz, his sister Rosario Reynosa Rodriguez and her husband Cristobal Rodriguez, his sister Dolores Oscós, his brother Abelardo Arriaga Jurado and Juana Jimenéz Guadarrama, his sister Eloisa Arriaga Medina and her husband Enrique Medina Sánchez , his sister Evelia Arriaga Cruz, his brother Hector Arriaga Jurado, and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Surviving Ángel are his brother-in-law Alberto Cruz Centeno and his sister-in-law María Esperanza Hernández Solano; his children Ana B. Oscós, M. Rosario Neiman and her husband Thomas A. Neiman, Luz Dolores Oscós-Flores and her husband Carlos E. Flores, María de Jesús Jardon, Manuel Ángel Oscós-Sánchez, and José Carlos Oscós and his wife Elida Medrano Oscós. Also surviving dad are his grandchildren, their spouses, and their children. They are Vanessa Renee Neiman-Smith and her husband Brad Smith; Ana Rosalia Flores, her husband David Flores, and dad’s great-granddaughters Emma María, Ella Maya, and Evva Melissa; Stephanie Neiman and dad’s great-granddaughter Olivia Rose; Isabel Hold nee Jardon, her husband David Allan Hold, and dad’s great-granddaughter Sophia Rosalia; Jennifer N. Findlay, her husband Andrew Findlay, and dad’s great-granddaughters Emerson May and Sutton Sybil; Laura Flores-Dixit, her husband Naveen Flores-Dixit, and dad’s great-granddaughters Jaya Jovita and Chintana Carmelita; Angelica Elena Oscós and her partner James Davenport; Thomas Neiman, wife Karla Neiman and dad’s great-grandson Lukas Cillian; Erica Mercedes Oscós; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Closed casket services will be held at St. Helena’s Catholic Church, 14714 Edgemont St, San Antonio, Texas 78247 on November 4, 2024. The Holy Rosary will be recited at 9:30 am and will be followed by his Mass of Resurrection at 10:00 am.

Dad chose to be cremated and wished to be buried with the Oscós Family in his hometown of Tenancingo, México. Some of us will travel to México later this month to celebrate with other family members as he makes the last trip to Tenancingo, his final resting place. 

We appreciate all thoughts, prayers and/or mass offerings in dad’s name. Any other expressions of sympathy should be sent to dad’s last address at: Ángel Oscós, 5406 Stormy Autumn, San Antonio, Texas, 78247.