Marcelino Cortes

Rodriguez

Marcelino Cortes Rodriguez, 88, of Sweetwater, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024 at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, TX.

A rosary will be at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, March 7, 2024 recited by Lupe Medellin at McCoy Chapel of Memories. Holy Mass of Christian Burial will be 3:00 P.M. Friday, March 8, 2024 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (Holy Spirit Parish) with Father Josh Gray officiating. Interment will follow at Sweetwater Cemetery directed by McCoy Funeral Home.

He was born May 5, 1935 in Viesca Coahuila, Mexico to Francisco Rodriguez Martinez and Evangelina Cortes Gonzalez. Marcelino worked many years and retired from A.D.M. (Sweetwater Cotton Oil Mill). He was a longtime member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. He married Maria Esther Aguilera March 28, 1991 in Sweetwater, TX. She preceded him in death October 22, 2016.

He is survived by three daughters, Michelle Bottorff and husband Jeffery, Elizabeth Gonzalez and husband Benjamin, Cindy Rodriguez-Davis and husband Scott, a granddaughter, Arianna Rizo, five grandsons, Joseph Parra, Matthew Parra, Jose Rizo, Benjamin Gonzalez, Noah Bottorff, a sister, Pascuala Rodriguez Cortes, two brothers, Sabino Rodriguez Cortes and wife Eliza , Arturo Aguirre Gonzalez and wife Maria, 31 nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, a nephew, Paulo (Pavo) Rodriguez Gallo, his siblings, Braulio Rodriguez Cortes, Juan Rodriguez Cortes, Pedro Rodriguez Cortes, Jose Rodriguez Cortes, Enriqueta Rodriguez Cortes, Leonor Rogriguez Cortes.

Pallbearers will be Joseph Parra, Matthew Parra, Jose Rizo, Benjamin Gonzalez, Austin Rodriguez, Francisco Villalobos.