Eulalio Acevedo Obituary (1942 - 2023)

Eulalio “Lalo” Barrera Acevedo, 80, went on to be with the Lord peacefully on Monday May 8, 2023 at home surrounded by his family. He was born on October 26,1942 in McAllen, Texas to the late Rebecca and Ezequiel Acevedo. He graduated from McAllen High School in 1962 and attended Pan American University. He worked at McCrory’s Department as a stock boy while attending college, it was there where he fell in love with the stylish cosmetic department clerk Elvira Solis. They later married in September of 1966 and had three wonderful children. Lalo proudly served his country in the United States Army National Guard as a Medical Corpsman. He is preceded in death by his brothers Ezequiel Acevedo Jr., David Acevedo, and a sister Juanita Graham. Lalo is survived by his beautiful wife of 56 years Maria Elvira Acevedo; a daughter Belinda (Anthony) Metcalf; a son Edward “Eddie” (Kimberly) Acevedo; and a daughter Roxanna “Roxie” (Omar) Salinas. Left to carry on his legacy are his grandchildren Sky (Timothy) Erickson, Jeanne Murphy, Harley Gogolek, Christian De Leon, Evan Salinas, Edward Salinas, Rocky Salinas, and great grandchildren Zion Erickson, Levi Erickson, Noah Erickson, and Ezra Erickson; his siblings Jesse Acevedo, Lee Acevedo, Gloria Tibbs, Linda Ortega and Hortencia "Mary" Smith. Visitation will be held at Brown Family Funeral Home at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday May 11, 2023 with a rosary to be recited at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will resume at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023 at San Isidro Catholic Church with a funeral mass to be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Alvarado Cemetery. Honored to serve as pallbearers will be Edward Acevedo, Jesse Acevedo, Christian De Leon, Timothy Erickson, Anthony Metcalf, Evan Salinas and Omar Salinas. Honorary pallbearers will be Edward Salinas and Rocky Salinas Click this link to view additional details about Eulalio's Services: https://my.gather.app/remember/eulalio-acevedo-2023