Rodolfo (Rudy) Arroyo, 72, resident of Brownsville, TX entered eternal rest on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at Sunshine Haven in Olmito, Texas. Rodolfo was born in Brownsville, Texas on August 10, 1952.
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Rodolfo (Rudy) Arroyo. Rodolfo was a graduate of Brownsville High School class of 1970, and pursued a career as a Social Worker. He attended Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas where he graduated with a Master’s Degree as a Social Worker. He advanced his career in Social Work and completed a required number of supervised clinical hours, and passed the Association of Social Work Board, which enabled him to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. The skills he learned and inherited as a mental health professional allowed him to assess, diagnose, treat, and prevent mental illness, emotional disturbances, and other behavioral challenges for families and individuals alike. His qualifications and astute observations made it possible for families and individuals to have a better quality of life. He devoted his life in helping others, and always offered better solutions for them to find some form of mental, physical, and spiritual stability, so that they too would never lose hope. He was a life changing mentor, a positive force within society, and significantly impacted the lives of all those he met. His charisma, devotion to work, and love towards his family will live in our hearts forever.
Rodolfo is preceded in death by his father, Fortunato Arroyo Jr. and his mother, Cruz Arroyo; and his sister Blanca Estella Trice.
Left to cherish his memory is his spouse, Thomas C. Tunney; his brothers Eduardo Arroyo (Elena) and Mario Arroyo (Sofia); and numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins.
In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made to honor his memory to Sunshine Haven Inc. located at 7105 W Lakeside Blvd, Olmito, Texas 78575.
Celebration of Life services will be held from 4:00pm. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday December 18, 2024, with recitation of the Holy Rosary at 6:30 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be celebrated at Holy Family Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 19, 2024. Interment of Ashes is to follow at 11:00 a.m. at Buena Vista Burial Park. Serving as urn bearer is Mr. Thomas C. Tunney and honorary urn bearers are Edward Arroyo, Mario Arroyo, Edward Arroyo Jr., Mario Arroyo Jr., Stephen Edward Arroyo, and Arturo Guajardo Jr..
Services are under the guidance of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory & Flower Shop. 657 Springmart Blvd., Brownsville, Texas. (956) 350-8485
2 Comments
Rudy, you were a gentle soul and will be missed. I was looking forward to you and Tom visiting us again. I look forward to meeting up with you again in a better place one day, mi amigo.
Tom – much love and healing of the heart. We hold you up in our hearts and remember Rudy fondly with you.
Love, Regina, Vicki, Lee, Erin and Zack
Rudy was a warm, loving man who touched the hearts of all who knew him. I met him shortly after he and my best friend, Tom Tunney, had met. It was immediately apparent that he was a special person who could see the real issue in any conversation and lead it to a positive outcome. My prayers will be with Tom and with Rudy’s devoted family through this ordeal, knowing that his everlasting reward will be more than compensation for our earthly sorrows.
If I might paraphrase St. Augustine : If anyone finds fault that I wept for my friend, the man who had died before my eyes, who wept for me that I might live before Your eyes, oh God, then let him weep himself before You for my sins; for You are the Father of all the faithful in Christ.
Blazennyj pokoj, vičnaja jemu pamjat
Blessed repose and eternal memory
Jim Barrett
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