Barbarita Luebano Martinez, passed away due to heart failure on

December 30, 2025 at Northeast Baptist Hospital surrounded by her

family members. She was 83 years of age. She is survived by her

siblings, children Ysidro, Jose & Esther Garza, and grandchildren,

Arnold, Nathan, Alex, Sandra, Michael and many more and many

great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her parents, Jose Angel and Epihania

Luebano, her children's father and former husband, Manual Garza

Jr, her son, Manuel Garza III, and her late husband Ignacio Reyna

Martinez. She was born in Poteet, Texas and worked on farmlands as

a young girl. As she aged, she traveled to Miami, Florida, Corpus

Christi, Texas and eventually to San Antonio, Texas. As an adult

woman, she mostly worked in the food industry, mostly serving

dishes of Mexican food, from owning her own restaurant to working

for Taco Cabana for more than 20 years.

She was often admired for her strength, both physical and

mental, which at times collided in herself internally. She always

worked and always demonstrated perseverance in everything she

strived to do. In the bigger picture, it was mostly because she had a

huge heart for all close family and friends. She was the mother to

anyone that she'd meet, the grandma to anyone, and people usually

fell quickly in love with her humor, common humorous sayings, her

compassion, and more than that her significant unconditional love,

heart, and care for everyone. Even in her late marriage, she treated

everyone as if they were like anyone else to her, which was with

love… even if it was tough love, we all experienced it at one point or

another. Her former marriage also was full of compassion and love,

even if their marriage never rekindled, Manuel Garza Jr was

accepted in her home during his final weeks prior to his passing.

In her final days, loved ones that stood closely near her side were her

grandson, Arnold Rosas Jr and son, Ysidro Garza, however, there are so

many others that were never hesitant in supporting or keeping

connections with her or keeping her in their thoughts such as, and

especially, the caring family of her grandson, Arnold Rosas Jr's father's

side of the family of Arnold Rosas Sr, her grandchild, Nathan Solorzano's

family, her grandchild Alex Garza, and many other grandchildren or

relatives that were never without genuine concerns for her. Extended

family members also connected with her as much as possible and

continued to express their love, even with the sound of their voices.

In lieu of flowers, we kindly ask that donations be submitted to the below link to assist in all matters pertaining to funeral arrangements.

GoFundMe In Loving Memory of Barbarita Luebano Martinez

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