Mary Lopez

Mary Conde Lopez, 86 of Belton, passed from this life Friday, January 6, 2023, at Park Place Manor in Belton. Funeral services will be held at 10 am Thursday, January 12, 2023, at Christ the King Catholic Church in Belton. Burial will follow in North Belton Cemetery.

Mary was born in Pleasanton, Texas to Severiano and Jesusa Conde on May 25, 1936. She married the love of her life, Nicolas (Nick) Lopez on September 18, 1954, in Granger, Texas at St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. Mary and Nick moved from Granger to Belton in 1968 and made that their permanent home. They were lifelong devout Catholics and were founding members of Christ the King Catholic Church in Belton. Mary was a homemaker and provided delicious meals to her family and anyone who stopped by for a visit. She enjoyed cooking, decorating for Christmas, and taking care of her family was the joy of her life.

Mary is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Nick Lopez; parents, Severiano and Jesusa (Sanchez) Conde; sister, Elisia Ruiz; brother, Frank Conde; and great granddaughter, Esmay Cecelia Marie Lopez.

Mary is survived by her sons, Alfred Lopez and wife, Patsy, and Ricky Lopez and wife, Patricia; daughter, Rosie Lopez and partner, Gilberto Diaz De Leon; brothers, Severiano Conde Jr. and wife, Regina, and Isidro Conde and wife, Linda; sisters, Natividad Ortiz, Cuca Garcia and husband, Frank, Antonia White, Margaret Torres and husband, Vincent, Patricia Robledo, Rosa Conde, and Yolanda Denson; brother in law, Ronnie Mancillas; sister in law, Susana Conde; 5 grandchildren, Monica Lopez-Zona, Sarah Robinson and husband, Kraig, Nicholas (Nick) Lopez and wife, Amber, Vanessa Lopez and partner, David Chism, and Veronica Pinedo and partner, Aldo Aguilar; fourteen great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

A time of visitation will be held from 5-7 pm with a rosary recited at 6 pm Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Belton.