ROSALIO MIRELES

Rosalio Mireles went on to be with Our Lord and Savior on July 17, 2025. He passed away peacefully in Sugar Land, TX. He was seventy-nine years young. 

Known by many as, Carlos, Charlie, Chalé and El Cowboy. 

Rosalio was born on August 29, 1945, in Longmont, Colorado to Reyes Mireles and Eusebia Moreno. He was the eldest of sixteen children. Chalé was raised in Colorado City with Pa Leon and Ama Carmen.  It was there that he learned hard work, values, morals, and the meaning of respect: plowing the fields behind mules, working cattle, and keeping up with ranch duties.  Fun fact: he loved to play baseball as a youth and was recruited several times to play in a Texas baseball league. There in El Rancho, where he spent most of his childhood life with Pa Leon, is where later in life he would bring these exact ethics of life and instill these values and principles to his children.  

For thirty years, he made his home in Missouri City, Texas, with his beloved wife, Adela Tovar Mireles. A wonderful father cherished by all, he raised eleven children—Carlos Javier, Modesto Chuck, Jesus (Walter), Leonard Rosalio (Lanie), Fernando, Matthew Reyes, and Maria Rosario (Javier). Beloved children of his ex-wife, Sylvia Sandoval Mireles. His beloved daughters, Sylvia Pena (Jaime O), Charlotte Del Toro (Victor), Lisa (Robert Guerra), and Amy Garcia (Yolie), from a previous marriage. He was a loving stepfather to Adela’s sons, Edward (Maricela), David aka Joey (Adelina), and Marcus Alvaraz, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Carlos was a strong jack-of-all-trades; he worked tirelessly to provide a good life for his children, teaching them the value of hard work and leaving a legacy of perseverance and achievement. Which meant loading up his children and even nephews and nieces working in the bean fields & sunflower fields in Colorado. In his early adult life, he worked as a roughneck, and on his off days, he continued to work in the many trades he had.  From trimming and cutting down trees, painting, and building fences.  He didn’t stop there, in his late 40’s into his early 50’s he went on to work with Nabors Drilling in Louisiana as a roughneck.  He was a strong man! He loved old trucks and his muscle cars. Especially La Poloma, his white Chevy Cheyenne. Those who knew him knew he was a very particular and neat man.  I guess we can say he was a little bit OCD. 
 

His warm eyes and bright smile made him the life of every gathering, always dressed to the tee in sharp western wear with his signature hats making any attire look effortlessly cool. He loved music, dancing, going to the casinos, he loved barbecuing, he loved to make friends and everywhere he went he made a new one. He was very giving and helped wherever he could.  If he knew you needed something he would do it without asking you.  He just did it! He loved to converse and reminisce of the old days, all his adventures and his compadres.  
 

A Fun fact, the barbecue pit that he still owns to this very day.  A treasure that was hand-welded 47 years ago by a dear friend, a State Trooper named Gerald Caldwell of Karnes City TX.  A treasure that will live on for many more years with Fernando Mireles. 

He enjoyed traveling with Adela, exploring many places early in their marriage, with favorite spots like Cancun. he loved going to Eagle Lake, where he savored sausage tacos with her on Sunday drives. In his last days, he cherished one final trip to Eagle Lake with Adela, camping out for the afternoon while enjoying a cold soda pop & sausage taco. 

He loved his long phone calls with his sons Carlos, Modie, Leonard, and Reyes; his brothers Pablo and Stacy (Tacho). He loved his quality time with Fernando (Fernie), often enjoying one of his favorite foods, shrimp cocktails with a cold drink, going to Home Depot just because, and shopping even if he didn’t buy anything, and coming home with another squeaky toy for his Chico! He spent joyful moments visiting Jesus & his son-in-law Walter in Floresville, TX, and Maria & his son-in-law Javier in Victoria, TX.  Taking his drives to Karnes City and stopping in to say hello to la familia de Karnes City, like he would say. His white Chevy truck, now cherished by Fernando, carried him through countless drives filled with music and laughter. Always grinning and with a thumbs up, knowing that all was good.  His dogs, Chica, Chico, and Daisy, that brought him comfort, he loved them so much!
 

Rosalio longed to see his children succeed and live happily, a wish that lives on in them. He is reunited with his parents Reyes & Eusebio, his brothers Reyes I,  Narrciso Jose (Cecil), Martin and Reyes Junior II (Nunie).

He is survived by his brothers and sisters: Pablo, Anastacio (Tacho), Coy, Sylvester (Cheve), Carmelo (Melo), Santos, Alfredo (Freddie), Tomasita (Tammy), Gloria (Goya), Janie, and Eusebia (Chappie).

He will be greatly missed, but we find peace knowing he rests without pain and he’s now rejoicing in a new adventure we know as Heaven.  He is loved deeply, until we see you again.

Burial at the Waelder Community Cemetery, 824 Ave D, Waelder, Texas 78959

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