Catherine Huizar Rea, age 49, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2018. She was born on February 27, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas to Eloy and Josephine Huizar and twin to Matthew Huizar. She married Daniel P. Rea on June 23, 1990.

Cathy was an amazing daughter, sister and wife, a second mother to her niece, Kayla, an amazing aunt to her nieces and nephews and Godmother to Eric Maciel, Abby Gregorio, John Bratton, Jacob Cleary and Brandon Martinez. She was a strong and courageous survivor who loved deeply and she was loved by so many. Cathy had a tremendous number of lifelong friends, many whom she met in 1st grade, even as she met new people she would quickly take them to her heart. Cathy knew how to make each and every friend feel like they were her best friend. She was always there for anyone who needed anything at any time and leaves so many joyous memories with so many friends.

Cathy attended St. Margaret Mary Catholic School for Elementary and Middle School and graduated from Blessed Sacrament Academy. She received her Associates Degree from San Antonio College, attended the University of Texas at San Antonio and completed her Bachelor's Degree of Business Management from the University of Phoenix.

Cathy worked for the Archdiocese of San Antonio Catechetical Center as the Coordinator of Media Resource from 1993 to 1999. She began working for Capital Group Companies from 1999 to 2013, working in several departments and as an Administrative Coordinator managed day to day business operations of the Adopt a School Program and Non-Profit Campus Campaigns. There she oversaw an administered the Adopt a School Scholarship Program of approximately $1M and worked with NISD Business Partnership Office as well as members of the Sol Ross Middle School and Esparza Elementary Administration teams. She oversaw, administered and coordinated the volunteer program for monthly work at nonprofits to include March of Dimes, The Children's Shelter, San Antonio Humane Society and the San Antonio Food Bank.  She was on the Board of Directors of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation from 2010 to 2013. Cathy then turned to work at the San Antonio Humane Society as the Volunteer Program Supervisor overseeing recruitment of new volunteers and overall marketing of the volunteer program until 2015. In 2016 Cathy became a Community Liaison for Harbour Hospice of Bexar County. In concert with the Executive Director prepared a goal-directed development plan to educate healthcare providers and the general public about the hospice program.

Cathy was proceeded in death by her older brother Michael Huizar, maternal grandparents Nick and Josephine Alexander, paternal grandparents Adolph and Aurelia Huizar. Uncles Bill Alexander, Nicholas Alexander Jr, Adolph Huizar Jr, Joseph Huizar and Aunt Brenda Alexander. She is survived by her husband, Daniel Rea, her parents Eloy and Josephine Huizar and father-in-law Tony Rea, twin brother Matthew (Aimee) Huizar, niece Kayla Huizar, nephew Zachary Bailey, sister-in-law Yolanda (Luis) Maciel, nephews Eric and Anthony, brother-in-law David (Laura) Rea, nephews Dillon and Jacob, brother-in-law Oscar (Elisa) Rea, niece Angela, nephew Christopher and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Visitation will begin on Monday, June 4, at 6:00 P.M. with a Rosary to be recited at 7:00 P.M. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be offered on Tuesday, June 5, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Interment will follow in San Fernando Archdiocesan Cemetery No. 2.