Maria (Tili)

Rosales

Maria Otilia Rosales (Tili), 91, of San Antonio, Texas, peacefully went to be with her Heavenly Father on October 30th, 2026, surrounded by her loving family.

Tili was born on July 5, 1935, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to Jesús and Maria Hernandez Rodriguez. She graduated from Fox Tech High School, San Antonio, Texas, in 1955 and then from the James R. Dougherty, Jr. School of Nursing at Spohn Hospital, Del Mar College, in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a Diploma Nurse in January 1959.

Tili began her career as an Emergency Department Registered Nurse, but her true calling was in Labor and Delivery where she worked for most of her career. Tili also worked in Home Health and Med Surg before retiring. In retirement, she volunteered as a diabetic educator and grief counselor for two additional years. She was known for her dedication and care for her patients.

Tili was deeply loved. She answered to Mamá, Abuelita, Mrs. Sorola, Mrs. Rosales, or Tili. She enjoyed cooking for her family, had a generous heart, and had a gift for making everyone feel valued and welcome. Her love for Jesus guided the way she lived and treated others.

Tili’s heart was to be a wife and a mother. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Gilbert G. Sorola, the father of her five children, and her second husband, Joe Rosales, the father of her four stepchildren. She shared many wonderful years with both.

Tili is survived by her five Sorola children: Anthony (Juanita), Gilbert (Christa), David (Sheila), Adriana, and Robert (Virginia); four stepchildren: Ester Morales (William Darnelle), Annie Barrios (Ralph), Lydia Garza (Ray), and Joey; thirteen grandchildren: Vanessa, Sara, Noelle, Megan, Timothy, Savanah, Madison, David, Kathie, Randy, Shawn, Lilian, and Phoenix; seven great-grandchildren: Madeleine, Braiden, Deakin, Camerin, Greyson, Levi, and Liam; and many neighbors and friends whom she loved and counted as family.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Prayer Service to begin at 6:00 p.m.

The Angelus Funeral Home Chapel

1119 N. St. Mary’s St.

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

A celebration of Tili’s life will take place at 10:00 a.m.

Castle Hills Christian Church

6209 West Ave.

followed by a procession to First Memorial Park Cemetery in Von Ormy, Texas.

Tili spent her life loving and serving others and would not want attention on herself

but would instead want to point everyone to the love and goodness of God.