Guadalupe Bañuelos Cano

Guadalupe de la Fuente Bañuelos Cano, formerly of Santa Rosa, Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by her children at her home on October 28, 2026, at 96 years of age. She was born on March 29, 1930, in Fashing, Atascosa County, Texas, to Gabriel Bañuelos and Paula de la Fuente Bañuelos. In 1956, she met her future husband, Amado Cano and were married on June 16, 1957, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in La Feria. Guadalupe worked as a self-employed seamstress and for Carter’s, Inc. She was a parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Santa Rosa, where she was a member of the Sociedad de Santa Maria. Guadalupe and Amado were generous supporters of the Santa Rosa public schools where Guadalupe was an active member of the Santa Rosa Golden Warrior Band Boosters Club and Parent Teacher Association. She designed and made cheerleader, pep squad, drum major, and twirler uniforms for many of the Santa Rosa and surrounding schools. She also enjoyed designing and making quilts. She gifted quilts to relatives and friends for their weddings and gifted “moralitos” for birthdays and special occasions. Guadalupe enjoyed traveling. and had the opportunity to travel to many parts of the state and country. She also traveled throughout Mexico and visited Puerto Rico and Canada. In 1997, Guadalupe and Amado moved to Harlingen, where she enjoyed gardening, especially harvesting nopalitos and papayas. Guadalupe attended Las Fronteras Adult Day Care where she made many new friends and met up with old friends from La Feria and Santa Rosa. Guadalupe is survived by her sons, Jose Cano of McAllen, and Amado Cano, Jr. of Santa Rosa; daughters, Lucila (Javier) Hernandez of Brownsville, Gloria Cano, and Nora Linda (Andres) Tijerina, both of DeSoto, and grandchildren, Deanna Lynn Cano (Victor) Gutierrez of Bryan, Micaela Cano Hernandez (Antoine Gimenez) of Dusseldorf, Germany, and Lucas Cano Hernandez of Houston. She is also survived by her former daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Ruiz Cano of Lyford. Guadalupe was preceded in death by her parents Gabriel and Paula, husband Amado Cano (1930 - 2011), sister Hermelinda de la Fuente Bañuelos (1933 - 2017), Padrinos Gabriel and Corina de la Fuente, maternal first cousins Olivia Najar (1943 - 2015) and Jose Guadalupe (Dolores) de la Fuente (1940 - 2019), in-laws Micaela and Gervacio Cano, and special ahijadas Norma Ovalle and Rachel Agado Quesada. Guadalupe’s family extends its gratitude to family and friends, especially Sonia Garcia, Enemencio Sanchez, Lorenzo Ovalle, Jr., and Antonio Ramirez, for their acts of kindness in caring for Guadalupe.