Moses Sorola

Moses Sorola was called to rest at the age of 80 on Dec. 24, 2013. Mr. Sorola was born in 1933 in San Antonio, Texas. He was the youngest of eight children born to the late Pedro and Melchora Sorola.

In 1952, he graduated from Burbank High School in San Antonio. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955 and was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. In 1958, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelors degree in accounting.

Mr. Sorolas 35year civil service career with the U.S. Air Force began in 1959. He was a weapons system logistics officer and served in Iceland, Canada, Okinawa, Ohio, Massachusetts, Oklahoma and Washington. In 1980, he was promoted to the position of director of engine maintenance at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. In 1983, he became the deputy chief of the Resource Management Division at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Okla., where he was responsible for an industrial fund budget of more than onehalf billion dollars. When he retired in 1988, he was responsible for negotiating workloads for more than 8,500 government employees.

After retiring from the civil service Mr. Sorola moved to Brownsville with his wife of 53 years, Norma Sorola. He returned to college at the University of Texas at Brownsville and became certified in elementary education. He taught fourth and fifth grades in Brownsville for seven years.

Besides his wife, he is survived by his son Louis S. Sorola and fiance Mary Esther Garcia daughters, Patricia Johnson and her husband Karl Johnson, Michelle Quintero and her husband Jose Quintero, and Mardi Sorola Christensen and her husband Patrick Williams Christensen nine grandchildren, Matthew Johnson, Erica Johnson, Daniel Quintero, Mia Sara Quintero, Diego Quintero, Ava Quintero, Georgia Abigail Christensen, Adalia Sorola, and Evita June Christensen.

A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 at Lord of Divine Mercy Parish, 650 E. Alton Gloor Blvd. in Brownsville. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that donations be made to the Gentiva Hospice Foundation at www.gentivafoundation.org.

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