Mr. Jesus Vargas

May 8, 1932 - January 6, 2020

Funeral services for Mr. Jesus Vargas, 87, of Dallas, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 16, 2020, in the chapel at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Crims Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15, at the funeral home. Mr. Vargas, a loving husband, father and grandfather, passed from this life on January 6, 2020, at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He was born May 8, 1932, in Durango, Mexico to the late Pedro Vargas and Micaela Cabrales and has lived in Dallas since 2011. Mr. Vargas was a hard working handyman and worked in construction and yard work. He was of the Catholic faith and loved helping people and thoroughly enjoyed traveling. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Margarita Martinez; second wife, Teresa Olagues; and 3 brothers and 4 sisters. Survivors include his children, Flora Zarate and husband Jose of Dallas, Armando Vargas and wife Araceli of Juarez, Mexico, Pedro Vargas and wife Aurelia of Henderson, Hortencia Vargas of Chicago, Illinois, Leticia Vargas of Juarez, Mexico, Angel Vargas of North Dakota, Lidia Valverde and husband Jose of Henderson, Micaela Vargas of Juarez, Mexico, Jose Vargas and wife Jeannette of Henderson, and Jesus Vargas and wife Perla of Henderson; 31 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren; and a host of beloved nieces, nephews, other family and friends. Pallbearers will be Mr. Vargas' children and family. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.crawfordacrim.com.