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A South Texas chaplain prayed with his hospice patients. Then the coronavirus came for him.

The hospital where he had previously ministered to terminally ill patients was full when Adolfo Alvarado Jr. neared death in his Mission home. He was finally admitted, and his daughter watched on her laptop as he died.

The family members of Adolfo “Fito” Alvarado Jr. at their home in Mission.
Alvarado with his great grandson Jacah “Jake” Vair in 2019.

Reborn, he found his calling

Alvarado with his sisters Mary and Janie.
Alvarado on a missionary trip.
Alvarado with a horse in the 1970s.
Amanda Alvarado with her father Fito Alvarado.
Alvarado with one of his grandchildren, Judah.

"This is not good"

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An empty side of the bed 

Alvarado with his grandsons and great grandson, Justus, Judah and Jake, whom he called Justy, Judah-boy and Jacah-boy.

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