Vincent Porfidio Castro

Vincent Porfidio Castro from Lawrence Kansas at the age of 75, passed away Tuesday morning on July 22nd at his daughter’s home. At his bedside he was “surrounded by his family”. He was the youngest child born to Antonio Castro & Juanita “Gonzalez” Castro on March 25,1950, in Kansas City Kansas.

Vincent attended Omaha Boys Town where he received his high school diploma.

In November 1967, he married Rita Marie Perez of Kansas City Missouri. This marriage was blessed with four beautiful children. They had two daughters named Elizabeth Ann Castro & Juanita Jessica Castro & two sons Vincent Porfidio Castro Jr and Anthony Rafael Castro and then Remarried in July of 1982 to Rebecca Lizabeth Ann Walker of Lawrence Kansas She blessed him with another daughter Emily Rebecca Elizabeth Castro. He loved his wife and his children & provided for them by working long hours. He enjoyed spending time with his brothers and sisters and all his friends, kids and grandkids and his two dogs Rocky and Reginald. He loved fast pitch and slow pitch and having a cold beer with the guys afterwards was his favorite thing to do on a Wednesday night league. He loved playing pool & he was definitely great at it, along with Backgammon, Chinese Checkers, Croquet & anything that was a challenge to him or as he would say (who’s the next victim). He also enjoyed grilling out and having a cold Modelo and of course listening to his oldies. Dad was a great cook, athletic & smart and loved watching the Chiefs and Royal’s games. He had an addictive laugh & a handsome smile. He was very witty & had a way to make everyone laugh in the room. He had a huge heart & he always made sure everyone had enough to eat. There is nothing he would not have done for his kids & always provided good advice during challenging times.

Vincent worked for Twentieth Century then tarnished to American Century and then finally retired after 36 years with JP Morgan in Kansas City. Then he picked up another job to keep busy at Menards. He had deep love for his children & made every effort to tell his kids and grandkids and many great grandchildren he loved them all.

He leaves behind, to celebrate his victory, his loving Sisters Eulalia Pulido, Antonia Florez, Marcy Jordan (Bill), Phyllis Gallardo (Eddie) and Brothers, Martin Castro (Frannie), Frank Castro (Judy) and his children, Vincent Porfidio Castro Jr, Elizabeth Ann (Walker) Castro, Juanita Jessica Bryant (Justin), Anthony Rafael Castro (Jacqueline), of Kansas City and Emily Rebecca Elizabeth Castro of Lawrence Kansas, and many grandchildren, and great grandchildren that all live in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

A “Celebration of Life” service will be held at 12:00pm on Friday, July 25, 2025 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, Raytown, MO. The visitation begins at 12:00pm followed by a memorial service at 1:00pm. Then we will be heading to Mount Olivet Cemetery 7601 Blue Ridge boulevard Raytown Missouri 64138.