‼️ SHE WAS A MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER AND CAREGIVER WHO SPENT HER LIFE LOOKING AFTER OTHERS. NOW, THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED ROSA MOST ARE LEARNING HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HER.

Rosa Linda Ybarra was 67 years old.

To people who knew her, she was much more than the circumstances surrounding her final moments.

She was the woman with the bright red hair, signature red lipstick and unforgettable personality. She was a longtime Oak Forest resident, a 1977 Waltrip High School graduate and, most importantly, someone her family says spent much of her life caring for others.

On September 3, Rosa was working as a leasing manager at an apartment complex in west Houston when she and a coworker were fatally sh*t.

Online reports indicate that a man has since been charged with capital m***er in connection with both deaths.

But Rosa’s granddaughter, Sabrina, reached out with a message she hopes people will remember.

She does not want her grandmother’s final moments—or the crime that took her life—to become the only story people know about Rosa.

Because there was so much more to her.

Rosa was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, foster mother, sister and caregiver. Her family describes her as the heart of their family and someone who was always ready to help when another person needed her.

A longtime friend described Rosa as “one of the kindest, sweetest ladies I have known” and said she loved everyone.

Her kindness was not simply something people remembered about her. It was something woven into her everyday life.

At the time of her d***h, Rosa was still caring for a foster son and a son with disabilities. Her family says both depended heavily on her.

That makes the loss especially painful.

Rosa’s family didn’t simply lose someone they loved.

They lost someone who helped keep their daily lives together.

The woman who had spent decades caring for others was suddenly no longer there to answer the phone, provide support or simply be present.

Now, the people Rosa spent so much of her life helping are the ones who need support.

Her family is organizing a benefit this Sunday, September 13, at noon at 5505 Pinemont Drive in Houston. Barbecue plates will be sold for $15, with proceeds intended to help with funeral expenses and support family members who depended on Rosa.

It is a small way for a community to give back to a woman who spent so much of her life giving to others.

For Rosa’s family, there will never be a way to replace her.

Her children, grandchildren, foster son and son with disabilities must now face a future without the woman who had always been there.

But they can carry forward what she gave them: love, kindness, strength and the example of a woman who made caring for others part of who she was.

🙏 Please keep Rosa’s children, grandchildren, foster son, son with disabilities and everyone who loved her in your prayers.

Pray especially for those whose lives depended on her care and who are now facing an unimaginable adjustment.

And if you can help the family through the benefit, consider doing so.

Rosa spent 67 years giving pieces of herself to the people around her.

Let her be remembered not for how her life ended, but for how deeply she loved and cared for others while she was here. 🕊️❤️