Adam Joseph Oconnor

Adam Joseph O'Connor was born on Tuesday, September 27, 1988 in the city of San Antonio, Texas and departed this world on Monday, September 2, 2024, surrounded by the ones he loved most. He was only 36 years old.
He is preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Abelardo Gutierrez, and his maternal grandmother, Maria De La Luz Gutierrez.
He is survived by his wife, Jade Alexis O'Connor, his two sons, Jared Seth O'Connor and Adam Joseph O'Connor II, step-daughter, Rowan McKenzie Kruckner, his mother, Marylou Gutierrez and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Adam was definitely a live wire, a very complicated man and most probably insane too. Usually in all of the best ways possible. He was uniquely gifted with the power of speech and words. He knew what to say and when to say it, when he spoke to people, no matter the situation. He would often find himself carrying on entire conversations with complete strangers because they gravitated towards him and wanted to hear what he had to say. He had a very comforting presence and a wisdom that belied his young age. The kind of wisdom you can't find in a book. He had a natural genious for lyricism when he wrote that was almost unmatched, it's honestly quite a travesty that noone really ever got the chance to see it because, of course, he also happened to be an intensely private person too. He was an introvert, very quiet, shy, calm, and soft-spoken, but could be extremely sarcastic and silly as well. And God was he funny. He had a great talent for doing impressions of other people and being able to imitate their mannerisms, voices, and inflections so perfectly. Most of the time, it was hilariously and innappriately much too accurate. Then, there was the side of him that most people close to him never even glimpsed. He was not the perfect husband, father, and son, but for his wife and children, who loved him very dearly, he was. As a father, he took on the role of disciplinarian, but yet, had an almost child-like quality to him, which allowed him to connect with them on an extraordinary level and he never missed an opportunity to instill values into them that would help to mold them into all around better human beings. He never let the lack of a father in his own life while growing up, affect his relationship with his children and, in fact, that only strengthened the bond he had with them. As a husband, he was a tried and true hopeless romantic, a very tender and passionate person who always performed even the most boring and mundane tasks for me, like simply making a cup of tea, as thoughtfully and lovingly (and most of the time totally unecessary but still very much appreciated) as he possibly could, for no other reason than just because he wanted to. That's just the kind of human being he was. Adam saw and felt things more intensely than most people do. When he loved, he loved hard and when he fell, he fell harder. He was a super empath, often to his own detriment, and at times, becoming exhausting, simply just to be around. He was, undeniably, a tortured soul who has, hopefully, now attained the peace he was searching for and so deserved, here on earth. His absence will be felt so profoundly by his family, to those closest to him, who always loved and cherished him as he was.
Funeral services for Adam will be held on September 20, 2024, at the M.E. Rodriguez Funeral Home at 511 Guadalupe St. San Antonio, TX 78207, from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M.