Maria C. Mashburn

ITS HARD TO TURN THE PAGE WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEONE WONT BE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. THEIR ABSENCE IS A HOLLOW SPACE IN YOUR HEART,

A SILENCE THAT LINGERS WHERE LAUGHTER ONCE LIVED; GRIEF ISNT JUST SADNESS, ITS LOVE THAT HAS NO WHERE TO GO, A LONGING THAT TIME CAN'T ERASE.

YOU FIND THEM IN FAMILIAR SONGS AND PLACES YOU ONCE SHARED,IN THE HABITS THEY LEFT BEHIND. THE WORLD MOVES FOWARD YET A PART OF YOU REMAINS

FROZEN IN THE PAST. TURNING THE PAGE DOESNT MEAN FORGETTING,IT MEANS CARRYING THEM WITH US,IN THE LESSONS THEY'VE TAUGHT,THE LOVE THEY GAVE,

THE STRENGTH THEY LEFT BEHIND. THE PAGE TURNS NOT BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO, BUT BECAUSE LIFE DEMANDS IT. AND THEY WOULD WANT US TO KEEP WRITING. - AUTHOR UNKNOWN

GOD CONTINUOUSLY GAVE HER STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE. AT A YOUNG AGE SHE ENJOYED SELLING WHAT SHE COULD AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LOVE AND CARE.

SHE WAS MOST JOYFUL AROUND ALL HER FAMILY; IN GATHERINGS HER FAITH WOULD MAKE MIRACLES WITH HER FOOD. HER LOVE FOR MUSIC, PLANTS AND LOTERIA SHOWED HER

FIERCE CHARACTER, CONQUERING MANY STRUGGLES WITH HER OVERFLOWING HEART. OUR ROCK.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER LOVING HUSBAND: LEONEL C GONZALEZ, PARENTS: ALFONSO GONZALEZ AND MOTHER LUISA V GONZALEZ; IN LAWS: CATALINA & CALIXTRO GONZALES. BROTHERS: ALFONSO (MARGARITA) GONZALEZ, ALFREDO GONZALEZ, LUIS "MEME" SANCHEZ & SISTER GUADALUPE (GERONIMO)ENRIQUE.

LEFT TO CHERISH HER MEMORY ARE HER BROTHER ARMANDO (IDA) GONZALEZ, HER CINCO ESTRELLAS (FIVE STARS): MARYANN (CASIMIRO) GAMEZ, CATHY (SAM) MORROW, ELIZABETH (TONY) SALINAS, DOLORES (EDUARDO) MEDINA, SONYA LEE ROCHA; SISTERS IN LAW: LILIA GONZALEZ; GRACE SKEEN; GRANDCHILDREN: MARCOS L (SANDRA) GAMEZ, SONYA (TOM) SACCENTI, VICTOR L (JODIE) MORROW, JOSE A (BROOKE) SALINAS JR, SARAH ANN (RENE) BUSTAMANTE, REBECCA A (JOSE L) GUTIERREZ, MARCO A SALINAS, MICHAEL  (JESSICA) SALINAS JR, ERIC E (BRANDY) MEDINA, VERONICA G MEDINA, ESTEBAN L (CHRISTINE) MEDINA, EDUARDO SABINO MEDINA, ARTURO (MELINDA) AMARO, ALEXIS (JON) MARTINEZ, MICHELLE L (JESSE) VILLARREAL; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN -38, AND GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN-3, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025, FROM 5 TO 9 PM AT HILLSIDE FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS, WHERE A ROSARY WILL BE LED BY THE FAMILY AT 7 PM.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BEGIN AT 7 AM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025, UNTIL 8:30 AM, WHERE THE PROCESSION WILL DEPART TO SAN LUIS REY CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHERE A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED AT 9 AM.

RITE OF COMMITTAL AND INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT THE FAMILY PLOT AT CALVARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY.

SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WILL BE: ARTURO AMARO, MARCOS GAMEZ, ESTEBAN MEDINA, ERIC MEDINA, JESUS ELIZONDO JR , JESSE CONTRERAS, MICHAEL SALINAS, JONATHAN MARTINEZ.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE: VICTOR MORROW, MARCO SALINAS, EDUARDO SABINO MEDINA, MICAH SACCENTI.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF HILLSIDE FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS; 310 W. HILLSIDE RD.; LAREDO, TX 78041; 956.724.6060