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Submitted: 8/3/20 • Approved: 8/3/20 • Last Updated: 8/6/20 • R339658-G339658-S3
Juan Dedios
March 8, 1921-October 27, 2006
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Lucia
December 13, 1924-February 16, 2017
Photo, courtesy of Kay Marshall
*Obituary
Obituary for Lucia
Rosary for Lucia Gatica, 92, of Abernathy, TX, will be recited at 7:00 pm Sunday, February 19, 2017, at St. Isidore Catholic Church with Rev. Jacob Puthuparambil, pastor, officiating. Funeral Mass will be held 11:00 am Monday, February 20, 2017 in the same church with the same officiant. Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home & Flower Shop of Abernathy. Mrs. Gatica died at her home, Thursday, February 16, 2017.
She was born December 13, 1924 in Lampasas, TX to Juan and Maria San Roman Flores. She married Juan DeDios Gatica, September 18, 1942 in Sinton, TX. She was a longtime Abernathy resident and she and her husband were founding members of St. Isidore Catholic Church where she was a member of the Guadalupanas. She began raising funds to build St. Isidore by selling coffee breads and cakes. She was a hard worker, hoeing cotton, working at the Mill in Abernathy and sold tamales to help support her family and she loved to sing.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Juan Gatica on October 27, 2006, 2 sons, Juan Inez Gatica in 1998 and Jose Alfredo Gatica in 2005, 3 sisters, 3 brothers, and 1 great grandchild. She is survived by 3 daughters, Janie Esparza and Rosa Maria Barron both of Abernathy and Inez Luera of Wallis, TX, 2 sisters, Petra Gatica of Washington and Reyna Gonzalez of Glendale, AZ, 15 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
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*Obituary for Juan
Rosary for Juan DeDios Gatica, 85, of Abernathy, TX was recited Sunday, October 29, 2006, in the St. Isidore Catholic Church with Rev. Timothy Judd officiating. Funeral Mass was celebrated Monday, October 30, 2006, in the same church with the same officiant. Burial followed in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home of Abernathy, TX.
Mr. Gatica was born March 8, 1921 in Buda, TX to Justo and Donicia (Olivas) Gatica. He married Lucia Flores in Sinton, TX on August 18, 1942, and on August 29, 1942 he began his service in the United States Army. He earned an Honorable Discharge in November of 1945. The Gatica family moved to Abernathy in 1960 and he was a member of the St. Isidore Catholic Church where he served as Usher and volunteered in many capacities.
Mr. Gatica is preceded in death by 2 sons, Juan Inez Gatica in 1998 and Jose Alfredo Gatica in 2005, 2 sisters and a brother. He is survived by his wife Lucia Gatica of Abernathy, TX, 3 daughters, Janie Esparza of Idalou, TX, Rosa Maria Barron of Phoenix, AZ and Inez Luera of Wallis, TX, 2 half-brothers, Jose Angel Gatica and Luciana Gatica and 2 half-sisters, Margaret Cardenas and Donicia Guerra all of Arizona, 15 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
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Contributed on 8/3/20 by neldapat
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