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IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF EVANGELINA “EVA” SANCHEZ GONZALES, 79, AT AURORA HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2022. EVA WAS BORN MAY 17, 1943, IN DEVINE, TX, TO THE LATE CONCEPCION SR, AND LUISA SANCHEZ. SHE MARRIED HER LATE HUSBAND RUBEN GONZALES SR. ON APRIL 8, 1967, AT ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH IN DEVINE, TX.

EVA WAS BORN IN TEXAS BUT CONSIDERED GREEN BAY HOME WHERE SHE AND THE LOVE OF HER LIFE RAISED THEIR 6 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL KIND WOMAN WITH A BIG HEART AND HAD AN INCREDIBLE PASSION FOR CARING FOR OTHERS. EVA PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN RAISING MANY OF HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WORKED AT GRANCARE, MANOR CARE EAST AND ENZYMATIC THERAPY BEFORE HER RETIREMENT IN 2008. SHE SPENT THE REMAINING YEARS CARING FOR HER AMAZING GRANDCHILDREN AND HER DEVOTED HUSBAND. SHE WAS A PROUD MOTHER OF 3 US SERVICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY HONERABLY FOR 56 YEARS.  EVA’S SOLE PURPOSE WAS HER FAMILY, SHE NEVER HESITATED AT AN OPPURTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN AND WORRIED OVER THEM UNTIL THE END. SHE WAS A TERRIFIC COOK WHO MADE THE MOST AMAZING FRESH TORTILLAS.  SHE LOVED SHARING HER PASSION FOR COOKING WITH OTHERS.

EVA IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, RUBEN GONZALES JR. OF GREEN BAY, WI, RUDY(TANYA) GONZALES OF HEATH, TX, RONNIE GONZALES OF EL PASO, TX, LAURA(SCOTT) BOSACKI OF GREEN BAY, WI, RICKY (BONNIE) GONZALES OF GREEN BAY, WI AND ANGIE WESNER OF BERLIN, WI; SISTERS, MARIA ALVAREZ, DOMINGA DE LA O, AND BROTHER, CONCEPCION JR. (FRANCIS) SANCHEZ, ALL OF DEVINE, TX.

EVA WAS THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER TO JEREMY, AVA, RUDY JR., BRANDON, BRIANNA, ALYSSA, RONNIE JR., MARIA, RICKY JR., JAMESON, AMELIA, BRADY, ANGELINA, BENTLEY AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER TO JAXON, HENDRIX, AND JASIAH.

IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, EVA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND OF 53 YEARS, RUBEN GONZALES SR.; DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, TAMI GONZALES; BROTHER, JUAN SANCHEZ AND SISTER, ROSA SANCHEZ.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT ST. WILLEBRORD CATHOLIC CHURCH, 209 S. ADAMS ST., ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022, FROM 2:00 P.M. UNTIL THE TIME OF FUNERAL MASS AT 5:00 P.M. WITH REV. ANDREW CRIBBEN O. PRAEM OFFICIATING. ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE EXPRESSED AT WWW.PROKOWALL.COM. A MEMORIAL WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN EVAS NAME.

EVAS FAMILY EXTENDS THEIR SINCERE THANKS TO THE STAFF AT ODD FELLOWS NURSING HOME, THE ER STAFF AT AURORA HOSPITAL AND THE MANY DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO CARED FOR MOM OVER THE YEARS.