OUR BELOVED MOTHER, DOMINGA "SANDY" JUAREZ VILLANUEVA 85, WENT TO BE WITH OUR LORD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016. SHE WAS BORN ON APRIL 19, 1931 IN RIALITOS, TEXAS.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND PEDRO VILLANUEVA, SON ALFREDO LUNA, DAUGHTER JANET R. GARZA AND GRANDSONS RUDY FLORES III AND RALPH SANDOVAL JR.
SHE WORKED AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GUADALUPANAS. SHE ALSO WORKED AT THE CARMELITE SISTERS OF DIVINE HEART OF JESUS MOUNT CARMEL NURSING HOME.
SHE WAS AN AVID BINGO PLAYER AND LOVED GOING TO THE MAQUINITAS WITH HER DAUGHTERS. HER GRANDCHILDREN WILL DEARLY MISS "GRANDMA JOHN" AND ESPECIALLY HER PAN DE POLVO.
SHE LEAVES BEHIND DAUGHTERS, DOMINGA (KJETIL) AA OF TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, PATRICIA (ARMANDO) LEAL, ANITA (RALPH) SANDOVAL AND TERRI (VICTOR) ZEPEDA ALL OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND SONS JOHN "J.R." (THELMA) RODRIGUEZ OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND ROGER "J.R." (MELINDA) RODRIGUEZ OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. ALSO A SISTER, ANDREA FAIRCLOTH OF SAN ANTONIO. 21 GRANDCHILDREN, 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION AT THE GUARDIAN FUNERAL HOME, 5922 CROSSTOWN, FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE ON MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 BEGINNING AT 4:00 PM WITH A HOLY ROSARY AT 7:00 PM. A RELIGIOUS SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FUNERAL HOME ON TUESDAY MAY 10, 2016 AT 10:00 AM FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT AT SEASIDE CEMETERY.
PALLBEARERS WILL BE HER GRANDSONS, GEORGE MARTINEZ JR., SALVADOR OCHOA III, JORDYN RODRIGUEZ, JARYD RODRIGUEZ, BRIAN CAMPOS AND GREAT GRANDSON MANUEL SANCHEZ JR.