OBIT – Maria Contreras

PALMVIEW – Maria F. Contreras, 83, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 at her home in Palmview. Mrs. Contreras was born on Aug. 10, 1934, in Mexico to Remigio and Albina Gonzalez.

Survivors include her children, Rosa Lara, Efrain Contreras Jr., Roque Contreras, Valentin Contreras, Celia Contreras and Esmeralda Garza; sister, Socorro Ibarra; and 18 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Efrain Contreras, and daughter, Gloria Contreras.

A funeral mass was held on Nov. 27 at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in La Joya. Burial followed at La Joya City Cemetery.