OBIT – Rene Gonzalez

PALMVIEW – Rene Gonzalez, 63, passed away on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.

Mr. Gonzalez was born on Oct. 25, 1954, in Ralls to Guillermo and Leonor Gonzalez. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was an educator for the La Joya I.S.D. and for the Mission C.I.S.D. He was a member of St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in McAllen.

Survivors include his wife, Rebecca Gonzalez; children, Anissa Monjaras, Janette Gonzalez, Sara Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez Jr., Brandon Gonzalez and Veronica Gonzalez; siblings, Carlos Salinas, Ana Maria Weaver, Rafael Gonzalez, Rosalva Holmes and Guillermo Gonzalez Jr.; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Enedelia Garza; and a granddaughter, Evelyn Monjaras.

A funeral mass was held on Dec. 1 at St Joseph the Worker. Burial followed at La Piedad Cemetery.