OBIT – Manuela Ramon

LA JOYA – Manuela Ramon, 88, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at her home in La Joya.

Mrs. Ramon was born in La Grulla, Texas, on Feb. 19, 1930, to Sotero and Cayetana Lopez.

Survivors include her children, Julianita Sabala, Leandro Ramon Jr., Rogelio Ramon, Rolando Ramon, Reynaldo Ramon, Ricardo Ramon and Rebecca Ramon; siblings, Enriqueta Borrego, Elida Gomez, Guadalupe Gomez, Ernestina Lopez-Ramon, Ramona Bernal, Seferino Lopez, Dagoberto Lopez and Israel Flores; and 19 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Leandro Mauro Ramon Sr.; her parents; grandson, Marco Antonio Luna; and siblings, Maria Balderas, Juliana Lopez, Jose De La Luz Lopez and Sotero Lopez Jr.

A funeral mass was held on Feb. 26 at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in La Joya. Burial followed Cuevitas Cemetery.