Obituary

Funeral Mass for Pedro C. Gonzales, 93, was at 10 a.m. today in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with the Rev. Raymundo Manriquez, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Hale Center Cemetery by Lemons Funeral Home. Rosary services were held Tuesday in Lemons Funeral Home. Mr. Gonzalez died Monday, July 25, 2005, at Plainview Healthcare Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1911, to Merigildo and Francisca Gonzalez in Shafter and worked as a farm hand. Mr. Gonzalez was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Survivors include seven daughters and six sons-in-law, Raquel and Casimiro Villarreal, Fidelia and Felipe Roman, of Plainview, Margarita and Lupe Hernandez of Cotton Center, Apolonia and Salvador of Junction, Carmen and Antonio Mier of Marshall Okla., Eduvijes and Manuel Porras of Littlefield and Matilde Hernandez of Hereford; four sons and three daughters-in-law, Esequiel and Sally Gonzalez of Littlefield, Bernardino and Elisama Gonzalez of Amarillo, Bonafacio and Maria Gonzalez of Hale Center and Pascual Gonzalez of Levelland; 65 grandchildren and 58 great-grandchildren. Mr. Gonzalez's wife, Buenaventure Pando Gonzalez, died in 1999 and a son, Luciano Gonzalez, died in 1965