This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/odZ.2ACIB/423 Message Board Post: Albuquerque Journal - May 26, 1998 Ruth (Rosa) C. Gonzales, 78, a lifelong resident of New Mexico, died Sunday, May 24, 1998. She was born September 19, 1919 in Gladstone, New Mexico. Rosa married Juan Gonzales on April 11, 1941 in Bernalillo, NM. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Juan Gonzales of Gonzales Ranch; her children, John and Cecilia Gonzales of Ft. Collins, CO, Dolores Valencia of Ribera, NM, Raymond and Sylvia Gonzales of Albuquerque, Virginia Gonzales of Gonzales Ranch, Sal and Mona Gonzales of Albuquerque, Kathy and Willie Trujillo of Ponderosa, NM, David and Susan Gonzales of La Aguapa, NM, Charla Chavez of Albuquerque, Lillian Gonzales of Tijeras, NM; 23 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Stevan Gonzales."A Loving Memory From US"--To our Dear Mother, Wife and Grandmother, we will miss you deeply. Please, God, go with you and rest assured that your family will go on with pride and love, forever, in remembrance of your loving hands, your wa! rm heart, and your faithful and joyful way that you taught us throughout your lifetime. God bless you." Your loving family. Rosary will be recited Tuesday, 7:00 p.m., French Mortuary-Lomas Blvd. Chapel, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE. Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, 10:00 a.m., with Father John Carney, Celebrant, at San Antonio Church, Highway 14, Sandia Park, NM. Pallbearers will be Gilbert A. Gonzales, Ray Gonzales Jr., Mathew Gonzales, Dominic Sandoval, Reynell Baca, and Miguel Cervantes. Interment will be on the Gonzales Ranch. Friends may visit Tuesday, from 12:00 noon until the Rosary at French Mortuary, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE.