This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gonzales, Garcia Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/9776 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 3 Aug 2006 Olivia G. Gonzales, 82, died on Sunday, July 30, 2006 at her residence after a battle with cancer. A rosary will be conducted by Deacon Gus Coelho a 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006 at Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rockdale with Rev. Chris Coleman officiating. Burial will follow in I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale. Mrs. Gonzales was born Feb. 14, 1924 in Brackettville to Seferino and Eloisa Garcia. She married Guillermo Gonzales on Feb. 1, 1940 in Uvalde. She and her husband were migrant farm workers in their early years and then became restaurant owners. Mrs. Gonzales was known for her delicious, authentic Mexican dishes. Her businesses included the Café on Main Street in Uvalde, The Flamingo restaurant which was later known as the Swiss Club Restaurant in Gilroy, CA, and the El Mambo restaurant in Watsonville, CA. She also had a restaurant in Rockdale for a short time. She was a resident of Rockdale for the past 26 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter and son-in-law, Sylvia and Pete Alfaro; two sisters, Mary G. Sandoval and Mercy Garcia; three brothers, Arnulfo Garcia, Robert Garcia and Ernesto Garcia; granddaughter, Peggy Ann Gonzales. Survivors include seven children, Eleanor Gonzales and husband Santos of Lexington, Guillermo Gonzales, Jr. and wife Jova of Watsonville, CA, Christoval Jesse Gonzales and wife Blanca of Holister, CA, Rosa Linda Braun and husband James D. of Lorena, Richard Gonzales and wife Christina of Watsonville, CA, Ruben Gonzales and wife Pam of Las Vegas, NV and Hector Gonzales of Rockdale; two sisters, Oralia Esparza and Ofelia Garcia of Gilroy, CA; brother, Seferino Garcia, Jr. and wife Maria of Gilroy, CA; 29 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends. Pallbearers included Hector Gonzales, Pete Gonzales, Arnold Garcia, Donald Ray Tibbitts, Dominic Aldama, Richard Tibbitts, Santos Gonzales, Reno Yanes Jr., Monique Gonzales, John Tibbitts, Steven Flores, Amanda Gonzales, Bill Gonzales, Jr., Christopher Yanes, Blas Marques, Eddie Diver, Adrian Tovar, Alejundro Orofre and Enrique Garza. Honorary pallbearers were Rhodessa Allen, Kendea Darneils, Becky Niffen, Shasha Tibbitts, Yvette Tibbitts and Sheri Torres.