Elodia Gonzalez

Elodia De La Garza Gonzalez, 88, of Mattawan, MI, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on January 14, 2019, in Kalamazoo, MI. She was born on November 27, 1931, daughter of Napoleon and Estella De La Garza, in a small town in Mexico. Elodia met her Husband Alfonso and they were married on October 29, 1948. Surviving are her Daughters, Esther (Lupe) Posada, Maria "Lucy" (Carlos) Alfaro, Mary (George) Nieman, Sulema (Xavier) Ramirez, Aurora (Alan) Wallace, Maria Ida Serratos, and her only Son, Cris Gonzalez. Grandchildren, Mauricio & Oscar Posada, Santos & Teresa Alfaro, Elena Nieman, Raquel & Matthew Ramirez, Cory, Taylor, Jesi, and Karly Wallace, Sierra & Whitney Henley; Great-Grandchildren, Facio, Lilly, Ari, Harlow, Mathias, Ilaria, and Quinn. Brothers, Rumaldo (Eva) De La Garza, Gilberto (Francis) De La Garza, Leoncio (Juanita) De La Garza, Art (Margaret) De La Garza, Guillermo De La Garza, Ricardo De La Garza; Sisters, Andrea (Paul) Quick, Dora (David) Sauceda, Elizabeth De La Garza and a host of other loving family and friends. Elodia was preceded in death by her parents Napoleon and Estella; Her husband Alfonso Gonzalez; loving Grandson. Aaron Nieman and her Brother, Eddie De La Garza. Services will be held at St. John Bosco Catholic Church, on Friday, January 18, 2019, at 11:00 am with Father Alan Jorgenson and Father German Perez-Diaz officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Kalamazoo, MI. Friends will be received at Adams Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Paw Paw, on Thursday, January 17, 2019, from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm & 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm with a rosary service at 8:00 p.m. To sign the online guest book, go to www.adamspawpaw.com.