Aurora G. Vega Obituary (1935 - 2021)

Mission, Texas - Aurora G. Vega (Gora) 85, one week short of her 86th birthday was called up to heaven from her home on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Gora was born on Oct. 13, 1935 to Amado O. Garza and Maria S. Garza at San Francisco Ranch on the Santa Cruz Land Grant of Starr County in the ranching community of San Isidro, Texas. She was the youngest of six children. raised humbly during the Great Depression, but what she never lacked for was love from her parents and siblings, especially because she was the baby (Gorita). In high school she was an active member of FHA, Pep Squad, Spanish Club and served as Junior Business Club Reporter and FHA Class Representative. Gora was a proud 1956 graduate of San Isidro High School. She attended Edinburg Junior College Business School for a time. She met and fell in love with the love of her life, Joe. They courted for 4 years and married on May 13, 1962 in the Delmita Catholic Church. Theirs was a true love story from the day they married they would be inseparable and completely devoted to each other for the next 59 years. Aurora was a finishing line supervisor at Williamson Dickie’s Manufacturing Company for 29 years. She retired and opened a small child daycare where she cared for her grand nieces, nephews, children of close friends and neighbors until they were school age. She then helped care for parents until their death. After that she went to work for Mission CISD at Carl Waitz Elementary as a paraprofessional for 9 years. She retired with plans to travel and enjoy life with her husband and only child, Norma Linda. Her passion was cooking, baking and sewing. Her specialties were cabrito guisado, caldo, making the traditional Christmas tamales and pan de polvo from her mother’s recipes and baking cookies for her husband. As a young wife and mother she would sew well into the night making wedding and bride’s maid dresses and clothes for herself, husband and daughter. She loved her red rose bushes, spending time at the ranch and having family over. She is preceded in death by her parents Amado O. Garza & Maria S. Garza, brothers Jorge Garza (Elia Garza+), Rumaldo Garza (Albesa R. Garza+), Gilberto Garza, sister Lupita Galvan (Adan Galvan+), nephew Gilbert Garza, Sr.; Parents in-law Guadalupe Vega, Sr. and Cristina G. Vega, brother in-law Euglogio Vega and sister in-law Simona Vega. She is survived by her husband of 59 years Joe Vega and her only child, Norma Linda Vega. She is also survived by her older sister Ernestina Reyna (Leonel Jesus Reyna+) Mission, her sister in-law Emma Garza (Gilbert Garza+) Edinburg, brothers in-law Pablo Vega, Sr (Maria Del Jesus) Chicago, Illinois; Cruz Vega, Sr. (Martina)Edinburg, Lupe Vega, Jr., Alamo; Ignacio Vega, Sr. (Vicky)Mission; sisters in-law Maria Vega, Edinburg, Rufina De La Rosa, Edinburg, Esperanza Hernandez-Edinburg, Rosa Guerra (Cruz)Edinburg, Cristina Solis (Oscar+) Edinburg. Also left to cherish her memory are her nieces and nephews that she adored Alda Diana Karstetter (Joe) Bandera,TX; Imelda Jernigan (D’Wayne) Huntsville, TX; Iselda Garza Garcia (Carlos) Mission; Vangie G. Garza (Rik) Mission; Richard A. Garza(Dr. Sylvia S. Garza) Mcallen; Rumaldo Garza (Yolanda) Edinburg; Homer Garza (Cindy) Edinburg; Sonia Martinez(Col. Ricardo Martinez, Sr.+) San Antonio,TX; Alma Rodriguez, Houston, TX; Leonel Jesus Reyna Jr. Mission; Thelma Gamboa (Danny) McAllen; Larry Garza (Nellie) Edinburg, numerous grand nieces, nephews and cousins. Special thanks to grandnieces and nephews Elette Garza, Carlissa Reyna, Adam Garza, and Bradley Gamboa her little daycare club for always putting a smile on her face, her nieces Vangie Garza and Iselda Garza-Garcia for always being there, her sisters in-law Maria Vega, Esperanza Hernandez and Rosa Guerra for being her 24/7 caretakers while Norma Linda was with Joe at the hospital earlier this year, sisters in-law Emma Garza and Elma Fonseca for always calling several times each day to check on her. Gora will be dearly missed but will live in the hearts of those who love her and whose lives she touched. May she rest in eternal peace and may the perpetual light shine upon her. Viewing will be held at Ric Brown Family Funeral Home in Mission, Texas, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 from 5-9pm with a same day Rosary at 7pm. Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady Guadalupe Catholic Church Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 9:00am followed by burial at 11am Olivarez Cemetery on Rancho Viejo Road, San Isidro, Texas. Palbearers: Rumaldo Garza, Leo Reyna, Larry Garza, Adam Garza, Bradley Gamboa, Gilbert Garza, Jr., Joe Requenez and Hilario Sanchez Serrano. Honorary Palbearers: Richard A. Garza, Homer Garza