Obituary: Angelina Gerreo Sanchez, October 24, 2011

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
April 2015
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The Observer/Enterprise, Coke County, TX - October 28, 2011

Angelina Gerreo Sanchez, 84, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on 
Monday, October 24, 2011. Visitation was all day Wednesday, 
October 26, 2011, at the funeral home with the family present from 
6 pm to 8 pm.  Funeral service was held at 2 pm Thursday, 
October 27, 2011, at the First Baptist Church of Bronte with 
Rev. Morris Johnson and Rev. Corey Cornutt officiating. Interment 
followed in Fairview Cemetery. 

Pallbearers were; Steven Casares, David Casares, Daniel Casares, 
Jeremy Sanchez, Ricardo Sanchez, and Luis Fuentez. Ray Barnett was 
an honorary pallbearer. Services were under the direction of 
Shaffer Funeral Home.

Angelina was born on July 13, 1927, to Miguel and Juanita Gutierrez 
in Ft. Chadbourne, Texas. She was a life-long resident of Coke County. 
In 1941, she met and married the love of her life, David Sanchez. 
She was very devoted to her husband and her family and she was 
their rock. Angelina had a great love for the residents of Bronte. 
They were her friends and she loved each of them dearly. In 
her later years, she worked at the Bronte Nursing Home lovingly 
doing the laundry for the residents there. Her presence will be 
greatly missed by those whose lives she touched.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1972; one son, 
Johnny Sanchez; one sister, Margie Montez; one daughter, Rosa Fuentez; 
and two  grandsons, Nicholas Casares and Michael Sanchez.

Angelina is survived by her sons; Lupe Sanchez, Willie Sanchez; her 
daughter, Lidia Casares all of Bronte; her brother, Mike Gutierrez 
of Cleburne, Texas; 28 grand-children; 62 great-grandchildren; and 
12 great-great-grandchildren.

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