Josefina Gonzalez, age 85, of Frisco, Texas, passed away April 14, 2018. Josefina was born September 25, 1932, in San Benito, Texas, to Jose Luz Ysaguirre and Andrea Padron. She married Jesus Gonzalez on March 26, 1949, in Robstown, Texas and their union lasted sixty-nine years. Josefina was very devoted to her children and grandchildren. She thoroughly enjoyed being a wife, mother, and grandmother. Josefina was actively involved in her church, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco.
She is survived by her husband, Jesus Gonzalez of Frisco, Texas; children, Janie Cantu of Fresno, California, Rosendo Gonzalez of Arlington, Texas, Benny Gonzalez and wife, Cristina of Celina, Texas, Jesus Gonzalez Jr. also of Celina, Emiliana Escobedo of Frisco, Roberto Gonzalez of Frisco, Texas, Ana Gonzalez of Lewisville, Texas, Ricky Gonzalez of Azusa, California, and Lucia Farr and husband, Tracy of Flower Mound, Texas; two additional children that she and Jesus raised, Jaime Rojas of Bedford, Texas and Angie Rojas of Frisco, Texas; thirty-one grandchildren; sixty great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and sons, Julian Gonzalez and Julio Gonzalez.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church of Frisco, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen, Texas. The family will receive friends during a visitation from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Wednesday evening with a rosary beginning at 7:00 p.m., at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home in Allen, Texas.