Rodolfo Edmundo Gaona

Visitation will be from 8 am until 9:30 am Monday, March 1, 2010 at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen. A Rosary will be recited at 9:30 am followed by a funeral service at 10 am. Interment services will follow in the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Julian Duran and Beatriz (Garcia) Gaona; two brothers, Rigoberto and Julian Gaona; two sisters, Irma Villarreal and Yolanda Carmona.

Mr. Gaona is survived by his brother, Eugenio Gaona; his children, Edmundo (Rose) Gaona , Julian (Diana) Gaona of Corpus Christi, Texas, Beatriz (Frank) Cadena of Austin, Texas and Teresa (Kevin) Bliss of Copperas Cove, Texas. His grandchildren Nelda Cadena, Andrea Garcia, David and Jennifer Gaona, Elizabeth, Kevin & Tessa Bliss, Juliana and Julian Gaona & his great grandson Eli Ortiz.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Disabled American Veterans

P.O. Box 14301 Cincinnati, OH 45250-0301 Attn: Gift Processing

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Services have been entrusted to the care of Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen.