Manor, TX--- Nancy Alaniz, went to be with the Lord on January 31, 2023 at Cornerstone Specialty Hospital. She was born to Andres Alaniz and Hilda Lopez-Alaniz in Chicago Heights, IL, on June 5, 1976 Nancy came to brighten the lives of her parents, grandparents and relatives. She grew up in Brownsville along with her sister Hilda Leticia and her twin sister Luz Maria and her brother Domingo.
Nancy was a devoted catholic, loving and caring daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She had a strong personality, but prudent “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Timothy 4: 7.
Nancy attended public schools in Brownsville and she was an Honor Roll and Gifted and Talented at Elementary and Middle schools. She graduated from Homer Hanna High School in 1994 with perfect attendance. In 1998 she obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration with major in Management from Saint Edwards University at Austin, TX. Then she obtained an Alternate Certification as a Bilingual Teacher with the University of Texas at Brownsville. In 2019 she attained a Master of Mathematics from Texas State University, and later attained a Principal Certification with Austin ISD.
She was an employee for American General Finance Company, HEB Supermarkets at Brownsville and Austin, TX. Then she proceeded to work as a bilingual teacher at four elementary schools Walnut Creek and Guerrero Thompson in Austin, TX and Presidential Meadows and Blake Manor in Manor, TX.
Preceding Nancy in death were her paternal grandparents Domingo and Maria de la Luz Alaniz, and her maternal grandparents Jose Gumaro and Romanita Lopez, her uncle Orlando Lopez and her cousin Enrique Calvillo Jr.
Left to cherish her memory are her parents Andres and Hilda Alaniz, her sisters Leticia and Luz Maria Alaniz and her brother Domingo Alaniz (Alexandra Garcia) her nieces and nephews Marilyn, Nerissa, Marlyn, Laylyn, Domingo Leonardo, Gumaro, Andres and Gilberto. Her uncles and aunts; Victor Alaniz, Juan Alaniz, Angelita (Enrique) Calvillo, Dora (+Jose Luis) Cepeda, Ana Lopez (+Juan), Jose (Elsa) Lopez, Ninfa Lopez, Maria Teresa (+Eduardo) Perez, Arturo Lopez, Armando Lopez, Lidia (Jesus) Garcia and numerous cousins and other relatives.
Visiting hours will be on Sunday February 5, 2023 from 11:00 am through 12 midnight, with the recitation of the holy rosary at 6:00 pm by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Saint Luke 2749, at Chapel of Peace at Funeraria Del Angel.
The funeral mass will be celebrated on Monday February 6 at 10:00 am at Saint Luke Catholic Church, 2800 Rockwell Drive, Brownsville. Interment will then follow via an escorted procession, at Buena Vista Burial Park, 5 McDavitt Blvd, Brownsville.
Honored to be serving as her pallbearers are Domingo Alaniz, Abel Mata, Juan Carlos Lopez, Daniel Lopez, Jose Angel Lopez and Juan Alanis.
Memories for Nancy Alaniz may be shared at www.funerariadelangelbuenavista.com
