Rosary will be held from 6 to 8 PM on Monday, March 1, 2021 at Elliott Hamil Funeral Home, 5701 US Hwy 277 South.
Funeral mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 2:30 PM at St. Vincent Palotti Catholic Church with Father Emilio Sosa officiating. Burial will follow in Elliott-Hamil Garden of Memories Cemetery under the direction of Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home.
Sylvia was born on October 27, 1957 in Abilene to Henry and Lily (Nieto) Martinez. She and Eliseo Gomez were married on February 5, 1972 in Abilene and they shared 49 years together in love, laughter, and family. She was a good cook, and she loved to travel, especially going to birthday parties. She also loved to play BINGO.
Above all else, Sylvia was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She loved to spend time with family and sharing in their lives.
Sylvia was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Lily Martinez.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her husband of 49 years, Eliseo Gomez; three sons, Fernando Gomez, Eliseo Gomez, Jr. and wife Anna, and Ismael Gomez; two brothers, Joe Martinez and Henry Martinez; one sister, Irma Sierra; nine grandchildren, Gabriel Gomez, Stephanie Bianca Santos, Carlos Anthony Gomez, Andreas Gomez, Nicholas Gomez, Aurelio Hernandez, Odalys Hernandez, Liliana Gomez and Eliseo Gomez, III; and three great-grandchildren.
