Manuela C. Sanchez

Manuela C. Sanchez, age 75, passed away on July 28, 2013 at her home in Loraine. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 10AM at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Loraine with Father Michael Udegbunam officiating. Burial will follow in the Loraine Cemetery.

Mrs. Sanchez was born on February 11, 1938 in Loraine, TX to Abraham and Cipriana Castro. Manuela married Florentino Sanchez and was a resident of Loraine all her life. Manuela was a member of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church where she served as a Guadalupana. She was a cook at the Loraine Senior Center for many years and truly enjoyed serving the community. She was a loving wife and proud mother of one daughter and five sons.

Mrs. Sanchez is survived by four sons, Frank Sanchez and wife Julie, Bobby Sanchez and wife Susan, Joe Sanchez and wife Jennifer, and Isidro Sanchez, all of Loraine; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Jose A. Castro of Sweetwater.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Florentino Sanchez; her daughter, Gloria Sanchez Garcia; one son, Florentino Sanchez Jr.; one sister; and three brothers.

There will be a visitation held on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 with a rosary beginning at 7PM at the Kiker-Seale Funeral Home Chapel.

Services are under the care and direction of Kiker-Seale Funeral Home.

Online condolences to the family may be made at www.kikerseale.com