Eladio Gonzalez

Born on June 11, 1927, in Jaruco, Cuba, to Francisco and Clara Luz Gonzalez, Eladio grew up with a strong sense of independence. He left home at 14 and worked tirelessly throughout his life. For four years, he cut sugar cane for the Cuban government until his lottery number was drawn, granting him the opportunity to emigrate to the United States. At 43 years old, he bravely brought his family out of Cuba under communism and started anew, a choice for which his family will always be deeply grateful.

In Massachusetts, Eladio worked as a machinist at the St. Regis Paper Factory near Boston. He also served as an usher at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, where he credited the Mother Church of Christian Science with curing his asthma. Later, after retiring in Miami, Florida, he tended to his flower gardens with great pride and devoted many years of service to a Christian Science branch church on Flagler Street, faithfully helping to open and close the church.

Eladio found joy in simple but meaningful pursuits: playing Cuban dominoes, repairing his beloved 1967 Ford Mustang, fishing from his small outboard boat in Boston, and, later in life, nurturing his garden.

Eladio was the fourth of seven children—five boys and two girls—and he survived them all. He is preceded in death by his parents, Clara Luz and Francisco Gonzalez of Jaruco, Cuba.

He is survived by his former spouse, Isabel Costa of Bedford, TX; his children, Angel Gonzalez and wife Mary of Colleyville, TX, and David Black of Davenport, FL, as well as a child from his second marriage in Cuba, whereabouts unknown; and grandchildren Alyssa and Aiden Gonzalez.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at JE Foust and Son Funeral Home, followed by entombment at Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at alz.com.

Eladio will be remembered as a man of faith, perseverance, and devotion—a husband, father, and grandfather whose determination gave his family the gift of freedom and a future.