Trinidad Ramirez

Trinidad "Trine" (Gomez) Ramirez was the ninth of 10 children (youngest daughter) born to Espirio and Cenovia Gomez in the Clareville Community, Bee County, on Sept. 10, 1922. She departed this world on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at the age of 93, lovingly surrounded by her family. Trinidad married Amador Ramirez on June 6, 1943, in Beeville, Texas. They were blessed with 10 children and raised them in the rural community of Olmos on their small farm land. Mrs. Ramirez was a homemaker, loving mother and devout member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Skidmore. She enjoyed laughing, cooking, sewing, quilting, gardening and taking long walks down her country road. Mrs. Ramirez was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Amador Ramirez Sr., on Feb. 19, 1981; her precious twin daughter, Diana Ramirez Quiroz, on April 26, 2015; six brothers, Arnulfo Gomez, Arturo Gomez Sr., Antonio Gomez, Gilberto "Beto" Gomez and infant twins; and three sisters, Aurora Garcia, Gabriela Espinoza and Victoria Ramos. Survivors include seven daughters, Juanita (Adolfo) Chapa of Fort Worth, Esther (Frank) Cuevas of Beeville, Margaret (Manuel) Olivo of San Antonio, Maria Elena Castillo (Ernest Longoria) of Beeville, Bertha A. (Domingo) Martinez and Delia (Ernest) Soto, both of the Olmos Community, and Marie Isabel "Lisa" (Jesse) Monsivais of Fort Worth; two sons, Felipe Ramirez (Rosie Rodriguez) of Beeville and Amador (Frankie) Ramirez of Papalote; a son-in-law, Ricardo Quiroz of Beeville; 40 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Viewing will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at Angelus Funeral Home Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, and continue at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 5 p.m. The rosary will be recited there at 6:30 p.m. that evening. The funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, with Father Richard Gonzales officiating. Special selections will be sung by her grandchildren. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Skidmore. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Gina De La Rosa, Frank "Sonny" Cuevas Jr., Manuel "Manny" Olivo Jr., Frank "Frankie" Castillo Jr., Domingo Martinez III, Julie Soto, Richard "Ricky" Quiroz Jr., Felipe Ramirez Jr., John Anthony Ramirez and Jesse "J.M." Monsivais Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be her nephew, Ignacio Ramirez; her sons-in-law; her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandson. "There is one thing Alzheimer's cannot take away, and that is love. Love is not a memory - it's a feeling that resides in your heart and soul."