ELIDA GONZALEZ RICO

Elida Gonzalez Rico, formerly of Mexia, passed away at home in Flower Mound on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at the age of 90.

Graveside services will be conducted on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 1:30 p.m. in Fort Parker Cemetery in Groesbeck. Groesbeck Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Elida was born Feb. 20, 1931, in Matamoros, Mexico, to Andres Gonzalez and Eva Ayala. She came to the United States as a very young lady and had previously lived in Mexia for many years of her adult life. She moved to the Dallas area in 2016 to be near her family.

Elida spent her life raising her children and being a wife and homemaker. She prepared the best Mexican food ever, fed many in her lifetime and taught her daughter Martha how to cook. She also sewed for her family. She loved music and in her younger years enjoyed dancing.

Elida was of the Catholic faith, but loved going to other churches. She felt all churches to be the house of God. Her children gave her praise for being a wonderful mother and grandmother to a very large family.

Elida is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joel R. Rico Sr.; two daughters, Eva Avelino and Marie Elena Avelino; and a son, Trinidad Abelino (name spelled as it appeared on his birth certificate) in 2018.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Jesus (Jesse) Avelino Jr. and Alice Ann Avelino of Farmers Branch; daughter and son-in-law, Martha Avelino Elton and Michael W. Elton of Lewisville; son and daughter-in-law, Ruben R. Rico and Kelly Rico of DeSoto; son and daughter-in-law, Joel R. Rico Jr. and Addie Rico of Mansfield; step-daughter and step-son-in-law, Ophelia and Jesse Trevino; numerous grandchildren as well as numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Elsa Gonzalez and Minerva Gonzalez and a brother, Nazare Gonzales and many nieces and nephews.

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