Lucille Elizabeth Devereaux Gomez Lucille Elizabeth Devereaux Gomez was born on March 4, 1912 in Superior, Wisconsin. She grew up in Winona, Minnesota where she graduated Cathedral High School as Class Salutatorian in 1930. It was in Winona that she met our dad, the love of her life. They were married on January 5, 1934. Lucy and "Juan" lived in many parts of the United States as well as in Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico City over their years together. They retired to Austin in 1976. Lucy passed away on Monday, May 5, 2008 in Houston, Texas. She had been living with her daughter Lynne and husband Bill during the last few years of her life. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Patrick Devereaux and Josephine Rose Johnson Devereaux, sisters, Elsie Power and Mary Sieracki, grandson, Charles Guerrero as well as by her beloved husband of 51 years, John F. Gomez, Sr. They had four children that survive them: Marijo Lucille Guerrero and her husband Jorge Guerrero of Austin, Texas; John F. Gomez, Jr. and his wife Kathy Mikeska of San Diego, California; Anne Gomez Sterrett and her husband David Sterrett of Austin, Texas; and Lynne Gomez and her husband Bill Coffey of Houston, Texas. Grandma Lucy leaves eleven surviving grandchildren, John Michael Guerrero, Marijo Guerrero Lister, and Maria Sterrett of Austin, Texas; Tony Guerrero of Dallas; Suzy Guerrero Vecchi and Nancy Guerrero Lambarri of Mexico City; Lucy Guerrero Kuempel and William Coffey III of Houston; John H. Gomez and Amy Gomez of San Diego, CA; and Steven Devereaux Gomez of Los Angeles, CA. Grandma also had eleven great-grandchildren. Lucy loved her life as wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was devoted to her Catholic faith and a long-time member of St. Austin Catholic Church. The family wishes to thank Fidelia, and Odyssey Healthcare of Houston, especially Marlene, Monica, Terri, Darlene and Trish for their wonderful care of our mother during her illness. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2008 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Assumption Mausoleum Chapel. Interment will follow at Assumption Cemetery. Obituary and guestbook online at wcfish.com
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