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1932
DIED
2020
Eloise Cantu Obituary
She worked as an assistant for many years at the Hidalgo County office of the Texas A & M Extension Service. She had a servant's heart and a passion for improving the lives of the underprivileged in her community. One example of this mission was her involvement in the Hidalgo Extension Clothing Master Volunteers program. Via this program, many women attained sewing skills and therefore the means to help support their families. She also translated many sewing instructional manuals into Spanish.
She also had a strong faith and was very active in her church and community during her life. She was a Roman Catholic.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Adan C. Cantu, and is survived by daughter Vina Cantu Piazza (Charles), a son David Adan Cantu (Stacy), three grandchildren Gordon Piazza (Rachele), Kevin Piazza, and Frank George, and two great-grandchildren, Gabriel James Piazza and Isabel Rose Piazza. She is also survived by her sisters, Mercedes (Carlos) Ramos and Mimi (Joe)Witschy and brother , Alfredo Gutierrez, Jr., and by brother -in-law Juan Cantu of Lasara, Texas. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
Due to restrictions imposed following the Coronavirus Pandemic, private funeral arrangements are pending with Sparkman Crane Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas and the Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Memorial Donations may be made in lieu of flowers to Catholic Charities or to a charity of your choice.
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David Diaz
April 17, 2020
Mrs. Eloise Cantu, who was a good friend to my mother, was a wonderful person, who along with her late husband Adan, were so well-respected their entire lives in Edinburg, and very much missed when they moved upstate to be closer to their adult children. My wife, Judy Saca-Diaz, along with my mother, Mrs. Minerva Ozuna Diaz, have Mrs. Eloise Cantu as well as her immediate family members in our thoughts and prayers. Without a doubt, Mrs. Eloise Cantu and her husband Mr. Adan Cantu are in Heaven, and both of them are beaming with pride and love for their families still here on Earth. David A. Diaz
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