Victoria R.

Elizondo

Victoria R. Elizondo, 86, was met by the warm embrace of Our Lord and Savior on Dec. 5, 2023, at her home in Primera.

Born in Zontecomatlan, Veracruz, to Hilarion Ramirez and Eulalia Morales, she came to Harlingen in 1960, where she married Jose Elizondo in 1962.

Victoria dedicated her life to God.

In 1979, she and her husband donated land to the Rev. Samuel Aguilar, building El Buen Pastor Church next to their home on Stuart Place Road.

For two generations of children, she was loved as a mother. After raising her three children, she and her husband helped their son, Cain, raise his three daughters.

Victoria devoted her life to her children and grandchildren, helping them through their educations, sharing her lifelong love of reading, writing and learning with them.

At home, she shared her passion for cooking and baking with family and friends, and her fascination with plants and herbs.

Victoria was preceded in death by her husband Jose Elizondo; her son Cain Elizondo; and siblings.

She is survived by her bother Eustacio Ramirez, her sister Ramira Ramirez Morales; daughters Noelia Elizondo (Fernando Del Valle) and Melissa Aguirre (Antonio Aguirre Jr.); grandchildren Maria Garza, Apolonia, Eulalia and Enzo Elizondo; Miranda and Sarita Del Valle; Isabella, Mia, Abigail and Lily Aguirre; nine great-grandchildren; nephew, Pete Monroy and her cherished niece Annie Flores, and numerous nephews and nieces.

Visitation will be held from 1 to 9p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, with a prayer service at 7p.m. at Trinity Funeral Home in Harlingen.

A church service will be held at 10a.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, at El Buen Pastor Church in Primera, with burial to follow at Harlingen Combes Memorial Cemetery in Combes.

Pallbearers will be Fernando Del Valle, Antonio Aguirre Jr., Enzo Elizondo, Sammy Aguilar, Jacob Ortiz and Jason Alcocer.