Teresa Valenzuela, 79 of Greenville, left her earthly home to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Hunt Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be 10 A.M., Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at St. Williams Catholic Church. A rosary will be 6 P.M., Monday, August 29, 2016 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will follow from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Burial will be in Memoryland Memorial Park.
Mrs. Valenzuela was born September 27, 1936 in El Paso, Texas to Rito Marquez and Esperanza Torres. She married Gilbert Valenzuela on January 26, 1955 in El Paso, Texas. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Williams Catholic Church.
Her adventure started in 1955 when she and her husband, Gilberto, who was in the United States Air Force left El Paso, Texas to see the world. Being an Air Force wife enabled her to follow him to various places not only in the states but all over the world.
While living in Okinawa, Japan from 1968 to 1974, she learned to cook traditional Japanese cuisines, which she loved to share with her family and friends. While oversea she traveled to the Philippines, Thailand, Greece and Europe.
After her husband retired from the United States Air Force in 1978, they moved to Greenville where she became an active member of St. Williams Catholic Church. She met a lot of special people as the spouse of a Knights of Columbus member.
She is survived by her sons, Antonio Valenzuela, Daniel Valenzuela, Tomas Valenzuela and Ricardo Valenzuela and wife, Tammy, daughter, Alicia Valenzuela- Williams and husband, Michael, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, son, Eduardo Valenzuela, daughter, Delia Williams and grandson, Antonio Valenzuela, Jr.