Josefa “Josie” Herrera Elizondo

Josefa “Josie” Herrera Elizondo

Josefa “Josie” Herrera Elizondo, of Castroville, passed away on October 16, 2020 at the age of 89 years. She was born March 18, 1931 in San Antonio, Texas to Severo Herrera and Anita Martinez Herrera.
Josie married Carlos Elizondo on March 15, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas. Carlos passed away just days before they were to celebrate their forty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Survivors include her sons, Joseph Elizondo (Mary), Daniel Elizondo (Rosario), Roland Elizondo (Melissa), Lorenzo Salas; daughters, Mary Ann Leano (Alfred), Linda Espino, Sandra Elizondo, Alma Elizondo, Patricia Pryor (Greg),Emma Salazar (Eric); twenty-six grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; siblings, Teresa Salazar (Manuel), Carolina Valle (Joe), Jesse Herrera (Maryann), Richard Herrera, Mary Anguiano, Irma Ortiz (Rogelio)and Cuca Rodriguez.
Josie was preceded in death by he rparents, Severo and Anita Herrera; husband, Carlos Elizondo; son, Rudy Alvarez; daughter, Sonia Salas; grandson, Anthony Espino; siblings, Lorenzo Herrera, Rita Herrera, George Herrera, Guadalupe Herrera and Ignacio Herrera.
The family held a private Rosary on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 6:00 pm at the Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home. A Mass of the Resurrection was held for Josie’s family at St. Louis Catholic Church in Castroville at 10:00 am on Friday, October 23, 2020. Interment followed at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery in Castroville, Texas.
Memorials may be made in Josie’s memory to the charity of your choice.
Arrangements by Tondre-Guinn Funeral Home.