Draft of Mom's Obituary

Yolanda J. Lopez passed away on 31 January 2019, surrounded by her husband and 
children. 

Yolanda was born on 21 December 1940 in Crystal City, Texas to Reynaldo and 
Maria Jimenez. She graduated from Crystal City High School and went on to earn  
degrees in medical technology and chemistry from Incarnate Word College in 
San Antonio. She then went on to a 40-plus years long career as a medical 
technologist certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists,
managing several hospital laboratories in south Texas. 

After retirement, Yolanda worked as a volunteer in several capacities in  
Uvalde, including volunteering at the El Progreso Library, and also serving as 
a certified catechism teacher at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. 
 
Throughout her life, Yolanda was a loving mother and wife, hard-working, 
creative and devoted to her faith.  She enjoyed gardening, sewing, cooking, and 
cats.  One of her most passionate hobbies was geneology, of which she became an 
expert, tracing her own Jimenez family roots back to the 1500s.

Thanks to the doctors and nurses on staff at the Methodist Metropolitan 
Hospital in San Antonio for their devoted care of Yolanda in her final days.

Yolanda is survived by her husband of 55 years, Reyes Lopez of Uvalde, their 
children, son Ray and his wife Stella, daughter Marima and her husband Enrique,
daughters Nora and Yolanda, nine grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. 
She was preceded in death by her parents, Reynaldo and Maria Jimenez, her 
elder sister, Eliza De Leon, her younger brother, Reynaldo, and her youngest 
daughter, Dilia Marie.  

Visitation will be on Sunday, 3 February, 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Monday, 
4 February, 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM, at the Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary, 220 
South Getty Street, Uvalde, Texas.  Funeral services will be on Tuesday, 5 
February, at 10:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 408 Fort Clark Road, 
Uvalde, Texas.  Internment will follow at the Hillcrest Memorial Cemetary, 
527 North Lovers Lane, Uvalde, Texas, with a reception to follow at a location
to be announced.  

Online condolances may be made at http://juandiego.org/yolanda.
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