Wake and rosary service: 5-8 p.m. April 18 at Adams Funeral Home, Nixa.
Funeral mass: 10:30 a.m. April 19 at St. Jospeh the Worker Catholic Church, Ozark, with Father Gaspar Masilamani officiating. Burial followed in Weaver Cemetery, St. Joseph The Worker section, Ozark.
Rafaela Gonzalez, 76, of Nixa, died April 15, 2017. She was born Nov. 21, 1940, in Colotlan, Jalisco, Mexico, the daughter of Salvador and Carmen Campos. On June 21, 1958, she and Atanacio Gonzalez were married in Mexico. They came to the United States in 1977. They lived in California before moving to the Ozarks.
Rafaela loved her family and provided a loving home for them. She was faithful to the Catholic Church throughout her life. Rafaela enjoyed gardening, singing, drawing and cooking for her family.
Survivors include her husband, Atanacio; children, Guillermina Zuniga, Armandina Skeen, Eliseo Gonzalez, Alicia Marquez, Irma Duarte, Amparo De La Rosa, Celia Gonzalez, Jesus Gonzalez, Margarita Hinds, Socorro Crossland and Guadalupe Gonzalez; 19 grandchildren; sisters, Dolores Alvarez, Guadalupe Del Real and Amalia Campos; brothers, Angel Campos, Salvador Campos and Ramon Campos; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Enrique Gonzalez; brother, Antonio Campos; and sisters, Maria Campos and Carmen Campos.
