Ermila Cervera Gonzalez

Longtime Moses Lake resident, Ermila Cervera Gonzalez, 93, passed peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday May 9, 2012. Holy Rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Our Lady of Fatima. Viewing will be from 1 p.m., Monday, May 14th until the time of the Rosary at Our Lady of Fatima, and from 9 to 9:45 a.m., Tuesday, May 15th at the church. Please sign the online guestbook or leave a note for the family at www.kayserschapel.com. Arrangements are in care of Kayser's Chapel & Crematory, Moses Lake.

She was a beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother and Great-Great-grandmother. Ermila was born on March 11, 1919 in Indio, Texas to Benigno and Asencion Cervera and raised in Crystal City Texas. In 1938 she wed Jesus Gonzalez. During their 44 years of marriage, they started their family while working and traveling from

Texas throughout the Midwest. In 1960 they settled in Moses Lake, bringing with them their morals, values, and great aspirations which were instilled into each of their nine children. Through their children, these attributes have been brought into the lives of their own children and the community, thus furthering the legacy they began.

Ermila worked many years in the Warden and Moses Lake area, retiring from Carnation in 1977. She had a hand in raising each and every one of her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, developing a personal connection with each one. Her greatest joy was being surrounded by her family while instilling and celebrating values and traditions that will continue to be followed by all of those whose lives she touched. She is survived by her sister Maria Cervera Vinson; children: Rojelio (Roy) Gonzalez and dearly departed wife, Mary; Jesus "Jesse" Gonzalez and wife Minerva, Eduardo (Eddie) Gonzales, Amelia (Mae) and husband Cecil Whitlock, Odulia (Yaya) and husband Paul Maybee, Anjelica (Angie) and husband Manuel (JR) Moreno, Rolando (Ronnie) and wife Korrine Gonzales, Lionel (Leo) Gonzalez , and Lydia (Elsa) and husband Ken Meservy; 35 Grandchildren; 53 Great-grandchildren and 4 Great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Jesus, brother Benigno Cervera Jr., sisters Aurora Cervera Jilpas and Estela Cervera DeLaCruz, Otila Cervera Luna, and daughters Lydia and Amelia.