POTEET, Texas – Epifania Vasquez Garcia of Poteet, Texas, was called home to be with the Lord Friday evening, Jan. 11, 2013, at the age of 96.

She is survived by her brothers, Jesse Vasquez (Cecilia) and family, and Inez Vasquez (Lupe) and family. She also will be missed by her loving children, Elida Toni Hilburn (George), Maria Luisa Salmon (Luis), Eulalio “Lalo” Garcia Jr. (Sally), Patricia Mazziotta, and Emilia Gutierrez (Rangel). She has 20 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Eulalio “Lalo” Garcia; parents, Luis and Rita Vasquez; stepmother, Santos Vasquez; son, Pete Vasquez; grandchildren, Corina Garcia, Lalo Pete Garcia, and Mark Muskgrave; sisters, Estefana Herrera and Maria Zamora; and brothers, Pete Garcia, Frank Vasquez, Didio Vasquez, and Esteban Vasquez.