Born June 16, 1959, Maddie has gone to her eternal rest on the 31st of August, 2020. Her long battle with cancer has ended. No more pain, no more suffering. She will be welcomed into the house of our Lord, escorted by our youngest son Ricky who preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 2010. This she proclaimed prior to her passing. That is Maddie; she planned and executed every aspect of her life.
Maddie and Larry Gonzales met in kindergarten, grew up as friends then married in 1976. She had four sons, Alex, Marcus, Sergio and Ricky, an Aunt and a Grandmother to nine grandchildren. She loved her PromiseLand Church and when she could not attend in person, she attended online. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and champion to all lost children that knocked on her door.
She was a person of strong will, strength, love, compassion, drive, and courage. It was her drive that kept her reaching for the better and pushed her to reach and achieve whatever she put her mind to. Maddie was an Olympic contender in swimming, hotel banquet hostess and event coordinator for the Radisson and Omni Hotels, a model for Vidal Sassoon, JC Penney, and Victoria Secret, to name a few, and a school teacher; but most importantly a wife, mother, and grandmother.
Maddie will be very much missed, forever loved, cherished; a gift, a blessing that we will forever be thankful for.
