Petra Saldivar
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Petra Saldivar, 89, of La Feria, Texas, passed away on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Petra was born on October 23, 1932, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to parents, Francisco Gamboa and Nemecia Sanchez.
Petra is preceded in death by her husband, Jose Antonio Saldivar. She is survived by her nine children: Noelia Jimenez, Hilda Arthur, Vicenta Martinez, Francisca Hernandez, Herminia De La Cruz, Manuel Saldivar, Oscar Saldivar, Antonio Saldivar and Janie Sanford. Petra is also survived by twenty-six grandchildren, twenty-nine great-grandchildren and eight siblings: Francisco Gamboa, Roberto Gamboa, Bartolo Gamboa, Leonardo Gamboa, Victorino Gamboa, Merejildo Gamboa, Domitilo Gamboa and Maria Gallegos.
Services for Petra will be held at Rudy Garza Funeral Home, in Harlingen, Texas, on Thursday, November 11, 2021 from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Funeral will depart on Friday, November 12, 2021 at 1:00 PM for a 1:30 PM service at Templo Jerusalem. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.