ABRAHAM AHUMADA GONZALEZ, BELOVED FATHER, SPECIAL UNCLE, AND DEVOTED HUSBAND PASSED AWAY AT SKAGIT VALLEY HOSPITAL ON MARCH 18, 2016. HE WAS BORN OCTOBER 19, 1934 TO ABRAHAM GONZALEZ AND MARIA AHUMADA TELLEZ IN AMECA JALISCO. ABRAHAM WAS RAISED ON A FAMILY FARM IN AMECA. HE LEFT THE COMFORTS OF HIS FAMILY AND HOME AT THE AGE OF 13 YEARS, AND EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1947. THE ADVENTURER IN ABRAHAM BROUGHT HIM TO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE WORLD.

HE WORKED IN VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL ORCHARDS IN CALIFORNIA'S TULARE COUNTY.   HE WAS ALWAYS MINDFUL OF HIS PARENTS FINANCIAL NEEDS IN AMECA AND WOULD REGULARYL SEND FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

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ABRAHAM MARRIED ESTELA DELGADILLO ON JUNE 17, 1960 WHOM HE MET AT A FAMILY GATHERING IN MEXICO . AFTER MARRIAGE THEY SETTLED IN TULARE COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA. HE DECIDED FOR A BETTER WAY OF LIFE FOR HIS CHILDREN AND SETTLED IN THE SKAGIT VALLEY IN 1973. HE WORKED AS A MIGRANT WORKER FOR SAKUMA BROTHERS FARM FROM 1968, AND CONTINUED WORKING UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 2005.

HE WAS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN AND ALWAYS HAD THE NEEDS OF HIS FAMILY FIRST IN HIS MIND. ABRAHAM WAS DEARLY LOVED AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY EVERYONE WHO HAD THE HONOR OF KNOWING HIM.

ABRAHAM IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ESTELA, HIS FOUR CHILDREN ABRAHAM JR., ROSA MARIA, CYNTHIA, RICARDO, AND NEPHEW MARIO ALBERTO WHO HE RAISED AS HIS SON. FOUR GRANDCHILDREN, JAZMINE, ASHLEY, GIOVANNI, AND RYAN, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS,

VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016 FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00PM AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTON CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE HOLY ROSARY WILL BE PRAYED AT 7:00 PM. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE SAID ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016 AT 12:15 PM. AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH IN MOUNT VERNON. FATHER EMILIO GONZALEZ WILL OFFICIATE THE CATHOLIC SERVICES.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN ABRAHAM'S MEMORY TO C/O IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH LANDSCAPING PROJECT, 215 N 15TH ST, MOUNT VERNON WA 98273.

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE TO THE STAFF OF LIFE CARE OF MOUNT VERNON FOR THE LOVING CARE THEY PROVIDED TO HIM IN HIS FINALYEARS OF LIFE. TO THE STAFF OF THE SKAGIT TRANSIT FOR THEIR PARATRANSIT SERVICE. AND LAST, A SPECIAL GRATITUDE TO ALL THE STAFF AT THE SKAGIT KIDNEY CENTER WHO WERE WITH US IN COMPASSION, EMPATHY, AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT ABRAHAM'S ILLNESS.