February 22, 1977 - January 20, 2024
Melissa "Chachi" Gomez
Melissa was born in Chicago in 1977, she was the youngest of five children born to Conrad and Dorothy Gomez. In October 1986 Dorothy passed away. Summer of 1987 Conrad, Becky & Melissa moved to Oregon where Melissa lived for 4 years. She made the decision to live with her sisters Debi and Mary in Illinois. Melissa worked for many years in the restaurant/bar industry, where she served up a great mix to many people. She enjoyed her work and her customers. Melissa's greatest role and accomplishment in life was being a mom to her two daughters, Isabel and Zoey. When you had a conversation with Melissa you knew how proud she was to be their mom. It gave her great joy to tell people about her girls. She was fun-loving, with a big heart and loved her family and friends.
Melissa is preceded in death by her parents Dorothy & Conrad and her sons Johnny and Michael Ira.
She is survived by her daughters Isabel & Zoey, her partner Celzo Esquivel, grandchildren through Celzo, her siblings: Deborah (Bill) Flom, Gregory,
Mary (Cesar) Surillo and Rebecca (Daryll) Zigler, her Bonus mom: Ginny Gomez,
Uncle Donald (Silvia) Cortez, many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
"Loss is difficult, you must heal so you can move forward. Heal and think of me in happy times. Know that I'm no longer walking this earth lost. I'm healthy, I'm happy and surrounded by love in eternal paradise.
Until we meet again."
A vistitation will be held on Tuesday, January 30, 2024
from 10:00am until time of service 2:00pm
at the New Life Community Church,
14832 W 163rd Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491
For more information, please call (773) 710-5433.
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