Santo Gonzales

Santo Gonzales, age 36, passed away at his family's home in Albion, NE, under hospice care on February 11, 2023.

Santo was born in San Antonio, TX, to Eufenio, Jr. and Sylvia Gonzales on October 19, 1986. He grew up in Nebraska where he lived in Terrytown and graduated from Gering High School.

Santo worked as a cook at various restaurants, stocked for Walmart at Scottsbluff and North Platte, and worked at a care facility for mentally challenged kids in Missouri. He eventually returned to Scottsbluff and continued working as a cook.

Santo enjoyed drawing, reading and watching movies (horror movies were his favorites) and he was interested in science and UFO's. He did a lot of free style rapping, which he was really good at, and was a joker. Santo enjoyed traveling with his sister, Cynthia, and loved being with his family. He will always be remembered for his willingness to help and give to others.

Santo was preceded in death by his grandparents, Joe and Rosa Arrellano; aunts, Gloria Jenkins, Elida Santellana and Delia Gonzales; uncles, Manuel Lopez and Robert, Albert, Roland and Rudy Arrellano; and brother-in-law, Monsais Estraca.

Survivors include his parents, Fenio, Jr. and Sylvia Gonzales, and son, Rudy Gonzales of Albion; siblings, John A. Perez (Malissa Rodriguez) of Austin, TX, and Cynthia Estraca and Thomas Gonzales of Albion; his nieces, Samantha (James), Rosa Rodriguez, Jasmine Perez and Luna Satterwhite; nephews, Joe Satterwhite (Alicia Crow), Gabriel Hernandez and Xavier Perez; and many other family members.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2023, at Odean Colonial Chapel with Pastor Vaughn Fahrenbruck officiating. Burial will follow in the North Platte Cemetery. Visitation is prior to services at Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be shared at odeanchapel.com.