Nora Elsa Garza
December 2, 1964 - February 19, 2023
Obituary
Nora Elsa Garza, 58, beloved mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt was called to her eternal resting place on February 19, 2023. She entered this world on December 2, 1964 in Toppenish, WA, born to Donaciano and Manuela Garza. She is survived by her daughter Adriana Garza, four granddaughters Aleyna, Sadie, Stella and Abrie, her son Jose Garza , six sisters and two brothers, Maria Merino, Sylvia Benavides, Lydia Garza Gordon, Arthur Garza, Mario Garza, Connie Garza, Yolanda Garza Vasquez, Becky Garza and mother Manuela Garza . A memorial service will be held on March 6, 2023, with the viewing beginning at 1PM located at Bonney Watson Washington Memorial 16445 International Blvd, SeaTac, WA 98188.
Nora is to be remembered for being an easy going, non-judgmental, supportive, and a fun loving person. She was deeply devoted to her family; her grandbabies meant the world to her and she would protect them fiercely. She was known by her numerous nieces and nephews as Tia Bebe. Nora was their best friend, she was genuinely interested in their lives, always rooting and cheering them on in each of their individual pursuits. Nora was fun loving to say the least. She is best known by her infectious laugh that would spread through the room and instantly put people in a good mood; she indeed was the life of the party.
Nora loved classic horror movies, as she did classic cartoons. Her favorite cartoon characters were Bugs Bunny, Marvin the Martian and especially the Grinch. She referred to herself as Mrs. Grinch and even named her old car the Grinchmobile. Her favorite football team was the Green Bay Packers and she was not shy about her crush on Aaron Rogers. Nora also loved music, everything from classic rock bands to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. She was indeed a rare and wonderful soul. We will always remember her smile, her laugh and her larger-than-life personality. She will indeed be missed.
Tia Bebe I will miss you forever. I hope you’re dancing in the sky ❤️
I’ll make sure to root on the Packers even if they play against the Seahawks. Long live Tía Bebe!
Oh my Tia my heart hurts something fierce knowing I won’t be able to hear your laughter or see your beautiful smile again. I know you and my Madrina are partying together once again. I won’t say bye but see you later til the next time we are reunited know that I love you ❤️ Ginia
You are so loved. My heart hurts, but your memory is so strong. We will all miss you so much. Your laugh and your fun spirit and uplifting energy will live forever in us all. ❣️🙏🏽✨️
The sentiments shared by her neices and nephews of their love for her and in the sorrow of her passing is a testament to the joy and comfort she brought to their lives. Well done little sister. You made a difference in this world and in their lives. We will all miss you and will cherish your memory for always. ❤️
My beautiful tia Nora; I miss you so much already. You did more than just listen, you felt -with all your soul. When I was upset and angry, you got angry with right along with me; you cared, you understood. And when it was time to celebrate, you were ready with that beautiful smile.
I will miss your humor and honesty, your support for me and my kids. I will miss the comfort of knowing I could say anything around you and not be judged. You watched over us well and spread your love in so many ways; job well done tia Bebe. Thank you for the love and memories, may you always rest in peace. ❤️
My sister Nora, I have so many different memories of you. When we were young, you played with me. You protected from a bully. You let me borrow your bad ass Nike tennis shoes. I danced around in your bedroom to make you and your friend Frances Perez laugh. When we were young adults, we went out on double dates. You babysat my kids and I babysat yours. We played pool, we played darts, we played music from the jukebox. We danced with our dudes. We had parties at your apartment or we had parties at my house. As we got older, our families grew up. We went to their sweet 16. We went to their graduations. We became grandparents. And little by little we became too busy with our growing families, and we kinda forgot about our sisterhood and our togetherness. I’m so sorry sister, that I wasn’t there for you a little more. I will never ever forget you again. I will always love you and miss you too. Love ❤️😘
I wish you would have known that I still love you very much. Even though I moved and didn’t see you for a long time, I always remember your smiling that day in Adriana’s kitchen in Federal Way. You were so happy that night, you were frying tortilla chips and we had a little potluck get together on a Friday night. I don’t know maybe it was a birthday celebration but it was small and intimate, just you, Adriana, Cesar, Joey, me and my kids Sienna, Brandee, and Vinnie. We were all happy to be there. It was a good time, a time I would go back to again and again if I could. It was a time before we moved further away from each other and unfavorable events out of our control separated our families. You were one of the good guys Nora. I also remember when I was 15, I was in a rough place in life and I had a terrible thing happened to me the night before I went to your place in Burien at Normady Park Apartments. I was telling you my troubled teenage life and you listened and said I was always welcome to your home if ever I ran into trouble again. It was comforting to know you had my back at that time. After that I thought about what you said and I stopped letting myself get into situations that were trouble for me. I started trying to see the Garza family more. You did have a big heart Nora and I know that your death will be so hard for your children and grandchildren. But there will be a positive, you will always be able to look out for them in a way you couldn’t before. You can protect them more now where you are. I hope and pray you can feel my love now. Goodbye my beautiful smiling Tia Nora.
Sending all my love n condolences during this difficult time.
Nora, I was almost 6 when you were born and not yet in school, and according to Mom you were my Bebe. I do remember making you bottles and helping to feed you. I never really knew you as you were growing up and I really didn’t party with you until we started partying at Yoli’s, but even though you were our little sister you did take care of us. Remember when Sheva hit her face on that weight bench? You looked after her while the rest of us kept partying and laughing. Remember the bowling tournament we were in? We were so bad that we won worse score but we laughed so hard every time we played. I know you’re making people laugh right now. You and your laugh will truly be missed by all.
With love, your sister Lil
Minerva aka Minnie
You and I had so, much fun, love you Nora, last year you were here in the valley you, called me and said you B. you better get over here, but unfortunately I didn’t make it and am sad, i didn’t get to see you…. you always had everyone laughing at a party..I would tell you to be a standup comedian! LOVE ❤️ miss you always have, since you moved… say to prima Lety…
Sonia Mauch Gar,a
Sonia Mauch Garza
You were not only my cousin Nora, growing up, but my bestie in school. I will always treasure our times together and memories as primas, and school besties, for a time we were like peanut buttter and jelly. Your laughter, your smile and your jokes, I will always remember. You watched over me in school, you made sure others treated me fare, and you made sure I was picked in sports, You were real good at sports, especially baseball, if it wasn’t for You, I would have been the last one to be picked, but You made sure that didn’t happen, and I was happy You did! I have SOOO much more to say, so many memories with you Prima, I will always keep You alive sharing our stories, my memories of You! You will be missed, but you will never be forgotten. When I, we bring You up in conversation, we will see your smile, hear your laugh, and enjoy your witty joking personality that brought us to smile, giggle, laugh and love You that much more.
Dear Nora I still can’t believe you’re gone. You always made me laugh when I came around I thought you were one of the coolest ladies I ever met you will be missed, God bless you and your family, your children and your grandchildren. 🙏🏽❤️
Racheal Garza Capetillo
Im sad i didnt get to make to say my goodbye, but its not a bad thing cause i wanr to remember you how you were when u took care of me im sorry for that scare , wen i was living w u and pregnant w Nico,i didnt know what it was then but it was gallstones, i felt like i was in labor . I found probably the only pics i have of you . It was me n my son nico tony my brother and cousin nikki. We were drinking in the back house at grammas.I miss those days ,i will miss u more than words can say you were my second mom . I love you always .
Nora I will miss your kindness & laughter, Rest in peace my friend.