Natividad Rocha

September 8, 1931 - December 21, 2020

Natividad L. Rocha went to be with our Heavenly Father on Dec. 21, 2020, in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on September 8, 1931, in Lockhart, Texas. She married Jose C. Rocha on May 18, 1952, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Martindale, they were married for 64 years. She and her family moved to Lubbock in 1963, where she spent her younger days as a homemaker. Natividad took on a career as a cafeteria employee when all her children entered the public-school system. She was an active member of her church as a Cursillista and Guadalupana. She and her husband, Jose, were parishioners of St. John Neumann since 1989. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jose (2016) daughter, Teresa Ramirez (2015) and son, Adam Rocha (1995). Those left to cherish her memory are children, Joe Rocha, Raquel Gilliam, and husband, Bruce, Daniel Rocha, Ruben Rocha, Elias Rocha, Ricardo Rocha and wife, Brandi, Esteban Rocha and wife, Janice, Armando Rocha and Diana Rocha, 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a multitude of nieces/nephews and friends. A rosary service will be held Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at 7 p.m. at Sanders Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at Idalou Cemetery with Father Jim McCartney officiating. Pallbearers will be: Aaron Rocha, Adrian Moreno, Eric Rocha, Devin Rocha, Joel Ramirez, Christian Rocha and Tony Garcia as Honorary Pallbearer.