Mercedes- Veronica Anel Franceschi, 49, passed away on Monday, December 19th, 2022, at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco. Veronica was born on December 1st, 1973, in San Juan, Texas, to Juan S. and Rosalba (Alvizo) Aguayo. She and her two older brothers grew up in Florida, and Veronica graduated from Santaluces High School.
Veronica was a caregiver by nature and loved taking care of her older brothers. So when her parents entered their elderly years, Veronica didn’t hesitate. She packed up her two daughters and asked her employer, Target, for a transfer. Veronica and her daughters moved in with her parents in Mercedes in 2010.
Veronica loved to spend time with her family at home. However, she had a weekly “mother-daughter day” with her youngest daughter every Friday, and they would go to a movie or dinner and kept this tradition going for over a decade. Veronica loved her tv shows, especially her soap operas and novelas.
Veronica was very responsible and the breadwinner for her family. She took her job...