Gonzalo, "Don" M. Heredia, 88, of Fort Wayne, IN, died August 15, 2020, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Denton, TX.  Gonzalo was born October 28, 1931 in Malakoff, TX and raised in the coal mining town.   The Heredia family was a part of five hundred families that lived in tents as they worked the coal mines.   The family moved to Fort Wayne, IN in the 1940's for better opportunities where Gonzalo worked for General Electric for 40 years until he retired in 1993.

He was a member of Saint Peter Catholic Church in Fort Wayne, IN.  Gonzalo is survived by his brothers, Abelardo Heredia of Toledo, OH, Raymond (Rosalie) Heredia, Prescott, AZ, Manuel (Susan Rasmussen) Heredia, Houston, TX, and Arthur (Peggy) Heredia, Fort Wayne, IN.   Sons, Andrew (Teresa) Heredia, Wapakoneta, OH, Benjamin Heredia of Irving, TX, and Dan (Rosa) Heredia of Argyle, TX.  He enjoyed his 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and 12 great great grandchildren.

Gonzalo was preceded in death by his wife Julia (Alcalan) Heredia, parents Catarino and Santos (Montes) Heredia, and son, Guadalupe (Lupe) Heredia.

A funeral memorial mass will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at St. Mark Catholic Church in Argyle, Texas.  Burial will be in the Malakoff City Cemetery, where he will be laid to rest at his mother's gravesite.