Shelba Gonzales is raising money on behalf of Shelba Gonzales.
Raised: $250 of $6,000 Goal
Fundraiser Story
My grandfather just passed away, and we’re heartbroken. He was a proud U.S. Air Force veteran — strong, loyal, and fiercely devoted to his family. He helped raise me, shaped who I am, and always showed up when it mattered. Now he’s gone.
We weren’t prepared for this financially, and we’re doing everything we can to give him a respectful goodbye. Funeral expenses, even for something simple, are more than we can afford — and to be honest, we should have had the money. But life threw us more than we could handle.
A while back, my grandparents had to cash in the savings they’d put aside for their funerals. Their roof was failing, and they hired someone to fix it — but they were scammed. The work was never finished, and what was done ended up damaging their home even more. The stress of that broke something in my grandpa. He started declining rapidly after that. And the nursing home we trusted to care for him failed him too — they didn’t even notify us that he was dying until it was t...