Gloria Mae Rao, 86, of Snook, Texas, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones.
Graveside services will be held Thursday, August 25, 2022, at 10 a.m. at the Snook Cemetery Pavilion. Hospice Brazos Valley Chaplin Doug Tromblee will preside over services.
Gloria Mae Barras was born in Jeanerette, Loui- siana, on November 25, 1935. She was raised by two loving parents, John and Laura Silhavy.
Gloria met and then married on September 11, 1950, the love of her life, Louis Daniel Rao.
She was a high school graduate, and worked in jewelry and dress shops along with years at the Texas A&M Association of Former Students.
Gloria loved to read and do word-find puzzles.
She also enjoyed growing her ivies and other potted plants.
Most of all she loved being a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and a wife as well.
She is preceded in death by her parents, John and Laura (Arton) Silhavy; a son-in-law, Leslie Yezak; two grandsons, Jake Sandlin and Gary Pendleton; two great-grandsons, Michael Franks and Zak Webb.
Gloria is survived by her loving husband of 71 years, Louis Daniel Rao, Sr.; five children, Laura Rao Thompson and husband, Frank, Louis Daniel Rao, Jr., Dale Rao and wife, Jeanelle, Roxanne Rao Franks, and Dana Yezak; ten grandchildren; seven grandchildren- in-law; fifteen great-grandchildren; one great-granddaughter-inlaw; and one great-greatgranddaughter.
In lieu of flowers please make memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association, at their website, https://act.alz. org or to Hospice Brazos Valley, 502 W. 26th St., Bryan, Texas 77803.
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