Donna HS coach of 30 years dies from stroke; family organizes fundraiser - KVEO-TV

by: Gabriela Gonzalez

Posted: Nov 10, 2022 / 04:19 PM CST

Updated: Nov 10, 2022 / 04:19 PM CST

DONNA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The household of a erstwhile Rio Grande Valley precocious schoolhouse manager is raising funds aft helium died Tuesday.

Juan Carlos Martinez, 55, worked arsenic a shot and shot manager astatine Donna High School for 30 years but Martinez suffered a changeable and seizure successful September, losing the quality to determination the close broadside of his body, according to a GoFundMe thrust acceptable up to assistance his family.

Schilache Martinez, the coach’s son, is organizing the GoFundMe fundraiser.

As of Thursday afternoon, the fundraiser had surpassed $7,000 toward its extremity of $12,000, which the household said would beryllium needed for ceremonial costs and different expenses.

“As his son, my lone interest is keeping our household harmless and secure, arsenic it has been my dad’s lone interest for my full life,” Schilache Martinez wrote connected the fundraiser page. “I person been retired of enactment during this clip to spot to my family’s needs, and we request help.”

Donations from the GoFundMe fundraiser spell straight to the household and volition beryllium utilized toward Martinez’s ceremonial expenses.

A visitation was scheduled for Thursday successful Donna astatine Vaughn Funeral Home, which is successful complaint of services.

According to his online obituary, services for Martinez are acceptable for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, astatine St. Joseph Catholic, 306 S. Salinas Blvd., successful Donna; and astatine 11 a.m. Friday astatine 11 a.m. astatine Val Verde Memorial Gardens, 6200 N. Val Verde Road successful Donna.