Eva M Pantoja

July 24, 1935 - July 18, 2019

Eva M. Pantoja passed away at home on Thursday, July 18, 2019. She was born on July 24, 1935 in Mexico to the late Manuel and Angelina Mejia. Eva was a first-generation immigrant from Mexico, a prayer warrior, loving mother, wife, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who persevered and trusted God in every situation of her life. She gave to everyone she encountered. She is survived by her children Marco A. (Lucy) Pantoja , Maria Farm, Eva Pantoja, and Luis Manuel (Sandra) Pantoja; grandchildren Jasmin (Peter) Flaminia, Marco Pantoja, Naomi Christine (David) Pantoja-Harper, Annie Pantoja, Margaret (Matthew) Fennewald, Richard (Hilary) Farm, Cristina Farm, Melissa & Victor Pantoja, and Camila & Nicolas Pantoja; great-grandchildren Lovely, Bobby, William, Evan, Kai, Gus, Caroline, Isaac, Raven, Azriela, Olive, Hosea, and Cedar; and by her siblings Maria Victoria Berumen, Virginia Ruiz, Jesus Mejia and other family in Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband Humberto I. Pantoja and their son Humberto I. Pantoja Jr. and by her brothers Antonio Mejia and Manuel Mejia. Visitation will take place on Friday, July 26, 2019 from 4 – 8 pm at Ringa Funeral Home 122 S. Milwaukee Ave, Lake Villa, IL. Friends and family are asked to meet at Prince of Peace Church (135 S Milwaukee Ave. Lake Villa) on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. for Mass of Christian burial. Burial will follow at Millburn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution in Eva’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association: https://bit.ly/2Z2ABZM