Ann Alonso, 93, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, went to her Lord Jesus on Monday, January 23, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 28, in Biggers Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Dido Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Childrens Diabetes Foundation 4380 South Syracuse Street, Suite 430 Denver, Colorado 80237, or www.childrensdiabetesfoundation.org/donate The loss of Ann brings heartbreak and sorrow to her family and everyone that knew and loved her, but joy in knowing that she will no longer endure the disease that ravaged her mind and body over the last 10 years of her life. She is now at peace in the presence of Jesus and Heavens angels. Ann will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Ann was born January 4, 1924, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and relocated to Fort Worth to live with her sons family in 1989. Ann was a loving and caring person that had deep compassion for her family, friends, and any and all children. By making candy each December, she raised thousands of dollars in donations for the childrens hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Both employees and salesmen couldnt get past Anns office at the plant where she worked without eating a piece of her special homemade hard tack candy and making a donation. Ann also had a lifelong love for singing, where she served as choir director at the local Presbyterian Church and was a member of a Sweet Adelines group. In the 1940s she sang and tap danced with the Stan Vinton Band, whose leader, Stan Vinton, was the father of singer Bobby Vinton. The family wants to extend their gratitude and appreciation to Anns caregivers at Azle Manor Nursing Home where she lived the last six years of her life. In addition, the family was deeply touched by the compassionate and professional care she received during her final days from the wonderful staff of professionals at Texas Health Resources Hospital of Azle. She was preceded in death by her parents and her four siblings. Ann leaves her son, Jess, and his wife, Judy, of Fort Worth; her daughter, Lisa Christian of Dublin, Ohio; her grandchildren, Todd Alonso, Meredith Hay, and Nicholas Christian; and four great-grandchildren.