Irma Garcia

A GoFundMe page set up by Debra Austin, who said she was the cousin of teacher Irma Garcia, said that Irma's husband Joe 'has tragically passed away'.

Both Irma Garcia and her co-teacher Eva Mireles, who had connected classrooms, died in the mass shooting. Ernie Zuniga, a news anchor for local station KABB FOX San Antonio, tweeted that Garcia had died from a heart attack. A GoFundMe page set up by Debra Austin, who said she was the cousin of teacher Irma Garcia, said that Irma's husband Joe "has tragically passed away this morning (5/26/2022) as a result of a medical emergency". "I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart and losing the love of his life," she added.

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According to a letter written by Ms Garcia and posted online, her family loved having barbecues. The school year, scheduled to end on Thursday, was Ms Garcia’s 23rd year of teaching — all of it at Robb Elementary School. She was previously named the school’s teacher of the year and was a 2019 recipient of the Trinity Prize for Excellence in Education from Trinity University. Ms Garcia’s family was already reeling from her death in the Texas school shooting that targeted her fourth grade classroom when, a mere two days after the attack, her husband collapsed and died at home from a heart attack, a family member said.

Joe Garcia, 50, on Thursday morning placed a vase of red roses at a cross bearing the name of his wife, Irma Garcia,

They instilled great values and morals in their kids,” he said. The school profile has apparently since been removed. “My Tio (Uncle) Joe would work extra hours just to provide for his family. My parents lost family and their best friends.” “They called the ambulance and I was told they couldn’t bring him back. “My heart hurts so bad for my four cousins.

The husband of a woman who was killed in her Texas classroom on Tuesday has died of a heart attack after laying flowers at her memorial.

"The wealth of knowledge and patience that she showed me was life-changing." Married for 24 years, the couple shared four children. "I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart," Irma Garcia's cousin Debra Austin wrote on a GoFundMe page.

Stricken with grief over his wife's killing, Joe Garcia collapsed Thursday and died of a heart attack after visiting her memorial, his nephew said.

Just two days after his wife of more than 20 years was shot to death at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Joe Garcia was dead of a heart attack. - Joe Garcia, husband of teacher Irma Garcia killed in Texas school shooting, dies of heart attack after visiting wife’s memorial On Thursday, after visiting his wife’s memorial, Joe Garcia died of a heart attack, the New York Times reported.

Joe Garcia, who lost his wife of 24 years in Texas school shooting, collapsed and died at home, nephew says.

The school year, scheduled to end on Thursday, was Garcia’s 23rd year of teaching – all of it at Robb. She was previously named the school’s teacher of the year and was a 2019 recipient of the Trinity Prize for Excellence in Education from Trinity University. The husband of a teacher killed in this week’s mass shooting at a Texas school has died from a heart attack, a family member said. Then, two days after the attack, Joe Garcia, her grieving husband collapsed and died at home from a heart attack, a family member told the New York Times. Irma Garcia’s family was already reeling from her death in the elementary school shooting that targeted her fourth-grade classroom. Husband of teacher killed in Texas school dies of heart attack Joe Garcia, who lost his wife of 24 years in Texas school shooting, collapsed and died at home, nephew says.

Joe and Irma Garcia were high school sweethearts who'd first met in the eighth grade.

The school district in Uvalde has opened an official account with First State Bank of Uvalde to support Robb Elementary families affected by the tragedy. Joe places a bouquet of red roses in a vase at the cross bearing his wife's name and walks away. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? "She was a mom to them as well." Adds Martinez: "She was a light in every room. She was a light to the world.

The four children of Irma and Joe Garcia attended a service at a Catholic church in Uvalde, Texas, following their parents' deaths.

A Lutheran organization has also sent trained comfort dogs to Uvalde, a city about 84 miles west of San Antonio, after being invited to respond following Tuesday’s tragedy. Irma was one of two teachers killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde on Tuesday. The family’s patriarch, Joe Garcia, suffered a fatal heart attack earlier Thursday, just two days after his wife was shot to death, his family confirmed. She died Tuesday, after a gunman entered the school and opened fire, killing Garcia, co-teacher Eva Mireles and at least 19 children, in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

Joe Garcia, 50, dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial Thursday morning in Uvalde, Texas, and then returned home, where he “pretty much just fell over” ...

The Garcias had four children together. Just two days later, her grieving husband of 24 years collapsed and died at home from a heart attack, a family member has said. A Texan family has been ripped apart by a double tragedy this week after a school shooting in Uvalde claimed the lives of both teacher Irma Garcia and, two days later, that of her husband.