“I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart and losing the love of his life of more than 25 years was too much to bear,” Debra Austin, Irma’s cousin wrote on a GoFund Me page dedicated to the couple’s four surviving children.
“The Garcia family says they believe Joe Garcia truly died of a broken heart,” KHOU reported.
Joe and Irma Garcia had been married for 24 years. They had four children: Cristian, 23; Jose, 19; Lyliana, 16; and Alysandra, 12. “Cristian is at military boot camp while the couple’s second son, Jose, attends Texas State University,” The Daily Mail reported.
