Alicia Hernandez

Nee Lule

August 10, 1942 - December 17, 2025

Alicia Hernandez, age 83, of Gary, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.

She is survived by seven children: Gabriela (Michael) Huebner, Patricia (Michael) Maxwell, Judith (Felix) Torres III, Maria Adriana (Manuel) Vasquez, Felipe (Maria) Hernandez, Alfredo (Cecelia) Hernandez and Barbara (Alejandro) Yanez; 16 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; siblings: Florencio, Herminia, Margarita, Salvador, Luis, Maria Elena and Maria del Rosario; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Alicia was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Felipe Hernandez on October 18, 2025; parents, Angel and Maria del Carmen Lule; siblings: Ruben, Ismael and Serafin.

Family and friends are invited to gather for a time of visitation on Sunday, December 21, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Bocken Funeral Home 7042 Kennedy Ave. Hammond, (Hessville) IN. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, December 22, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. directly at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 7140 Arizona Avenue, Hammond IN, 46323 with Father Charles Mosley. Private cremation will follow.

Alicia has been part of the region for over 50 years; she attended the Gary Catholic Diocese Churches of Holy Rosary and Holy Angels. In her free time, she enjoyed listening to music, crocheting, flowers, cooking, spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren and visiting National Parks with Felipe. She was a loving and devoted homemaker, wife, mother grandmother and great grandmother who will be deeply missed.

For more information you may call Bocken Funeral Home at (219)-844-1600, or www.bockenfunerals.com.