Pete was born in Ejido Las Cuevas to Ramon Gomez Villanueva of Ciudad Acuña and Santos Diaz Villarreal of Abilene, Texas. He was the ninth of ten children, along with an eleventh sibling, a half-sister, from his father. His family moved to Idaho from Abilene, TX, in 1963, and he married Olivia Garcia in August of 1969. They welcomed their only child, Sandra Ann Gomez, on June 25, 1970. Pete was a truck driver by trade and was well versed in "trucker slang;" able to communicate with other truckers using headlights and turn signals. This skill allowed him to maneuver easily on highways. He later settled down and worked the potato fields with several Idaho farmers, such as Melvin and Lance Funk Farms, Clarence Schroeder, Joe Allen, and Roy Ruff. He spent his best days on those farms, working them with pride. After symptoms of COPD ended his field work, Pete nostalgically remembered his tractor driving days - often posting stories and pictures from his potato field and tractor days on social media. Anytime he saw a potato truck he would excitedly say, "There's my truck, there I go." He was deeply saddened that his diagnosis impeded him from farm work that he enjoyed. Pete was a traveler and often attended Daytona Beach Biker Festival. He also enjoyed traveling to Mexico and had the opportunity to work on a cruise ship that ported to the Bahamas, Galveston, Texas, and Newport News, Virginia. He also enjoyed and was highly knowledgeable about classic rock, classic cars, classic trucks, and motorcycles. He also enjoyed taking long drives by the Idaho mountains, cooking, and outdoor grilling on the weekends - he was a "foodie". He loved SPAM - even straight out of the can, as well as his baby reds with butter and fresh chives. He enjoyed watching wildlife, nature and cooking shows; he could watch the movies Dumb and Dumber, Twister, and the 1970's movie, Vanishing Point, over and over. Pete was a proud Idahoan and loved sharing pictures of the snow, mountains, rivers, and landscape, with family and friends. He was a great storyteller and true patriarch/historian of Gomez family history. He enjoyed interacting with distant family and friends on social media. Through his stories,he gave many family members a glimpse into the lives of their grandparents and parents and regaled them with stories from a time before many of them were born. Pete had a wonderful sense of humor and a big heart, he didn't need to be wealthy to be rich, yet he would easily give the shirt off his back to those in need. Survived by his daughter, Sandra Ann Gomez, of Blackfoot, Idaho; his siblings: Julio Gomez of DeLand, FL, Hilario Gomez of Palatka, FL, Guadalupe Gomez of Apopka, FL, and Elsa Gonzalez of Umatilla, FL; half- sister, Maria Hidalgo of Snyder, Texas; grandchildren:Crystal Lynn (Donovan) Allen of Oregon, Timothy Ray Crosland, SanTana Marina Crosland, and Honey Anaya of Idaho; nine great grandchildren; his daughters half-brother, Jorge Jesus Anaya; longtime friend Richard Cutright; and a plethora of nieces and nephews in Texas, Tennessee, New York, Florida and Mexico; preceded by parents Ramon Gomez Villanueva and Santos Diaz Villarreal; brothers Pedro, Crispin, Ventura, Ramon and Modesto Gomez and ex-wife and long-life friend Olivia Garcia. Graveside services held Thursday, April 22nd under care of Hawker Funeral Home