Rose Marie Camero-Gill devoted her time to aiding war-wounded troops after her son was killed in Iraq.
She had been a volunteer at Fort Sam Houston's Fisher Houses, and had let the wounded use her vacation home at Canyon Lake as a weekend getaway.
Camero-Gill, 60, died in a single-vehicle wreck in Leander. About 6:30 a.m. she was driving a pickup east on Texas 29 when her vehicle left the road, hit a tree and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.
She grew up in San Antonio, graduating from Burbank High School in 1968, and later married and raised two sons in Katy before her family moved to Austin in 1993.
Her older son, James Douglas Gill, was an Army reservist at Camp Mabry on Sept. 11, 2001. Camero-Gill's birthday was a day after the terror attacks, but her family didn't celebrate. James was on security patrols at San Antonio International Airport and other domestic sites in the weeks that followed.
His younger brother Steven, who had longed to be a youth minister, had a sudden urge, driven by images of carnage at the World Trade Center, to enlist.
On July 21, 2005, Marine Cpl. Steven P. Gill, 24, was killed by an explosive near Fallujah. He had been a member of the Marine Reserve's San Antonio-based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division.
Camero-Gill, who had worked as a church office manager, retired after her son's death and began helping the wounded and their families. Her sons had always been at the center of her life, said James Gill, who now is earning a master's degree in geospatial intelligence.
"We were essentially her life's work," he said.
Camero-Gill spoke to the San Antonio Express-News in 2007 after her lake house was burglarized. Mementos of her fallen son were damaged or stolen. A neighborhood teenager was later charged with burglary, and a commemorative coin she'd been given at her son's funeral was replaced, presented to her by Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter.
"Now I can move on with my life," she told the Express-News that year.
She recently began working with Round Rock businesses to set out collection jars for the Fisher Houses, which provide temporary housing for families of the wounded.
"She was a very caring woman who wanted to help the needy," and was planning a garage sale for the Fisher Houses, said a cousin, Yolanda Uranga.
Chris Peche, a member of the San Antonio chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, said Camero-Gill had once attended meetings of the support group, for mothers of deployed troops. Chapter members are holding on to their belief that Camero-Gill and her son are now reunited in spirit, Peche said.
"We're sad that she's gone. We're especially sad for her family," she said.
She had been a volunteer at Fort Sam Houston's Fisher Houses, and had let the wounded use her vacation home at Canyon Lake as a weekend getaway.
Camero-Gill, 60, died in a single-vehicle wreck in Leander. About 6:30 a.m. she was driving a pickup east on Texas 29 when her vehicle left the road, hit a tree and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.
She grew up in San Antonio, graduating from Burbank High School in 1968, and later married and raised two sons in Katy before her family moved to Austin in 1993.
Her older son, James Douglas Gill, was an Army reservist at Camp Mabry on Sept. 11, 2001. Camero-Gill's birthday was a day after the terror attacks, but her family didn't celebrate. James was on security patrols at San Antonio International Airport and other domestic sites in the weeks that followed.
His younger brother Steven, who had longed to be a youth minister, had a sudden urge, driven by images of carnage at the World Trade Center, to enlist.
On July 21, 2005, Marine Cpl. Steven P. Gill, 24, was killed by an explosive near Fallujah. He had been a member of the Marine Reserve's San Antonio-based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division.
Camero-Gill, who had worked as a church office manager, retired after her son's death and began helping the wounded and their families. Her sons had always been at the center of her life, said James Gill, who now is earning a master's degree in geospatial intelligence.
"We were essentially her life's work," he said.
Camero-Gill spoke to the San Antonio Express-News in 2007 after her lake house was burglarized. Mementos of her fallen son were damaged or stolen. A neighborhood teenager was later charged with burglary, and a commemorative coin she'd been given at her son's funeral was replaced, presented to her by Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter.
"Now I can move on with my life," she told the Express-News that year.
She recently began working with Round Rock businesses to set out collection jars for the Fisher Houses, which provide temporary housing for families of the wounded.
"She was a very caring woman who wanted to help the needy," and was planning a garage sale for the Fisher Houses, said a cousin, Yolanda Uranga.
Chris Peche, a member of the San Antonio chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, said Camero-Gill had once attended meetings of the support group, for mothers of deployed troops. Chapter members are holding on to their belief that Camero-Gill and her son are now reunited in spirit, Peche said.
"We're sad that she's gone. We're especially sad for her family," she said.
Rose Marie Camero-Gill devoted her time to aiding war-wounded troops after her son was killed in Iraq.
She had been a volunteer at Fort Sam Houston's Fisher Houses, and had let the wounded use her vacation home at Canyon Lake as a weekend getaway.
Camero-Gill, 60, died in a single-vehicle wreck in Leander. About 6:30 a.m. she was driving a pickup east on Texas 29 when her vehicle left the road, hit a tree and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.
She grew up in San Antonio, graduating from Burbank High School in 1968, and later married and raised two sons in Katy before her family moved to Austin in 1993.
Her older son, James Douglas Gill, was an Army reservist at Camp Mabry on Sept. 11, 2001. Camero-Gill's birthday was a day after the terror attacks, but her family didn't celebrate. James was on security patrols at San Antonio International Airport and other domestic sites in the weeks that followed.
His younger brother Steven, who had longed to be a youth minister, had a sudden urge, driven by images of carnage at the World Trade Center, to enlist.
On July 21, 2005, Marine Cpl. Steven P. Gill, 24, was killed by an explosive near Fallujah. He had been a member of the Marine Reserve's San Antonio-based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division.
Camero-Gill, who had worked as a church office manager, retired after her son's death and began helping the wounded and their families. Her sons had always been at the center of her life, said James Gill, who now is earning a master's degree in geospatial intelligence.
"We were essentially her life's work," he said.
Camero-Gill spoke to the San Antonio Express-News in 2007 after her lake house was burglarized. Mementos of her fallen son were damaged or stolen. A neighborhood teenager was later charged with burglary, and a commemorative coin she'd been given at her son's funeral was replaced, presented to her by Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter.
"Now I can move on with my life," she told the Express-News that year.
She recently began working with Round Rock businesses to set out collection jars for the Fisher Houses, which provide temporary housing for families of the wounded.
"She was a very caring woman who wanted to help the needy," and was planning a garage sale for the Fisher Houses, said a cousin, Yolanda Uranga.
Chris Peche, a member of the San Antonio chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, said Camero-Gill had once attended meetings of the support group, for mothers of deployed troops. Chapter members are holding on to their belief that Camero-Gill and her son are now reunited in spirit, Peche said.
"We're sad that she's gone. We're especially sad for her family," she said.
She had been a volunteer at Fort Sam Houston's Fisher Houses, and had let the wounded use her vacation home at Canyon Lake as a weekend getaway.
Camero-Gill, 60, died in a single-vehicle wreck in Leander. About 6:30 a.m. she was driving a pickup east on Texas 29 when her vehicle left the road, hit a tree and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene.
She grew up in San Antonio, graduating from Burbank High School in 1968, and later married and raised two sons in Katy before her family moved to Austin in 1993.
Her older son, James Douglas Gill, was an Army reservist at Camp Mabry on Sept. 11, 2001. Camero-Gill's birthday was a day after the terror attacks, but her family didn't celebrate. James was on security patrols at San Antonio International Airport and other domestic sites in the weeks that followed.
His younger brother Steven, who had longed to be a youth minister, had a sudden urge, driven by images of carnage at the World Trade Center, to enlist.
On July 21, 2005, Marine Cpl. Steven P. Gill, 24, was killed by an explosive near Fallujah. He had been a member of the Marine Reserve's San Antonio-based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division.
Camero-Gill, who had worked as a church office manager, retired after her son's death and began helping the wounded and their families. Her sons had always been at the center of her life, said James Gill, who now is earning a master's degree in geospatial intelligence.
"We were essentially her life's work," he said.
Camero-Gill spoke to the San Antonio Express-News in 2007 after her lake house was burglarized. Mementos of her fallen son were damaged or stolen. A neighborhood teenager was later charged with burglary, and a commemorative coin she'd been given at her son's funeral was replaced, presented to her by Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter.
"Now I can move on with my life," she told the Express-News that year.
She recently began working with Round Rock businesses to set out collection jars for the Fisher Houses, which provide temporary housing for families of the wounded.
"She was a very caring woman who wanted to help the needy," and was planning a garage sale for the Fisher Houses, said a cousin, Yolanda Uranga.
Chris Peche, a member of the San Antonio chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, said Camero-Gill had once attended meetings of the support group, for mothers of deployed troops. Chapter members are holding on to their belief that Camero-Gill and her son are now reunited in spirit, Peche said.
"We're sad that she's gone. We're especially sad for her family," she said.
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