Irma Garcia

The husband of one of two teachers who died in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas has died, according to their nephew.

A relative said they believe he "passed away due to grief." They leave behind four children.

She was loved by many and will truly be missed." Another GoFundMe set up in Irma's honor had raised more than $300,000 as of Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday, she was fatally shot in her classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, along with one other teacher and 19 children.

Husband of Texas Teacher Killed Protecting Her Students Dies 2 Days Later: 'Broken Heart'. High school sweethearts Irma and Joe Garcia had four children ...

She was one of the funniest people I've honestly really ever met. 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. She sacrificed herself."

The widower of a Texas elementary school teacher killed in a shooting has died of a heart attack days just days after his wife was killed.

Irma Garcia was a fourth-grade teacher who had been with the school for 23 years, according to the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District's website. Joe Garcia, the husband of Irma Garcia, suffered a fatal heart attack on Thursday, two days after his wife died in a mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the couple's nephew, John Martinez, and a close family friend confirmed. The widower of a Texas elementary school teacher killed in a shooting has died of a heart attack days just days after his wife was killed.

Joe Garcia died in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers -- including his wife of 24 years, ...

The teachers reportedly died trying to protect the children from the shooter. Joe Garcia died in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers — including his wife of 24 years, Irma Garcia, her nephew said on Twitter. The grief-stricken husband of a fourth-grade teacher killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre died of a heart attack just two days after the mass shooting, family said on Thursday.

The Texas school teacher's husband died 48 hours after was shot and killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Fundraising pages on the GoFundMe site for other victims and their families have been verified. "I will start crying with the amount of help I've gotten from him," Martinez said. "They called the ambulance and I was told they couldn't bring him back. They instilled great values and morals in their kids." It just doesn't make sense," Martinez said. "What happened was my Uncle Joe went to go leave flowers for my Tia (Aunt) Irma, his wife, and whenever he got back, he sat down at the kitchen table with his entire family, and after 3 minutes, he just fell over.

The husband of one of the teachers killed in a Texas school shooting this week collapsed and died on Thursday while preparing for his wife's funeral, ...

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Joe Garcia died at home Thursday morning, according to the family of Grade 4 teacher Irma Garcia, who was among the 21 people killed in Tuesday's massacre ...

Officials said on Thursday the gunman, Salvador Ramos, entered through an unlocked door and was inside the building for at least three-quarters of an hour before Border Patrol agents stormed a classroom and killed him. Irma Garcia and another teacher, Eva Mireles, were killed along with 19 children after a gunman entered a Grade 4 classroom on Tuesday and opened fire. Joe Garcia died at home Thursday morning, according to social media posts and a statement on a GoFundMe fundraiser set up for the family of Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary School.

The family of Irma and Joe Garcia say they were high school sweethearts who had been together for more than 25 years.

"They were in front of my classmates to help," he said. According to the association, it is often misdiagnosed as a heart attack because of similar symptoms. Dying from grief, known as broken heart syndrome, is caused by a surge of stress hormones, according to the American Heart Association, that is usually caused by an emotionally stressful event. "No child should have to go through this," Martinez tweeted. "I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart," Irma Garcia's cousin Debra Austin wrote on a GoFundMe page. "...God have mercy on us, this isn't easy."

Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia chose a few short lines to include on her school biography page, highlighting what she loved most: her husband, her four ...

"Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers," the GoFundMe post said. "The money will be used for any expenses needed for the future education of their children and for the family needs," the campaign said. "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."

Irma Garcia's family was already reeling from her death in the Texas school shooting that targeted her fourth grade classroom and killed her co-teacher and ...

“The wealth of knowledge and patience that she showed me was life changing.” “Welcome to the 4th grade! The school year, scheduled to end Thursday, was Irma'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 Garcias loved to barbecue, 48-year-old Irma wrote in an online letter to her students at Robb Elementary School. Irma enjoyed listening to music and traveling to Concan, a community along the Frio River about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Uvalde. Martinez told The Detroit Free Press that the family was struggling to grasp that while the couple's oldest son trained for combat in the Marine Corps, it was his mother who was shot to death. Irma Garcia's family was already reeling from her death in the Texas school shooting that targeted her fourth grade classroom and killed her co-teacher and 19 students.

The husband of one of the teachers killed in a Texas school shooting this week collapsed and died on Thursday while preparing for his wife's funeral, ...

“I don’t even know how to feel. I don’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it” that Joe Garcia has passed away, Irma Garcia’s nephew, John Martinez, told NBC News.