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Submitted: 6/14/21 • Approved: 6/14/21 • Last Updated: 6/17/21 • R427543-G427543-S3
1898-1994
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Sofia Ortega Garcia, 96, died Friday, Dec. 16, 1994 in the Seguin Nursing Home.
Mass was recited today at 10:00 a.m. today at St. John's Catholic Church with Monsignor Norbert Kuehler, officiating.
Burial was in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
A native of Pajarita, NM, she moved to Borger in 1926 and then to Sequin. She was a homemaker and member of St. John's Catholic Church.
She married Adam Garcia on July 24, 1920 in Tucumcari, NM. He preceded her in death in 1977.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Joe Garcia in 1960 and Pete Garcia, Sr., in 1992.
Survivors include a son, Adam Garcia, Jr., of San Antonio; three daughters, Dora McLane of Seguin; Beatrice George of Tayler; and Theresa Vasquez of San Antonio; a brother, Pete Ortega of Fritch; three sisters, Lola Smith of Tucumcari, N.M.; Abine King of Clinton, Okla.; and Nicki Tapia of Hamet, Calif.; 13 grandchildren; and 3 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to St. John's Catholic Church.
(Published in Borger News Herald - Monday, December 19, 1994)
Contributed on 6/14/21
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