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Submitted: 2/9/22 • Approved: 2/14/22 • Last Updated: 2/17/22 • R488802-G0-S3
AIRMAN US Air Force
June 30, 1970-October 27, 1990
In Loving Memory
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
John F. Arias
Oct. 27, 1990
John F. Arias, 20, of Friona died Saturday, Oct. 27, 1990. Among his survivors is a sister, Ortencia Mendez of Hereford.
Services were held at 11 a.m. today in St. Teresa's Catholic Church with Father Timothy Dran, pastor, and the Rev. Antonio Rocha, officiating. Burial was in Friona Cemetery by Ellis-Blackwell Funeral Home.
Mr. Arias, a lifetime Parmer County resident, married Diana Median in Friona on Sept. 22, 1990. He was a member of the Catholic Church. He was a former member of the U.S. Air Force and a member of U.S. Air Force reserve. He was active in a volunteer program for children while on active duty in the Air Force. He was a member of the Friona summer softball league. He graduated from Friona High School in 1988.
He was born in Juan Fernando Arias but was know [sic] in Friona as John F. Arias.
Survivors include his wife; his parents, Trini and Reydesel Arias of Friona; two sisters, Elizabeth Carlson of Red Oak, Iowa and Ortencia Mendez of Hereford; three brothers, Ray Arias Jr. of Japan, and Jimmy Arias and Steve Arias, both of Friona; and his grandparents, Dona Eloisa and Don Jesus Tena of Mexico, and Maria del Refugio Reyes, also of Mexico.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 90th Year, No. 86, Deaf Smith County, Hereford, Tx., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1990, Page 2)
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Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Juan Fernando Arias
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1970
Birth Place: Parmer, Texas, USA
Mother: Trinidad Tena
Roll number: 1970_0001
Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Juan F Arias
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1970
Marriage Date: 29 Sep 1990
Marriage Place: Bailey, Texas, USA
Spouse: Diana I Medina
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Age: 20
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