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Submitted: 7/10/22 • Approved: 7/14/22 • Last Updated: 7/17/22 • R524487-G524487-S3
Maria Vargas Martinez
1934-2009
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
HEREFORD - Maria De Jesus Vargas Martinez, 75, formerly of Hereford, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, in Friona.
Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. today in Hereford Heritage Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with Deacon Jesse Guerrero officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery in Hereford.
Mrs. Martinez was born Nov. 30, 1934, in Porvenir, Mexico, to Jesus and Manuela Vargas. She married the love of her life, Saturnino Martinez, in 1950, in Mexico.
Survivors include four sons, Joe Martinez of Mexico, Pablo Martinez of California and Robert Martinez and Junior Martinez, both of Hereford; five daughters, Alejandra Medina and Carmen Martinez, both of Fort Worth, and Olga Feliu, Rosa Salcedo and Sara Huerta, all of Hereford; two brothers, Francisco Vargas and Apolonio Vargas, both of Odessa; a sister, Antonia Avila of Odessa; 40 grandchildren; and 52 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 415 S.W. Eighth Ave., Amarillo, TX 79101.
Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 29, 2009
Contributed on 7/10/22 by neldapat
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