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Submitted: 7/27/22 • Approved: 7/28/22 • Last Updated: 7/31/22 • R527861-G527861-S3
Blanca Hernandez Olvera
1947-2008
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
HEREFORD - Blanca Olvera, 60, died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, in Amarillo.
Prayer services will be at 7 p.m. today in Parkside Chapel Funeral Home. Celebration of life services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Hereford Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. David Alvarado and the Rev. Ted Taylor officiating. Burial will be in West Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Olvera was born July 27, 1947, in Piedras Negras, Mexico, the daughter of Nicolas and Herminda Hernandez. She married Jose Olvera Sr. on Jan. 1, 1971, in Piedras Negras. Mrs. Olvera was a homemaker and loved to play bingo.
She was preceded in death by a son, a brother and two sisters.
Survivors include her husband, Jose Olvera Sr.; a son, Jose Olvera Jr. of Hereford; three daughters, Sonia Olvera of Amarillo and Blanca Barrientez and Mayra Gavina, both of Hereford; three brothers, Martin Hernandez and Juan Hernandez, both of Mexico, and Osvaldo Hernandez of Eagle Pass; two sisters, Irma Robles of Eagle Pass and Esmeralda Sidikki of New York City; and 12 grandchildren.
Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 17, 2008
Contributed on 7/27/22 by neldapat
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