Manuela Chavez

Services are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 17, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Manuela Ibanez Chavez of Artesia, New Mexico.

Mrs. Chavez, 77, died Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Artesia General Hospital.

Fr. Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gabriel Chavez, Sergio Chavez, Andres Villa, Javier Aldavaz, Jessie Chavez,and Joel Ordonez.

Visitation will be at Terpening Son Mortuary Thursday beginning at 10:00 a.m. A rosary will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Grace Church.

Manuela was born March 10, 1934 in Sierra Blanca, Texas the daughter of Manuel Ibanez and Elauteria Porras Ibanez. She was a longtime Artesia area resident.

In March of 1965 she was married to Refugio Chavez in Dexter, N.M.

Manuela was a homemaker. She was of the Catholic denomination, a Cursillista, and love to croche and knit.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, a brother, and a sister.

Survivors include her husband Refugio Chavez of the family house sons Jesus Chavez of Roswell, N.M., Joe Chavez and wife Debbie of Artesia, Refugio Chavez, Jr. and wife Delores of Roswell, Pedro Chavez of Artesia, and Reymundo Chavez and wife Refugia of Artesia daughters Mary Villa and husband Andy of Andrews, Texas, Pilar Aldavaz and husband Javier of Roswell, and Cruz Ordones and husband Hugo of Fair Oaks, Indiana brothers Vicente Ibanez of Van Horn, Texas, and Jose Nieves Ibanez of Tulare, California 17 grandchildren 27 greatgrandchildren and 1 greatgreatgrandchild.