Natalia Perez

Services are scheduled at 9:30 am. Friday, February 27, at Our Lady of Grace Church for Natalia J. Perez, 1206 N. Roselawn Ave., Artesia, New Mexico. Mrs. Perez, 82, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, in Artesia. Fr. Paul Murtagh SS.CC. will officiate at the services with burial at Twin Oaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Aaron Perez, Jamie Salgado, Sammy Leyba Jr., Steve Hernandez, Nick Perez and Jason Perez. A rosary is also scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. Mrs. Perez was born March 21, 1926 in Marfa, Texas; the daughter of Juan Jimenez and Carolina Marquez Jimenez. On Nov. 27, 1942 she was married to Faustino C. Perez in Marfa, Texas. She came to Artesia in 1948 from Marfa. He preceded her in death April 13, 2000. She was a housewife and member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. She was also preceded in death by her parents, a daughter Oralia Hernandez, and a brother David Perez. Survivors include sons Faustino Perez Jr. of Midland, Texas, Ruben Perez of Artesia, and Ricky Perez of Las Vegas, Nevada; daughters Emma Salgado of Artesia, and Yolanda Leyba of Odessa, Texas; brothers Sam Jimenez of Marfa, and Oscar Jimenez of Ft. Davis, Texas; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren;