Funeral services are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 3 at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church for Senaida Machuca Martinez of Artesia, New Mexico.
Mrs. Martinez, 65, passed away on March 24, 2018 at her home.
Fr. Vijay will officiate at the service with burial to follow at Woodbine Cemetery. Pallbearers are Andres Machuca III, Chuyito Machuca Jr., David Villafranca, Orlando Cabezuela, Mundo Gonzales Jr. and Carlos Gonzales. Honorary pallbearers are Andres Machuca Jr., Jesus Machuca, Raul Lerma, Lupe Villafranca, Domingo Lerma, Lupe Lerma, Junior "Chango" Martinez, Juan Martinez and all other nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Monday, April 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Terpening & Son Mortuary. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace.
Senaida was born on March 1, 1953 in Ruidosa, T.X.; the daughter of Andres Cano Machuca and Albecia (Cabezuela) Machuca. On May 8, 1982 she married Ysidro Martinez in El Paso, T.X. They moved to Artesia in 1982.
She was a seamstress and worked for Levi Strauss Company. She was a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and Apostalado. She enjoyed cooking and working out in her yard. She loved riding the Senior Center bus for trips, was an assistant cook at Head Start, helped those in need and always had time for her grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Survivors include her husband Ysidro Martinez of Artesia; sons Fernando Machuca Martinez and wife Lili Beth of Artesia and Jorge Luis Machuca Martinez of Artesia; brothers Jesus Machuca and Andres Machuca of El Paso, T.X., Raul Lerma and Domingo Lerma of Odessa, T.X., and Lupe Lerma of Temecula, C.A.; sisters Ofelia Gonzales of El Paso, T.X., Magdalena Villafranca of Crowley, T.X., Rosario Cabezuela of Artesia and Dolores Chavez of DeSoto, T.X.; grandsons Cesar Fernando Martinez and Adriel Ysidro Martinez.
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