Aurora G. Salazar
March 19, 1918 — October 19, 2011
Aurora G. Salazar, 93, of Las Cruces, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. She was born March 19, 1918 in Wagon Mound, NM to Rosendo and Lorencita Medina Garcia. She had been a retired school teacher with many years of faithful service to our children. Aurora enjoyed sewing, was a member Sociedad Folkorica but her greatest love was for her family. She will be deeply missed by all who knew...
Aurora G. Salazar, 93, of Las Cruces, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. She was born March 19, 1918 in Wagon Mound, NM to Rosendo and Lorencita Medina Garcia. She had been a retired school teacher with many years of faithful service to our children. Aurora enjoyed sewing, was a member Sociedad Folkorica but her greatest love was for her family. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. She is survived by her daughters Yolanda Byford and husband Bill of Las Cruces, NM and Connie S. Gaunt and husband William S. of Richardson, TX; Sister Stella Goodroe of Albuquerque, NM; grandchildren Nicholas J. Gaunt, Paul J. Boone and wife Rosa, Kristin Davis and husband Arlen, and Brisa Byford; great-grandchildren, Miles L. Gaunt, Jeremiah and Yasmine Boone and Isabella Aurora Davis. Aurora was preceded in death by her loving husband of 44 years Max J. Salazar who died September 22, 1985, her two children Max Eugene and Wilma M. Salazar, her parents and brother. A prayer vigil will be at 7:00 PM on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 at Holy Cross Catholic Church. A second prayer vigil will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Santa Fe, NM. The Funeral Mass to celebrate her life will be at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, also at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Rite of Committal at the Rosario Cemetery. PDF Printable Version
Aurora G. Salazar, 93, of Las Cruces, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. She was born March 19, 1918 in Wagon Mound, NM to Rosendo and Lorencita Medina Garcia. She had been a retired school teacher with many years of faithful service to our children. Aurora enjoyed sewing, was a member Sociedad Folkorica but her greatest love was for her family. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her. She is survived by her daughters Yolanda Byford and husband Bill of Las Cruces, NM and Connie S. Gaunt and husband William S. of Richardson, TX; Sister Stella Goodroe of Albuquerque, NM; grandchildren Nicholas J. Gaunt, Paul J. Boone and wife Rosa, Kristin Davis and husband Arlen, and Brisa Byford; great-grandchildren, Miles L. Gaunt, Jeremiah and Yasmine Boone and Isabella Aurora Davis. Aurora was preceded in death by her loving husband of 44 years Max J. Salazar who died September 22, 1985, her two children Max Eugene and Wilma M. Salazar, her parents and brother. A prayer vigil will be at 7:00 PM on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 at Holy Cross Catholic Church. A second prayer vigil will be at 7:00 PM on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Santa Fe, NM. The Funeral Mass to celebrate her life will be at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, also at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Rite of Committal at the Rosario Cemetery. PDF Printable Version
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