Amelia Herrera

Obituary for Amelia J. Herrera A rosary will be recited for Amelia J. Herrera, 67. of Roswell at 7 pm Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. A funeral mass for Amelia will be celebrated at 10 am Thursday, March 8, 2007, at St. John’s with Father Juan Montoya O.F.M. officiating. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery. Amelia was born on August 19, 1938 to Santiago Jimenez and Maggie Trujillo Jimenez in Picacho, NM. She and the love of her life, Reyes P. Herrera, were married Nov. 30, 1955 at St. John’s; Reyes survives Amelia at the family home. Amelia was a dedicated Catholic, a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, a Eucharstic Minister, Cursillista, and sang in the church coro. The songs she loved the most were Un Dia La Vez, Viva La Virgen de Guadalupe, and Un Spiga Dorada Por El Sol. There was nothing she wouldn’t do for her husband, children, and grandchildren. She used to always love sewing, making clothes, cooking, going to the casino and playing cards with her husband and children. Through all her struggles she never failed to find time for her family, to nourish them or wipe away their tears. She loved any kind of sweets – she would hide her chocolate candies in her walker for a midnight snack. Amelia was a true Latina – she loved her red chile, beans, and homemade tortillas. In 2005, they gave Amelia two weeks to live when cancer took over her body on Thanksgiving Day. She beat the odds for over a year with her strong faith in Christ Our Lord and brought her family through Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Valentines, and her 51st wedding anniversary, Nov. 26, 2006. Amelia was the best in the west “Daddy’s better half” for over fifty-one years. Mama we love you, we will miss you and you will always be the rose in each of our hearts. In addition to her husband, Reyes, Amelia is survived by four sons, Francisco Herrera, Hernando Herrera, Lorenzo Herrera, and Reyes Herrera Jr.; four daughters, Ermelinda Wylie, Yolanda Herrera, Christina Rodriguez, and Blacita Gomez; sons-in-law, Ted Gomez, Fernando Rodriguez, and Mike Wylie; daughters-in-law, Angie Herrera and Carol Lorado Herrera; grandchildren, Martin Herrera, Marcellina Sheriff, Felicia Herrera, Sheila Herrera, Senaida Milliron, Serena Herrera, Hernando Jr. Herrera, Patricia Herrera, Lydia Jean Leslie, Reyes Cruz, Jacqiline, Analycia, and Andrew Herrera, Tony, Blanca, Reyes, Miguel, and Domingo Alonso, Audra Herrera, Paul Anthony Fajardo, Danny Gonzalez II, Danielle Gonzalez, Eric Sanchez, Robert Mason, Xavyr Herrera, Santiago, Nathan Ray, and Jo Nicholas Aguilar; great-grandchildren, Santiago Emanuel, Evangelina Inez, and Danika Anissa Herrera; great-grandchildren, Bradyn Milliron, Gabrielle Rene and Isacc Herrera, Azaliyah Gonzalez, Miguel Reyes Herrera, Natalie Marie Hall, Destiny Marie Gonzalez, Jazmine Sheriff, and one on the way; her Tia, Rufina Pacheco; her Tio, Fermin Trujillo; numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Amelia was preceded in death by her parents, Santiago and Maggie Jimenez, brothers, Jimmy and Roberto Jimenez, sisters, Veva and Rita Jimenez, a grandson, Francisco Herrera, and granddaughter, Selena Marie Herrera. Pallbearers will be Xavyr Herrera, Hernando Herrera Jr., Miguel, Reyes, and Domingo Alonso, Reyes Cruz Herrera, Danny Gonzalez II, and Martin Herrera. Honorary pallbearers will be Francisco, Hernando, Lorenzo, and Jimmy Montano, Javier Alonso, Reyes Herrera Jr., and Lupe Herrera. Special thanks to Maria and Joe Mendoza, Ramon and Margie Melendez, Dr. Dayao, and Roswell Home Care and Hospice, for all your support. To sign the register book online go to www.andersonbethany.com Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.

Amelia Herrera

August 19, 1938 - March 4, 2007