Luz Delgado

A rosary will be recited for Luz Maria Delgado, 81, of Roswell at 6:00 p.m. Monday, September 6, 2010 at Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1405 North Sycamore, in Roswell with Pastor Daniel Praeuner officiating. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery. She passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Roswell, NM. Visitation will be Sunday, September 5, 2010 from 1 pm to 5 pm and Monday, September 6, 2010 from 1 pm to following rosary at the funeral home. Luz Maria was born April 15, 1929, to Ezequiel Aguirre and Maria De La Luz Sandoval in Cd. Balleza, Chihuahua, Mexico. She moved here from Chihuahua Mexico, and has resided in Roswell for 32 years. She was a Roman Catholic, and an active member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roswell. She studied nursing as an adult and worked as a nurse for 15 years. She lived for her family. Her legacy is one of love and caring to all fellow human beings and God’s creatures. She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to everyone. Luz Maria was a very contagious person with her excitement for life and the presence of God. Being an extraordinary person, and always doing the extraordinary as if it were the ordinary. She loved to garden and grow beautiful flowers. She will be deeply missed by all her family and friends. She is survived by three sons: Jorge Luis Armendariz and his wife Rosa Maria, Vicente Armendariz and his wife Angelina, Segundo Armendariz II; one daughter Luisa Antonia Maldonado; four sisters Viqe and Cuca Villalobos, Raquel Henry, and Josefina Aguirre; two brothers: Antonio and Alfonso Aguirre survived by grandchildren: Vondie, Lluvia, Sarahi, Segundo III , Jorge Jr., Vicente, Israel, Luz Maria, Nicole and Maria Teresa, Michael, Irvin, Gandhi, Nathan and their families. Great grandchildren, Alex, Lily and Tomas, Nicodemus, Mario, Mariel, Jorge III, Melodi, Chloe, Zoe, Zury, Catherine, Brice, Liberty, and Kayden and numerous beloved nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband Segundo Armendariz Sr.; her second husband, Santiago Delgado; and several brothers and sisters. Pallbearers will be Jorge Luis Armendariz, Vicente Armendariz, Segundo Armendariz, Jorge Armendariz, Israel Armendariz, Anthony Burrola and Alex Armendariz. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Richard Mooney, Don Burden, Kurt Richardson, Jimmy Allison, Luis Tarango, Gary Pruitt, Fred Heine, Bob Richey, and Lynn Cox. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the causes you believe in. Please take a moment and share your thoughts and memories with the family in the online register book Care has been entrusted with Anderson Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory. at andersonbethany.com.

Luz Delgado

April 15, 1929 - September 2, 2010