 ORTIZ, FRANCES LACASSAGNE LUCERO 103 - a lifelong resident of Santa Fe, NM, passed away on February 13, 2015. Born to Paul and Melinda Delgado Lacassagne on August 14, 1911, she was a granddaughter of Etienne Lacassagne, a French artisan recruited by Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy to help construct the St. Francis Cathedral and Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, Osmundo Lucero and Ambrosio F. Ortiz, and her sisters, Adelina Rivera Fresquez, Isabel Ortiz, Josina Romero, Lucy McCachren, Teresa Romero, Consuelo Lacassagne, a brother, Edward Lacassagne, son-in-law state Sen. Edward J. Lopez and granddaughters Elizabeth Anne Lopez and Karen Ortiz. She is survived by children, Rozella Lopez (widow of Sen. Lopez), Alicia Pino (Gilbert), Gloria Wells (Brian), Terry Lopez (Ted), Patrick T. Ortiz (Judy); grandchildren, Melinda Robbins, Edward J. Lopez, Jr. (Tara), Karen Walker (Corey), Kenneth J. Pino (Ryszard), Thomas J. Pino (Valerie), Ron Pino (Linda), Regina Ligon (David), Elaine Pino, Melissa Rutland (Erik), Jennifer Stagen (Neil), Adam Wells, Matthew Wells (Kylee), Amy Lloyd (Aaron), Kevin Lopez, Kenny Lopez, Keith Lopez, Kathy Lopez; her sister Viola Manzanares (Horace); and 27 great- grandchildren. She attended St. Francis School and Loretto Academy in Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Business College. She was a member Our Lady of Guadalupe (Santa Fe) Parish Council, the Catholic Daughters of America, Little Flower Reading Circle, Our Lady of Guadalupe Ladies Society, Holy Family Society, Altar Society, Perpetual Adoration Society, La Sociedad Folklorica and she taught CCD. Frances worked at the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office and the U.S. District Court as deputy clerk and later as personal secretary to Judge H. Vearle Payne. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. and a Rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2015 in Santa Fe at El Santuario de Guadalupe (the old Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic church), 417 Agua Fria St., 87501. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 417 Agua Fria St., 87501, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, February 20, 2015. Pallbearers are: Edward J. Lopez, Jr., Kenneth J. Pino, Thomas J. Pino, Ron Pino, Matthew Wells, Kevin Lopez, Kenneth Lopez, and Keith Lopez. Interment will follow at Rosario Cemetery in Santa Fe.
|
