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Obituary for GUTIERREZ


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Saturday February 07, 2004

Matthew Dylan Gutierrez, age 11, a resident of Los Lunas, New Mexico joined our Lord and Savior after a tragic accident. He was a member of the San Clemente Catholic Church in Los Lunas and the Potters House in Albuquerque. Matthew was a sixth grade student at Raymond Gabaldon Intermediate School in Los Lunas. Matthew was the Sgt. of Arms of the Sons of the American League Squadron #72 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was such an outgoing young man that everyone was drawn to him. He always touched the hearts of anyone that knew him. He loved music and he was well known for his Beat Boxing. He was always singing and his family would turn down the TV just to hear him sing. He never held a grudge and his smile and his laugh were so contagious. He will be greatly missed. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Rosemary Bertha Griego and Jose Benny Gutierrez; great-great maternal grandmother, Antonia Garcia; one uncle, Ronald Ray Gutierrez; and his aunt, Cynthia Gutierrez. Matthew is survived by his parents, his mother, Bridget Archuleta and her fiance, Juan C. Hinojos; and his father, Joe R. Gutierrez and his wife, Laura of Albuquerque; his five siblings, Joshua Lee, Adam Jude, Hope Natalia, Kayla Rae, Elizabeth Grace, and Joseph Gabriel; his maternal grandparents, Nanda and Dean Harmon of Albuquerque, NM and Mel and Yolanda Archuleta of Veguita, NM; maternal great-grandparents, Juanita and Manuel Ortiz, of Albuquerque, Rita Hinson of Los Lunas; maternal great-great grandfather, J.A. Garcia of Albuquerque; his uncle, Santino Archuleta of Veguita; six aunts, Mellecia Archuleta of Los Lunas, Deana and her husband, Carlos Guerrero of Abilene, Texas, Carol and her husband, George Tapia, Mary Ann Gutierrez, Gloria Lovato and Anthony Lovato, Lisa and her husband, Kerry Murphy; he also is survived by many loving great and great-great uncles, aunts, cousins, and many friends. All services will be held at San Clemente Catholic Church, 244 Luna Ave. NE, Los Lunas, NM. A Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. followed by a Rosary at 2:00 p.m.. A Funeral Mass will be on Monday, February 9, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque, NM. Pallbearers will be Nathan Luna, Timothy Cogis, Kerry and Daniel Murphy, Gerald Ortiz, Bo Martin, Pat Ortiz, and Mel Robledo. Honorary pallbearers will be Erineo Ortiz, Devin Martin, Joseph Hernandez, Michael Ortiz, Manny Luna, and Sheri Ann Flores . Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM 87002.