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Obituary for VALENCIA


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday February 17, 2004

Julia C. Valencia, 89, a resident of Los Lunas, New Mexico has gone to join our beloved Father in Heaven. Julia was preceded in death by her husband, Napoleon Valencia Sr.; her five children, Benny Valencia, Ramoncita Valencia, Josephine Valencia, Mary Montoya, and Leo Valencia; and her granddaughter, Cecilia Ortega. Julia is survived by her sister, Fannie Stral of Henderson, NV; and ten children, Napoleon Valencia Jr. and wife, Julia, Annabel Valencia, both of Los Lunas, NM, Santiago Jimmy Valencia and wife, Clara, Pete Valencia Sr. and wife, Sally, Gloria Archuleta of Albuquerque, NM, Ida Lucero, Mary Beva Valencia, of Las Vegas, NM, Pat Valencia and wife, Dolares, of San Miguel, NM, Robert Valencia and wife, Gauina, of Las Vegas, NV, Ramona Padilla, of Albuquerque, NM; and 80 grandchildren; 149 great-grandchildren; 55 great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. All services will be held at San Clemente Catholic Church in Los Lunas, NM. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, February, 17, 2004 at 7:00 p.m., followed by a rosary at 7:30 p.m. The funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, February 18, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at San Clemente Cemetery in Los Lunas, NM a Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Julia's grandchildren. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM, 87002.