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Elvira B. Romero, age 97, peacefully went to be with Our Lord and Savior on Friday, May 21, 2004. She was a member of Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church. Elvira was born in Lemitar, NM on November 14, 1906 and was raised on her parents homestead, 30 miles west of Belen. Once a year she was sent to Tome, NM to help her Aunt Paula Saiz with the duties of housekeeper for Padre Alberto. This also gave Elvira the opportunity to attend school for a few months. Elvira learned to speak, read and write English and Spanish and to learn arithmetic. Her school years were very short because her father, a dry land farmer, would take her home to help with the harvest. She used to speak proudly about the peach orchard that she and her father had planted from seed, which in a few years produced peaches in such abundance that the family dried fifty pound sacks full which made great pastelitos. Elvira married Santiago Romero on April 26, 1926 in Riley, NM, had five boys and one girl, and became the best mother in the whole world. Elvira is preceded in death by her husband, Santiago G. Romero; her parents, Jorge and Casimira Saiz Bustamante; her brothers, Daniel, Jose, Antonio, Herman; one sister, Marillita and her husband, Conrado Carrillo; a grandson, Danial A. Romero; and her son-in-law, Manuel Chavez. Elvira is survived by one sister, Bernarda Bustamante; her youngest brother, Alfredo Bustamante, both of Belen, NM; six children, Hipolito Romero and his wife, Katherine Sue, of Santa Rita, NM, George Romero and his wife, Gertrude of Belen, NM, Casimira "Casey" Romero of Belen, NM, Jose C. Romero and his wife, Lillie, of Albuquerque, NM, Santiago Romero, Jr. and his wife, Emily of San Clemente, CA and Vivian Carlos Romero and his wife, Virginia of Belen, NM; eleven grandchildren, five great grandchildren and she is also called grandma by numerous step- grandchildren. All services will be held at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church beginning with a private viewing on Sunday, May 23, 2004 at 5:00 p.m. followed by a public viewing at 5:30p.m., and a Rosary at 6:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, May 24, 2004, 8:30 a.m. at Our lady of Belen Catholic Church. She will be buried next to her husband, Santiago, in the Santa Rita Cemetery, in Riley, NM. Pallbearers will be Joseph Romero, Porfie Romero, John James Romero, Eugene Romero, Ruben Romero and George Romero, Jr.; honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Romero Funeral Home 609 N. Main St. Belen.
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