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GURULE -- Ismael. To those I love and those who love me when I am gone, release me, let me go, I have so many things to see and do. You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears, be happy that we had so many years. I gave you my love, you can only guess how much you gave me in happiness. I thank you for the love you have shown but now it's time I traveled on alone. So grieve a while for if grieve you must, then let your grief be comforted by trust. It's only for a while that we must part, so bless the memories within your heart. I won't be far away, for life goes on. So if you need me, call and I will come. Though you can't see or touch me I'll be near and if you listen with your heart, you'll hear all of my love around you soft and clear and then when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and say "Welcome Home". Ismael (Sallie) Gurule, 74, more lovingly know as "Sallie", passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2004. Sallie was born in Peralta June 17, 1929. He was a member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Peralta. Sallie retired from the U.S. Department of Energy after 38 years of government service. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran (Korean War) and was Chief of the electronics branch, Safeguards Division and was a recipient of many High Quality Performance awards during his many years of government service. He also served as a school board member of the Los Lunas public school system for 18 years and was a founding father of the University of New Mexico Valencia Campus. Sallie was very involved with the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and was currently serving on the cemetery committee, hospitality committee, liturgy council, and was a member of the parish council. He was the first recipient of the St. Frances of Assisi Award from the Parish. He was especially proud of his post retirement efforts as a special education substitute teacher in the Albuquerque Public School systems. Sallie was preceded in death by his mother, Pauline in 1988 and his father Pedro in 1992. He is survived by his loving wife Emma of 53 years; five sons, Peter, Kenny, Jerry and wife Lisa, Billy and wife Angela, and Keith; two daughters, Shirley and husband Kenneth Brown, and Diane and husband Rodney Jackson; one brother John and wife Judith Gurule; three sisters, Patty and husband Ben Armijo, Lucy Tubbs, and Cecile Gomez-Gurule; twelve grandchildren, Ronnie, Steven, Allison, Samuel, Samantha, Matthew, and Jonathan Gurule, Tommy and Kenny Brown Jr., Joseph and Jennifer Willingham, and Tyler Jackson; and six great-grandchildren, Elijah and Keanna Gurule, Zoe and Madison Brown, Diego Brown, and Anthony Willingham. All services will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, February, 11, 2004 at 6:30pm, followed by a rosary at 7:00pm. The funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 10:00am. Interment will follow at Valencia Catholic Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his life long compadres Joe Otero, John Gurule, Ben Armijo, Fidel, Tim and Joe Aragon. Honorary Pallbearers will be Judge Kenneth Brown, Tom and Kenny Brown Jr., Tyler Jackson, Ronnie, Stevie, Samuel, Matthew, Jonathan Gurule, and Joseph Willingham. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM, 87002.
        Published on: Wed February 11, 2004