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GALLEGOS -- Aurelia Tarin Gallegos, age 73, passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2009, surrounded by her loving family, after a 20- year battle with Parkinson's disease. She was a deeply faithful Catholic, being a member of Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church and the Third Secular Order of Servites. Aurelia earned her A.A. at El Centro College in Dallas. She loved to travel, enjoyed literature and poetry, and authored many poems of her own. She was a loving, devoted wife and mother. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andres Moises Gallegos, O.S.M; mother, Feliz Benavidez Tarn and father, Frank Tarn; mother-in-law, Stella Sanchez Gallegos and father-in-law, Ignacio Gallegos. Aurelia is survived by her sister, Theresa Mock; brother, Joe Isaac Tarin and wife, Priscilla; uncle, Arturo Benavidez; her four children, Anthony Moises, Jose Francisco, Ignacio Victor and fiance Sarah Gonzales and Estella Horsburgh and husband, Lawrence; grandson, Andrew Horsburgh; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ignacio and Alicia Gallegos, Nestor and Frances Gallegos, Deacon Manuel and Theresa Gallegos, Fr. David Gallegos, O.S.M., Mary Sue Sanchez, Alfred and Virgie Gallegos; and close friends, Andy and Judy Andrews. She is also survived by numerous loving nieces and nephews. The family also expresses special thanks to the caregivers who supported her so lovingly for the past 5 years. All services will be held at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church, beginning with a public visitation, on Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. with a rosary to be recited at 6:00 p.m. A final visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. with a Memorial Mass to be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Belen Memorial Gardens. Honorary pallbearers will be Steve and Charles Gallegos, Victor and Joseph Baughman, Patrick and Robert Tarin and Kenneth and Martin Kirtley. Those wishing to make charitable contributions, please remember the retired Servite Fathers (www.servite.org). Sign Aurelia's online register book at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com. Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.
        Published on: Sat January 17, 2009