Maria Audelia Lobato Leon, 59, Deming resident passed away Tuesday August 15, 2017 at Providence Hospital in El Paso, Texas.Maria Audelia was born May 16, 1958 to Maria Isabel Mendez Pastor and Juan Leon Angeles in Michoacán, Mexico. Maria was a homemaker and a communicant of Saint Ann's Catholic Church. She enjoyed watching her novelas, cooking and gardening.

She is survived by sons, Juan Lobato and wife Gloria of Deming, Alejandro Lobato and wife Leonor of Mexico; daughter, Alicia Lobato and husband Jose Guadalupe Jimenez of Mexico; brothers, Erasmo and Mario Leon Mendez; sisters, Leonor, Esther, Antonia and Silvia Leon Mendez; in laws, Cleofas Lobato and Isabel Lazaro; 6 grandchildren, Charles, Sandra, Alejandra, Jocelyn, Jimmy Lobato and Jose Angel Jimenez.

Maria Audelia is preceded in death by parents, Juan and Maria Isabel Leon and husband, Celedonio Lobato Lazaro.

Services will be in Michoacan, Mexico this week.