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Category: Obituaries Obituaries
Published: 07 May 2019 07 May 2019

gandara 02Tomasa Diaz Gandara, 87, a resident of Lordsburg, NM entered eternal rest Saturday, May 4, 2019 at Mt. View Regional Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM. She was born November 15, 1931 in Lordsburg, NM to Nicholas Diaz and Emilia Torres Diaz. Tomasa was a devout Catholic and member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  She devoted her time to the ministry of religious education. She is survived by three sons, Manuel D. Gandara Jr. and wife Shelly of Queen Creek, AZ; Miguel Gandara and wife Lydia of Houston, TX; Raymond Diaz of Las Cruces; six daughters, Magdalena Gandara Cordova and husband William of Albuquerque; Patricia Gandara of Lordsburg; Yolanda Gandara Alaniz of Sahuarita, AZ; Victoria D. Gandara of Albuquerque; Angela D. Gandara and wife Bettina of Rio Rancho; Elizabeth D. DeWalt and husband Michael of Albuquerque; eighteen grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Nicholas Diaz and wife Melinda of Sahuarita, AZ.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband Manuel Gandara (2013); two brothers, Candido Diaz; Brother Fideles Diaz OFM; two sisters, Helen Jimenez and Herminia Oku. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 7 from 5-6pm at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with the holy rosary being recited by Alice Ramirez to begin at 6pm. The funeral liturgy will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 8 at 10am at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Father Jude Okonkwo officiating. Concluding service and interment will follow at Shakespeare cemetery. Pallbearers will be Michael DeWalt, Sergio Cordova, Manuel and Antonio Martinez, Enrique and Miguel Gandara. Honorary pallbearers will be William Cordova and Bettina Gandara. Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels “Trusted care for the ones you love” ~ 575-537-0777. To send condolences, visit www.terrazasfuneralchapel.com.