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Cruz G. Garcia

Alpine Avalanche, 10 Sep 2007

Cruz G. Garcia, 73, died August 27 at Lubbock's UMC Hospital.

She was born May 3, 1934, in Terlingua, to Matilde Garcia and Teodoro Granado.

She enjoyed crocheting and sewing gifts for her relatives and newborns in the family. She never forgot birthdays with a card gift or a phone call. She retired from Big Bend National Park where she was a baker. She moved to Odessa, where she lived until moving back to Lubbock with her niece Glynda Gonzales.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Aug. 30 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marathon with burial in Marathon Cemetery, Father Miguel Alcuino presiding. Rosary was Wednesday, August 29, at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Survivors include her longtime companion, Jesse Barriga of Odessa; three sisters, Sara Aguilar and Francisca Terrazas, both of Odessa, and Minga Aguilar of Marathon; two brothers, Jesus Garcia and Porfirio Garcia, both of Monahans; 12 nieces, Glynda Gonzales, Lora Gonzales, Jo Ella Aguilar, Gina Macormack, Gilda Gonzlaes, Roxanna DeLeon, Sue Lynn Garcia, Lisa Gonzales, Rosemary Jaquez, Estella Garcia, Dola Sanchez and Juanita Attaway; and four nephews, Sixto Aguilar Jr., Ruben Garcia, Alfredo Terrazas and Edmundo Terrazas.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Matilde and Teodora Garcia, and by nephews Felix Terrazas, Tomas Terrazas, Gregorio Terrazas and Tony Aguilar.

Arrangements were by Memorial Funeral Home of Fort Stockton.

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