Merced Silvas Garcia
Alpine Avalanche
Vol. 106 No. 39 Pg. B10
18 September 1997
Archives of the Big Bend
Funeral services for Merced Silvas Garcia, 89, were held Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Marathon.
Burial followed in the Marathon Cemetery under the arrangements of Geeslin Funeral Home.
Rosary was held at 7 p.m. in the church.
Mrs. Garcia died Saturday, September 13, 1997 in the Alpine hospital.
Mrs. Garcia was born in Terlingua on September 23, 1907. She was a resident of Marathon since 1939. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tiburcio, and four sons, Isidro, Roberto, Isabel and Domingo Garcia.
Survivors include three daughters: Elvira Ramos and Carmen, both of Marathon, and Esperanza Garcia of El Paso; three sons, Agustin Garcia of El Paso, Lupe Garcia of San Antonio, Ezequiel Garcia of El Paso; two sisters: Santos Chavarria of Fort Stockton and Agustina Chavarria of Alpine, 14 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
Alpine Avalanche
Vol. 106 No. 39 Pg. B10
18 September 1997
Archives of the Big Bend
Funeral services for Merced Silvas Garcia, 89, were held Tuesday, September 16, 1997 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Marathon.
Burial followed in the Marathon Cemetery under the arrangements of Geeslin Funeral Home.
Rosary was held at 7 p.m. in the church.
Mrs. Garcia died Saturday, September 13, 1997 in the Alpine hospital.
Mrs. Garcia was born in Terlingua on September 23, 1907. She was a resident of Marathon since 1939. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tiburcio, and four sons, Isidro, Roberto, Isabel and Domingo Garcia.
Survivors include three daughters: Elvira Ramos and Carmen, both of Marathon, and Esperanza Garcia of El Paso; three sons, Agustin Garcia of El Paso, Lupe Garcia of San Antonio, Ezequiel Garcia of El Paso; two sisters: Santos Chavarria of Fort Stockton and Agustina Chavarria of Alpine, 14 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.