Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: Donasiano Acosta Submitted By: patti pennington ************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - October 19, 1999 Obituaries ACOSTA Services were October 19 at Our Lady Of Grace Catholic Church for Donasiano Acosta of 706 W. James. Acosta, 84, died on October 16 at his home. Interment was at Twin Oaks Memorial Park in Artesia. Acosta was born on May 25, 1915, in Ruidosa, Tex., to Nicasillo Acosta and Jesus (Dominguez) Acosta. He married Martha Urias on June 15, 1935, in Barrancos de Guadalupe, Mexico. She preceded him in death on February 4, 1981. He was a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. He is survived by sons Candelario Acosta of Hobbs, NM, and Rosalia Acosta, Domingo Acosta, Merejildo Acosta and Jose Acosta, all of Artesia; daughters Manuela Marquez and Santos Yrigollen, both of Artesia; brother Matillas Acosta of Hobbs; 28 grandchildren; 60 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and two sisters.