Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  Amancio M. Rocha

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The following excerpts were taken from page 10 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - September 10, 1999

ROCHA	
Services are scheduled for Sunday, September 12, at Terpening
and Son Chapel for AMANCIO M. ROCHA of 549 N. 13th Street.
ROCHA, 83, died on September 9, at his home.  Interment will
be in Hilmar District Cemetery in Hilmar, CA.  Memorial
services only, are scheduled here.  ROCHA was born on 
August 26, 1916, in Azores, Portugal, to Amancio Rocha and
Francisca (Machado) Rocha.  He was married to Rosa Avila on
April 27, 1949, in Azores.  He was a member of Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Turlock.  Survivors include; his wife, Rosa
Rocha of Turlock; daughters Maria R. Borges of Artesia; sister
Rosa Mancebo of Azores.