Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: Guadalupita "Rita" Urban ************************************************************ 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. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Patti Pennington patti_p_99@yahoo.com ************************************************************ The following excerpts were taken from page 13 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - December 12, 1999 URBAN Funeral services are scheduled for December 14, at Our Lady Of Grace Catholic Church for Guadalupita "Rita" Urban of 1204 W. Chisum. Urban, 78, died December 11 at Artesia General Hospital. Interment will follow the service at Woodbine Cemetery. Urban was born July 7, 1921, in Santa Rosa, NM, the daughter of Leonardo Gonzales and Mela (Martinez) Gonzales. She married Salomon Y. Urban in Artesia on July 12, 1951. Survivors include her husband, Salomon (Mickey) Urban, of the home; daughter-in-law Louise Guiterrez of Albuquerque, NM; brother, Anthony Gonzales of Phoenix, Ariz., Leonard Gonzales of Santa Rosa, Rudy Gonzales of Santa Rosa, and Gene Gonzales of Espanola; sister Angie Dunn of Albuquerque; five grandchildren including Steven Gutierrez, wife Rhonda, of Artesia; and seven great-granchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Ida M. Aguilar, son Ernest J. Gutierrez, one brother and one sister.