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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
July 09, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   PECOS  --  Services  for  Pablo  Bustamante  Garcia,  90, of Pecos are
   scheduled  for  10  a.m.  Saturday  at  The  Church of Jesus Christ of
   Latter-Day  Saints  in Pecos with John Swanson officiating. A military
   graveside service will follow at Toyah Cemetery.
   
   Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. today at Martinez Funeral Home in Pecos.
   
   Mr. Garcia died Wednesday, July 7, 1999, at Reeves County Hospital. He
   was born March 2, 1909, in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico, to Atanacio and
   Simona Garcia.
   
   Mr.  Garcia  was  a Pecos Ward member of The Church of Jesus Christ of
   Latter-Day  Saints,  where he had served on the branch presidency from
   1966-1969,  and  in the Bishopric from 1969-1973 and from 1988-January
   1998. He also served as a Bishop from 1973-1978.
   
   Mr.  Garcia  served in the Army during World War II in the Burma-India
   Asiatic  Pacific Theater from 1943 to 1945. He was a Technician Fourth
   Grade   Sergeant  for  the  Grade  Company  A  209th  Engineer  Combat
   Battalion. He received six medals, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal,
   two Bronze Service Stars, the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal and
   the distinguished Unit Emblem World War II Victory Medal.
   
   After  the  war,  he  worked  and  retired  from the railroad and also
   retired  from  Grace Co. in Pecos, where he was employed by Billie Sol
   Estes.  After  retirement,  he worked as a custodian for The Church of
   Jesus  Christ of Latter-Day Saints until a hip fracture in 1997 at the
   age of 88.
   
   Survivors include two daughters, Petra Lara of Pecos and Ramona Chavez
   and  her  husband,  Savas,  of  Holland,  Mich.;  15 grandchildren; 32
   great-grandchildren; and 25 great-great-grandchildren.
   
   Services entrusted to Martinez Funeral Home of Pecos.
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