JESUS RANGEL HERNANDEZ

May 5, 1929 - October 21, 2017

A Catholic funeral mass for Jesus Rangel Hernandez, age 88 of Lamesa will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Joseph Kurumbel officiating. Interment will follow to Dawson County Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Gonzales Funeral Home. Viewing will be held Monday and Tuesday with a Rosary prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at Gonzales Funeral Home. Jesus passed away on Saturday October 21, 2017 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born on May 5, 1929 in Juan Aldama, Zacatecas, Mexico. In the year of 1990 Jesus and Teresa Juarez started a new life together. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Antonia Hernandez; his father, Francisco Hernandez and mother, Sarah Rangel; his brothers, Francisco Henandez, Arsenio Hernandez, Emilio Hernandez; his sister, Ophelia Hernandez. Jesus enjoyed spending time with his family and tending to his chickens and roosters. He was a retired farmer. Jesus is survived by his wife, Teresa Juarez; his sons, Ricardo Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Ruben Hernandez, all of Lamesa, Texas and Pete Duran of Ft. Wayne, IN; his dauthers, Sarah Hernandez of O'donell, Texas and Petra Casarez of Lamesa, Texas; his brothers, Cecilio Hernandez, Roman Mendoza, both of Lamesa, Texas, Paulino Hernandez of Ojinaga, Chih, Mexico, Jose Angel Hernandez of Col JCT, Iowa, his sisters, Sarah Duran of Ft. Wayne, IN, Justina Gonzales of Lamesa, Texas, Josefina Vidana of Juan Aldama, Zac, Mexico, Socorro Martinez of Chicago, IL; twenty-three grandchildren; thirty-six great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren.