Josefina R. Lopez

February 23, 1938 - January 5, 2014

A Catholic funeral service mass will be celebrated for 75 year old, JOSEFINA R. LOPEZ, of Lamesa, Texas, at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 9, 2013 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Joseph Kurumbel officiating. Burial will follow to Dawson County Cemetery under the direction of Gonzales Funeral Home of Lamesa, Texas. Rosary Services will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. at Gonzales Funeral Home Chapel. Josefina passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2013 at her home with her family by her side in Lamesa, Texas. She was born on February 23, 1938 in Lorena, Texas. Josefina married Joe C. Lopez on January 5, 1963 in Lamesa, Texas. Josefina was a homemaker, a member of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church where she was an active member of "Los Cursillitas", she also served as a Eucharistic Holy Communion Minister for twenty-three years along side her husband, Joe C. Lopez, in their beloved church. She also enjoyed her two precious grandchildren. Preceded her in death was her husband, Joe C. Lopez in February 2, 2005; her parents, Jose and Elvira Rivera; her sisters, Margie Perez, Carolina Vasquez, Lucia Moreno; her brothers, Alfredo Rivera, Albert Rivera, Rumaldo Rivera. Survivors include her daughter, Esmeralda Lopez of Lamesa, Texas; her sons, Joe Lopez and wife, Norma S. Lopez of Lamesa, Texas, Rey R. Lopez of Lamesa, Texas, Carlos Lopez and wife, Frances Lopez of Lamesa, Texas; her grandchildren, Anna C. Lopez and Joe Brandal Lopez, both of Lamesa, Texas; her sisters, Lupe Rodriguez, Marie Perez, Beatrice Garza, Louisa Perez, all of Lamesa, Texas and Vera Galindo of Kermit, Texas; her brother, Juan Rivera of Lamesa, Texas.