Obituary

Funeral Mass for Simon G. Arriaga Sr., 66, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Petersburg with the Rev. Joseph Chorikavunkal officiating. Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery by Wood-Dunning Funeral Home of Plainview. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Arriaga died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006. He was born Oct. 31, 1940, in Rosebud. He grew up in Petersburg. He farmed and worked for Daffern Steel in Plainview for 30 years as a truck driver. He married Maria Ester Montaluo on Feb. 17, 1962, in Petersburg. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Petersburg. Survivors include his wife; three sons and three daughters-in-law, Simon and Rosemary Arriaga Jr. of Petersburg, Oscar and Geri Arriaga of Amarillo and Candelario and Belinda Arriaga of Petersburg; four daughters and four sons-in-law, Margie and Florencio Zamora Jr. of Amarillo and Erlinda and Alex Vallin, Josephine and Gilbert Salas and Patricia and Ricardo Basaldua, all of Petersburg; two brothers, Rudy Arriaga and Andrew Arriaga, both of Amarillo; and four sisters, Carolina Perez, Ester Bowlin and Janie Stapp, all of Amarillo, and Edie Ray of Houston. His parents, Candelario T. and Damacia Arriaga; and three brothers, Ruben Arriaga, Joe Arriaga and Francisco Arriaga, are deceased.