Obituary

Maria Esperanza DeLeon, 69, of Plainview went to meet the Lord on Friday, May 2, 2008, in San Antonio. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Gary Burd, Conference Bishop of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church from Amarillo, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Pedro Urrutia. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the direction of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. Prayer services will be held at the funeral home at 6 p.m. today and Tuesday, May 5 and 6, with the Rev. Pedro Urrutia officiating. Mrs. DeLeon was born Aug. 21, 1938, in Raymondville to Salvador and Julia Urrutia. She married Rodolfo DeLeon on March 13, 1956, in Raymondville. He preceded her in death on Aug. 13, 2005. She worked at City National Bank. She was an ordained minister associated with the Great Plains Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was pastor of Betania Church. Esperanza was a very loving wife, mother and grandmother. Survivors include one daughter, Sandra DeLeon of Plainview; four sons, Rudy DeLeon III of San Antonio and Fred DeLeon, Salvador DeLeon and Richard DeLeon, all of Plainview; three brothers, L.G. Urrutia of Plainview, the Rev. Pedro Urrutia of Lubbock and the Rev. Ray Bustos of Plainview; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Salvador and Julia; her husband, Rodolfo; a son, Rudy DeLeon Jr.; two sisters; and two brothers.