Obituary

Plasencio, Rebecca

Hale Center ? Double funeral services for Esteban ?Steve? Plasencio, 67, and his granddaughter, Rebecca Plasencio, 14 will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hale Center High School Auditorium with Sergio Bernal, pastor of the Church of God of the Firstborn, officiating.

Burial will be in Hale Center Cemetery by Freeman-Abell Funeral Home.

They both died Thursday, Jan. 28, 1999, from injuries suffered in a house fire at their residence.

Mr. Plasencio was born Dec. 2, 1931 in Eden. He moved to Hale Center in 1956 from Mesa, Ariz. He was a member of the Church of God of the Firstborn. On Feb. 16, 1949, he married Manuela Garcia in Paducah.

He was a retired farm laborer and had worked at custodian for the Hale Center ISD.

Miss Plasencio was born May 16, 1984. She was a freshman at Hale Center High School where she was a member of Future Homemakers of America. She also was a member of the /church of God of the Firstborn.

Survivors for Mr. Plasencio include his wife; four sons, David Plasencio of Hale Center, Joe Plasencio of Amarillo, Steve Plasencio of Plainview and Joel Plasencio of Littlefield; six daughters, Francis Garcia, Dina Plasencio, Rachel Viurquez and Elma Castillo, all of Hale Center, Naomi Magallan of Lubbock and Alice Garcia of Littlefield; four brothers Isabel Plasencio, Feb Plasencio Jr. Victor Plasencio and Ezequiel Plasencio; five sisters Kathrine Garcia, Felis Blanca, Belen Luna, Virginia Salazar and Maria Gonzales; 36 grandchildren; and 19 great-granchildren.

His pallbearers will be Johnny Moya, Joe Rubil, David Plasencio, Carlos Perez and Larry Perez.

Survivors for Miss Plasencio include her mother Dina Plasencio of Hale Center; and her grandmother Manuela Plasencio of Hale Center.

Her pallbearers will be Adrian Magallan, Roman Magallan Jr., Joe Plasencio Jr., Oscar Plasencio, Ernest Plasencio and Freddy Garcia.

The family suggests memorials to a love fund for Manuela and Dina Plasencio c/o First National Bank of West Texas, P.O. Drawer A. Hale Center, TX 79041

Plainview Daily Herald ? Jan. 29, 1999