Obituary

Chavez, Ruben

A Funeral Mass for Ruben Chavez, 77, of Plainview, will be held at 2: p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Bill Anton officiating. Interment will follow at Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. A Rosary will be recited on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, from 6-8 p.m. at Bartley Memorial Chapel. Mr. Chavez passed from this life on Sept. 24, 2017, in Clarendon.

Ruben was born on May 12, 1939, in Zacatecas, Mexico to Encarnacion and Ricarda (Mendoza) Chavez. Ruben worked at Azteca and Missouri Beef where he was a meat processor. He loved music and singing.

Those left to cherish his memory are his children, Ismael Chavez of Mexico, Josie Moreno and husband Obed of Ontario, California, and Ricarda Hernandez and husband Antonio of Santa Rosa, California; eight brothers, Javier Chavez and wife Beatrice of Plainview, Gerardo Chavez of Amarillo, Roberto Chavez and wife Anita of Plainview, Jesus Chavez and wife Esperanza of Plainview, Pedro Chavez and wife Cruz of Denver, Colorado, Everino Chavez and wife Antonia of Mexico, Pablo Chavez and wife Guadalupe of Amarillo; two sisters, Amparo Casillas and husband Javier of Hereford, and Maria Armendariz and husband Javier of Hereford; and eight grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Sara De La Cruz and Carmen Lucio.