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Felicitas Leyva Obituary

Felicitas Leyva SLATON- Rosary for Felicitas Leyva, 65, of Slaton will be today at 7 p.m. in Calvillo Funeral Home's Chapel. Funeral Mass will be on Monday November 12, 2012 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Slaton with Father Chako officiating. Burial will be in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Calvillo Funeral Home and Chapel. Felicitas passed away on Friday November 9, 2012 in Lubbock. She was born on January 1, 1947 in Edinburg, Texas to the late Carlos and Dolores Garza. She married Humberto Veto Leyva on November 23, 1968 in Olton, Texas. She was a Housewife and a Catholic. She moved to Slaton on April 12, 1973 from Lubbock. She was preceded in death by a son, Zamar Leyva in 1974. Survivors include her husband, Veto Leyva of Slaton; three sons, Xavier Leyva of Woodrow, Christian Leyva and Dorian Leyva both of Slaton; a daughter, Dolores Portillo of Woodrow; three brothers, Pedro Garza of Slaton, Felix Garza of Pharr, Texas, and Miguel Garza of Mission, Texas; four sisters, Carolina Amaya of Olton, Eusebia Castro of Pharr, Texas, Margarita Garza of San Antonio, and Elvira Garza of San Juan, Texas; five grandchildren.

Published by Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Nov. 11, 2012.
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JUST WANT TO THANK YOU MOM FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR US ALL. YOU WERE A MOTHER TO US AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE. WORDS CANT DESCRIBE HOW MUCH YOU WILL BE MISSED. YOU ARE THE GREATEST MOM! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!!!

CHRISTIAN LEYVA

January 9, 2013

Love you

Xavier G. Leyva

November 17, 2012

I LOVE YOU MOM

XAVIER LEYVA

November 17, 2012

Veto, our thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

Dolores & Tony

November 13, 2012

Praying for strength and comfort for all the Leyva family...God Bless you all

Joe & Melba Cimental

November 11, 2012

May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.

November 11, 2012

Praying the Lord will comfort you with His peace, surround you with His love, encourage with His presence. Remembering with you the life of someone dear. You're in our hearts, our thoughts, our prayers.

Pete & Sharon Quiroz

November 11, 2012

Our prayers go out to you and your family.

Ralph & Chela Benavides

November 11, 2012

My prayers are with all of you. May the Lord be with each one of you now and always.

Ernestine Perez

November 11, 2012

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