"Maria Luisa Graves, age 90, of Archer City, TX, passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 25, 2021, in Dripping Spring, TX. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She enjoyed fashion, arts and crafts, music, dancing, traveling, and cooking.
Private family funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Dripping Springs, Texas with Rev. Justin Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow in the Archer City Cemetery in Archer City, Texas under the direction of Auld Funeral Home. Deacon Severo Alvarado from Lubbock, Texas will be officiating the graveside services.
Maria was born in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, TX on March 06, 1930 to Martin Valdez, Sr. and Maria Cavazos Valdez.
Maria grew up in Edinburg, TX where she attended high school and worked until 1960 when she moved to Olney, TX with her family. She worked for Region 9 Education Service Center as a regional coordinator for mental health services until her retirement in 2000. She was an advocate for children with special needs. Additionally, she was a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church, the Ladies Altar Society, Director of Religious Education, Director of Outreach, and a Eucharistic Minister in Olney, TX.
She and Raymond Clifton Graves, Sr. were married April 29, 2000 in Olney, TX. She resided in Archer City until his death on March 22, 2015. She then moved to Dripping Spring, TX to be near family from her first marriage to Jose I. Molina who preceded her in death."
(Thomason - San Marcos, Tx. - 2021)
Private family funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Dripping Springs, Texas with Rev. Justin Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow in the Archer City Cemetery in Archer City, Texas under the direction of Auld Funeral Home. Deacon Severo Alvarado from Lubbock, Texas will be officiating the graveside services.
Maria was born in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, TX on March 06, 1930 to Martin Valdez, Sr. and Maria Cavazos Valdez.
Maria grew up in Edinburg, TX where she attended high school and worked until 1960 when she moved to Olney, TX with her family. She worked for Region 9 Education Service Center as a regional coordinator for mental health services until her retirement in 2000. She was an advocate for children with special needs. Additionally, she was a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church, the Ladies Altar Society, Director of Religious Education, Director of Outreach, and a Eucharistic Minister in Olney, TX.
She and Raymond Clifton Graves, Sr. were married April 29, 2000 in Olney, TX. She resided in Archer City until his death on March 22, 2015. She then moved to Dripping Spring, TX to be near family from her first marriage to Jose I. Molina who preceded her in death."
(Thomason - San Marcos, Tx. - 2021)
"Maria Luisa Graves, age 90, of Archer City, TX, passed away Wednesday afternoon, February 25, 2021, in Dripping Spring, TX. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She enjoyed fashion, arts and crafts, music, dancing, traveling, and cooking.
Private family funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Dripping Springs, Texas with Rev. Justin Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow in the Archer City Cemetery in Archer City, Texas under the direction of Auld Funeral Home. Deacon Severo Alvarado from Lubbock, Texas will be officiating the graveside services.
Maria was born in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, TX on March 06, 1930 to Martin Valdez, Sr. and Maria Cavazos Valdez.
Maria grew up in Edinburg, TX where she attended high school and worked until 1960 when she moved to Olney, TX with her family. She worked for Region 9 Education Service Center as a regional coordinator for mental health services until her retirement in 2000. She was an advocate for children with special needs. Additionally, she was a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church, the Ladies Altar Society, Director of Religious Education, Director of Outreach, and a Eucharistic Minister in Olney, TX.
She and Raymond Clifton Graves, Sr. were married April 29, 2000 in Olney, TX. She resided in Archer City until his death on March 22, 2015. She then moved to Dripping Spring, TX to be near family from her first marriage to Jose I. Molina who preceded her in death."
(Thomason - San Marcos, Tx. - 2021)
Private family funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Dripping Springs, Texas with Rev. Justin Nguyen officiating. Interment will follow in the Archer City Cemetery in Archer City, Texas under the direction of Auld Funeral Home. Deacon Severo Alvarado from Lubbock, Texas will be officiating the graveside services.
Maria was born in Edinburg, Hidalgo County, TX on March 06, 1930 to Martin Valdez, Sr. and Maria Cavazos Valdez.
Maria grew up in Edinburg, TX where she attended high school and worked until 1960 when she moved to Olney, TX with her family. She worked for Region 9 Education Service Center as a regional coordinator for mental health services until her retirement in 2000. She was an advocate for children with special needs. Additionally, she was a member of the St. Theresa Catholic Church, the Ladies Altar Society, Director of Religious Education, Director of Outreach, and a Eucharistic Minister in Olney, TX.
She and Raymond Clifton Graves, Sr. were married April 29, 2000 in Olney, TX. She resided in Archer City until his death on March 22, 2015. She then moved to Dripping Spring, TX to be near family from her first marriage to Jose I. Molina who preceded her in death."
(Thomason - San Marcos, Tx. - 2021)
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