Services for Jacobo "Jake" Martinez, 77, of Meadow were at 2 p.m. today in La Casa de Oracion with Abel Ortega, minister, officiating.
Burial was in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Guajardo Funeral Chapel.
He died Monday at Brownfield Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He married Cora Martinez in 1926 in Pearsall. He was a laborer.
Survivors include his wife; six sons, Simon of Meadow, Jacobo Jr. of California, Santos, Lorenzo, Jimmy and Danny,, all of Lubbock; four daughters, Helen Diaz of Plains, Rosa Vasquez of Lubbock, Maria Ortiz and Josie Martinez, both of Post; 40 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jessie Ortiz, Juan Marcos Martinez, Joe Martinez, Manuel Diaz, Santos Martinez and Jacinto Vasquez, Jr.
(Lubbock AJ, 10/29/1986, page 8A)
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Services for Jacobo "Jake" Martinez, 77, of Meadow were at 2 p.m. today in La Casa de Oracion with Abel Ortega, minister, officiating.
Burial was in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Guajardo Funeral Chapel.
He died Monday at Brownfield Regional Hospital after a lengthy illness.
He married Cora Martinez in 1926 in Pearsall. He was a laborer.
Survivors include his wife; six sons, Simon of Meadow, Jacobo Jr. of California, Santos, Lorenzo, Jimmy and Danny,, all of Lubbock; four daughters, Helen Diaz of Plains, Rosa Vasquez of Lubbock, Maria Ortiz and Josie Martinez, both of Post; 40 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jessie Ortiz, Juan Marcos Martinez, Joe Martinez, Manuel Diaz, Santos Martinez and Jacinto Vasquez, Jr.
(Lubbock AJ, 10/29/1986, page 8A)
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Together forever
Married 60 years
Family Members
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Juanita M. Martinez Rodriguez
1927–1944
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Angelita "Helen" Martinez Diaz
1929–1999
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Simon Rios Martinez
1932–1999
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Jake Rios "Jacobo" Martinez Jr
1933–1988
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Rosita "Rosa" Martinez Vasquez
1935–2007
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Maria Martinez Ortiz
1937–1993
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Lorenzo Martinez
1941–2013
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Juana "Janie" Martinez Garza
1945–1975
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Alfredo Martinez
1947–1948
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Adam Daniel "Danny" Martinez
1951–2005