Our Beloved Mother, Mary Orta Chavez has gone home on July 15, 2005.
Her last few years were clouded by alzheimer and dementia and since dad, Robert Chavez, Sr. died on April 30, 2003 she has been saying adamantly “I want to go home…NOW!”
Mary was born March 16, 1916 to Geronimo Orta and Narcissa Villareal. Her siblings Rufus, Margaret, Raymond, Johnny, Manuel, Chris and Paulina preceded her in death.
She is lovingly remembered and survived by her three children, one brother, Rosendo Orta of Houston, Texas; eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren, her daughter, Alfrieda Robledo Manriquez and her children, Joseph Philip Manriquez, Jr. and his wife Sandy of Austin, Texas; Robert Steven Manriquez and his wife Kay of League City, Texas and their children, Jessica and Michael; Cynthia Lynn Burgin and husband Joe of Beaumont and their children, Joshua Choate, Ashley Choate, Adam Burgin and Jennifer Fenn; P.J. Manriquez and wife Jennifer of Beaumont and their sons, Jackson and Parker; her daughter, Vickie Chavez Sturgis and husband Glen of Boerne, Texas and their children, Christina Anne Lopez of Columbus, Ohio, Jo Beth Sturgis of Houston, Texas and Russell Glen Sturgis and wife Robin of Houston and their daughters, Alyssa, Sarah and Bethany and son Grant Sturgis of Boulder, Colorado; her son, Robert Chavez, Jr. and wife Holly of Houston, Texas and their sons, Addsion Chavez of Blue Springs, Missouri.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 A.M. on Monday, July 18, 2005 at St. Anthony Cathedral Catholic Church followed by burial at Haven of Rest under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A Christian Vigil will be held on Sunday evening beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the mortuary.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Beaumont Chapter, 440 North 18th Street, Beaumont, Texas 77707 or the Rainbow Senior Citizen Center, 745 West San Antonio, Boerne, Texas 78006.
