Maria Guerra

Maria Guerra, 85, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2012 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, August 20, 2012 at the Prince of Peace Catholic Church with Father Sundar officiating. Burial will follow at the Altus City Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. Maria was born July 14, 1927 to Jose and Paulina (Montablo) Sanchez in McAllen, Texas. She was raised by her grandmother, Ama Lupe, and she started working at a very young age. She married Alejandro Guerra in 1946 at McAllen, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, grandparents, and Juan Sanchez, Esteban Sanchez, Antonio Sanchez, Delia Estraca and Jose Sanchez. Maria is survived by six daughters, Cruzita M. Gonzales, Yolanda Alcorta, Delia Esquivel, Romanita Alcorta, Lucia Childers, Gilda Ramirez; two sons, Alex Guerra, Jr., Dario Guerra; three sisters, Blanche Flores, Maria Hinojosa, Janie Kimble; three brothers, Tomas Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez, Tinno Sanchez; thirty-four grandchildren; fifty-two great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren, and a host of family and friends. A Rosary service for the Guerra Family will be held 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon at Kincannon Funeral Home.