Obituary

Jose Angel Gutierrez Diaz

Jose Angel Gutierrez Diaz, 56, of Bovina, Texas, died Monday January 12, 2015, in Farwell, Texas. Prayer vigil will be held at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, January 15, 2015, at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bovina. Mass of Christian Burial will be recited at 11:00 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2015 at St. Ann's Catholic Church with Reverend Anthony Nuesch, pastor of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Hereford, Texas. Burial will follow in Bovina Cemetery. Arrangements by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona, Texas.

Jose Angel Gutierrez Diaz was born May 26, 1958 in Durango, Mexico to Arturo Gutierrez and Maria Luisa Diaz. He married Maria de Refugio Ramirez December 23, 1988. Jose moved to Bovina, Texas in 1997 from California. He was a feed truck driver for Opplinger Feed Yard in Farwell.

He had also worked for Route 77 Dairy and Stateline Dairy, both in New Mexico. He enjoyed watching television and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors are: his wife Maria Gutierrez of Bovina; two sons, Jose Gutierrez and Rolando Gutierrez, both of Bovina; one daughter, Carmen Gutierrez of Bovina; four brothers, Arturo of California, Gerardo of Mexico, Jaime of Clovis, NM, and Fernando of California; two sisters, Olga Gutierrez and Hermelinda Gutierrez, both of Mexico.

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