January 21, 2010 Obituaries

Juana M. Saenz

Funeral mass for Juana M. Saenz, 86, of Bovina, will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 22, 2010, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Fr. Carlos Barragon of Canadian officiating. Burial will be in the Bovina Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home of Friona. A rosary service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the church. She died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 in Amarillo.

She was born March 27, 1923, in Durango, Mexico, to Estevan and Josefa Ochoa Marin. She married Librado L. Saenz in February 1938 in Coneto, Durango, Mexico. He died February 3, 2002.

Juana moved to Bovina in 1969 from Whiteface, Texas. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church and the Guadalupinos.

She is survived by a daughter, Dolores Saenz of Bovina; a brother, Estevan Marin of Austin, Texas; 10 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Manuel Saenz; a sister, Rosaura Morales; and a brother, Tomas Marin.

Rebecca Sue Borunda

Rebecca Sue Borunda, 46, of Friona, died January 14, 2010 near Pecos, Texas. Rosary services were held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Friona. Mass of Christian Burial services have been scheduled for Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church with Father George William as Celebrant. Burial will follow in the Friona Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home of Friona.

Rebecca was born March 5, 1963 in Spearman, Texas, to Felipe and Estella M. Lopez Guzman, Jr. They then lived in Gruver, Texas for several years.

She married Jesus Jose Borunda in Gruver and later moved to Friona. She was a member of Saint Teresa’s Catholic Church in Friona and the Catholic Daughters of Americas-Daughter of Hope #2567.

Mrs. Borunda was employed with Texas Boll Weevil and Mars Real Estate and Insurance and owned her own retail clothing business in Friona.

She was preceded in death by one nephew.

Survivors include her husband, Jesus Jose Borunda of Friona; two sons, Roland Herrera Jr. and wife Gloria of Denver, Colorado and Matthew Ezekiel Borunda, Sr. and wife Clarissa of Amarillo; two daughters, Regina Nicole Heredia-Williams and husband Bobby of Amarillo, and Angelica Raquel Gonzales of Lubbock; her father, Felipe Guzman, Jr. and wife Brenda of Grand Prairie, Texas; her mother, Estella M. Lopez of Amarillo; two sisters, Maria C. Grinie and husband Enrique of Pleasanton, Texas, and Amanda Kyle and husband Dewayne of Round Rock, Texas; one brother, Felipe Guzman III and wife Samantha of Grand Prairie; 16 grandchildren; and three nephews.