July 2 , 2009 Obituaries
Geneiva Riethmayer Stanley
Funeral services for Geneiva Riethmayer Stanley, 86, of Friona were held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Sixth Street Church of Christ in Friona with Leon Talley, pastor, and Hal Blackburn of Boys Ranch, officiating. Burial followed in the Friona Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home. She died Saturday, June 27, 2009 in Friona.
She was born on November 4, 1922 in Mutual, Oklahoma to Edgar and Bessie Franklin Boggess. She married Walter R. “Bob” Riethmayer on February 14, 1945 in Friona. He preceded her in death on July 27, 1977.
Geneiva moved to Parmer County in 1956 from Dawson County, Texas, and married Lester Stanley on May 9, 1987 in Lubbock. She was a long time member of the Sixth St. Church of Christ and had taught Sunday School there for several years. She had been a member of the Progressive and Modern Study clubs and had been very active in the Friona Girl Scouts.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn Boggess and Eugene Boggess, and three sisters, Juanita Reed, Thelma Johnson, and Irene Shirley.
Survivors include her husband, Lester Stanley; one son, Mike Riethmayer of Friona; two daughters, Kay Rogers of Lubbock and Jill Riethmayer of O’Fallon, Missouri; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Joe Talley
Funeral services for Joe Talley, 90, of Friona, were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, 2009 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Friona with Reverend Rick Burton, pastor, officiating. Burial followed in the Friona Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home. He died Friday morning, June 26, 2009 at Parmer Medical Center in Friona.
A Friona resident for the past 67 years, he moved here from Pleasant Hill, New Mexico. He was born November 2, 1918 in McAlister, New Mexico to Lillard Randolph and Stella Johnson Talley.
Joe married Betty Jo Sandlin on October 25, 1942 in Enterprise, Oregon. He was a farmer and a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. He was a former member of the Friona City Council and taught a boys Sunday School class for many years.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Richard, Harry, Hubert, and Calvin Talley and four sisters, Rose Goodman, Lillian Mayberry, May Ardissone, and Sallie Cole.
Survivors include his wife; one son, David Sandlin Talley and wife Marilyn of Albuquerque, New Mexico; one sister, Mary Hope York of Clovis, New Mexico; four nieces, Frances Oekerman of Abilene, Stella Perry and Pearl Allison of Clovis, New Mexico, and Pattijon Bate of Plano; two nephews, John Goodman of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Rex Talley of Lubbock.
The family suggests memorials to Calvary Baptist Church, 1500 Cleveland, Friona, TX 79035.
Nemescio Valasco, Sr
Nemescio Velasco, Sr., 82, of Friona, died on Friday, June 26, 2009 in Friona. Rosary services were held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Friona. Mass of Christian Burial services were held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 29, 2009 at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Friona, with Father George William, celebrant. Burial followed in the Friona Cemetery by Blackwell Funeral Home of Friona.
Mr. Velasco was an area farmer and a member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jovita of Friona; four sons, Nemescio Velasco, Jr. of Friona, Manuel R. Velasco of Hereford, Joel F. Velasco of Cactus, Texas, and Jessie J. Velasco of Friona; two daughters, Dolores Silva of Mexico and Jovita Saiz of Sperry, Oklahoma; five sisters; one brother; 16 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.