Elia Uribe

ELIA M. URIBE January 15, 1923 ~ March 03, 2015 Elia M. Uribe passed away peacefully on the morning of March 03, 2015 in Laredo at the age of 92. Elia was a decedent of Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and Bartolome Martinez, colonizers of Nuevo Santander (New Spain, South Texas). She was a graduate of Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. She then taught and educated young minds for over 40 years, in Laredo, San Antonio, and San Ygnacio, Texas, and was remembered well by her students wherever she went. She is preceded in death by her husband Romeo A. Uribe, Sr.; parents, Enrique and Margarita Martinez; her sister Antonieta Juarez, and brother Juan E. Martinez She is survived by her children, Romeo II, Maria Elia Hayes (Mark), and Rolando; her grandchildren, Maggie Uribe, Rolando Uribe, Jr., Emily (Michael) Manley, Justin (Jeannette) Hayes, and Victoria Hayes, and her great-grandson Jalen Manley. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 6, 2015, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapels, 719 Loring at Cortez. The first Rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. by the members of Sacred Heart Society of Our Lady of Refugio Church, San Ygnacio, of which she was also a member. A second Rosary will be recited at 7 in the evening. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday morning, March 07, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to meet at church. Interment will follow at the family plot in the Uribe Cemetery in San Ygnacio, Texas. You may extend your condolences online at: www.joejackosnfuneralchapels.com Arrangements are under the direction of the funeral service professionals at Joe Jackson Heights Funeral Chapels, 719 Loring at Cortez, Laredo, TX 78040, 956.722.0001