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Born: August 24, 1912
Place of Birth: Anthony, NM
Death: January 8, 2011
Place of Death: Las Cruces, NM
Occupation: Homemaker
Hobbies: Excellent homemaker who enjoyed canning/baking.
Organizations: Sacred Heart League, OL of Guadalupe, OL of Fatima
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Corina Provencio Llañez
August 24, 1912 -
January 8, 2011
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Life Legacy
CORINA P. LLAÑEZ, age 98, of Anthony entered eternal life Saturday, January 8, 2011 at La Posada – Mesilla Valley Hospice surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Anthony April 24, 1912 to Felipe and Tiburcia Provencio, a pioneer family from the Anthony farming community known as “El Bosque”. Mrs. Llañez married Jose D. Llañez on January 10, 1937, and together worked tremendously hard to acquire their own farm. She was an excellent homemaker; known for food canning, making cheese, butter and asadero cheese. Her grandchildren will fondly remember her for all her baked goods, especially her biscochos, oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies and atole. She was a devout Catholic and communicant of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church where she was a member of the Sacred Heart League, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and was also a Cursillista and served as a catechist. She leaves her children and grandchildren a legacy of being a hard worker, being honest and having faith.
Survivors include three sons, Pedro Llañez and wife, Argelia, Luis Llañez and wife Socorro and F. Richard Llañez and wife, Mary Helen; two daughters, Irene L. Sims and Irma L. Valdespino, as well as eleven grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jose D. Llañez in 2000, son-in-law, Emilio J. Valdespino, Jr. in 2003, three brothers, Jose, Agapito and Felipe Provencio, and two sisters, Maria Acosta and Clara Padilla.
Calling hours will begin at 6 PM Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 224 Lincoln in Anthony where the Prayer Vigil is scheduled for 7 PM. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 AM Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in the same church. The Rite of Committal and Interment will follow in the Anthony Catholic Cemetery where she will lay to rest.
Serving as casket bearers will be Javier, Rick, Michael and Jacob Gabriel Llañez, Emilio J. Valdespino III and Rahjewel K. Barnhill. Honorary bearers will be Ramon Gonzalez, Javier “Sonny” Bustamante, Frank Balderrama, Juan Benavidez and Dustin Llañez.
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