- Date Of Birth: November 5, 1926
- Date Of Death: April 13, 2017
- State: New Mexico
Frances Nellie Gutierrez, a lifelong resident of Columbus and Deming, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2017, surrounded by her family, at the Four Hills Retirement Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A rosary prayer vigil will take place at Baca’s Funeral Home at 6 p.m. on Monday April 24 in Deming.
Nellie was born on November 5, 1926 in Golden, New Mexico to Frank and Dolores Tinney. She was one of six rambunctious children who later moved to Columbus in late 1930s. Nellie then married Refugio Gutierrez of Columbus on August 09, 1945. Besides staying very busy as a mother and homemaker, she worked at the Columbus Elementary School for 13 years as a cafeteria server and then later promoted to manager.
Nellie was very active at the Holy Family Catholic Mission including teaching religious education and being involved in civic work within the local village community. She later moved to Deming in 1995 to care for her infirm husband and remained in Deming until 2011, when she relocated to Las Cruces and Albuquerque. Nellie was preceded in death by her husband, Refugio in 2001, and is survived by her two children; Viola and her husband, Mike Jurica of Llano, New Mexico and Nicholas and his wife, Anita of Elkridge, Maryland. She has six beloved grandchildren; Michael, Susan, Alberto, Alejandro, Andrea and Alyssa and four great grandchildren; Michael IV, Nick, Sarah and Mary.
