- Date Of Birth: July 21, 1928
- Date Of Death: June 24, 2019
- State: New Mexico
1928-2019
Louis Donald Bottini, age 90, a resident of Peralta, NM, passed away on, Monday, June 24, 2019. He served in the US Army for 27 years proudly retiring as a Master Sargent. Louis traveled all around the world, was an avid reader, collected many guns and was a John Wayne enthusiast. He loved his wife and children and especially loved all the babies. After retirement from the Army he owned and operated Las Cruces Security, and Franks Old World Deli, later working proudly for Sun West Bank in Las Cruces, NM. Louis was always up for an adventure. Louis and Rose moved to Kingman, AZ, where they made many friends and he enjoyed working at Wal-Mart. Finally, ready to return to NM they moved to Mountainair where he enjoyed his retirement. In 2012 they moved to Peralta where Louis spent many waking hours with all his many family, grandchildren, and great grandchildren until his death. He was a man of many stories and never in his life met a stranger. We will miss you Papa Lou. He is preceded in death by the love of his life of 66 years, Rosemary Bottini; mother and father, Louis Joseph Bottini and Mary Alice Ryan; grandsons, Jason Lee Pena, Jaime Diaz Sanchez, and Daniel Ray Sullivan; son-in-law, David Spencer; great-granddaughter, Kali Bryn; and twin great-grandsons Jose and Raul. Louis is survived by 8 children, Deborah Pena, Brenda Spencer, Richard Bottini (Yami) Cynthia Bottini, Marie Sullivan, Barry Bottini, Christine Franzoy (David) and Daniel Bottini (Trish); brother, Richard Bottini (Rene); sister, Mary Rose; 26, grandchildren; 47, great-grandchildren; and 4, great-great-grandchildren.
