Eleazar “Elia” Lopez, 89 of Kansas City, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the McGilley Midtown Chapel. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, KS. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday at the chapel.
Elia was born on March 28, 1932 in Villa Jimenez, Michoacán, Mexico to J. Jesus Gutierrez Luquin and Hermelinda Chavez Medina. She was a student in Morelia and graduated from Seminary in 1952 with a degree in theology. After receiving her degree she became a pastor in Ocotlan and cities of the Yucatan in 1957. She traveled to Torreon in 1960 and finished advanced studies at Seminary in 1965. She moved to Progresso in the Yucatan in 1970 to pastor churches. She later moved to Coahuila, MX then to Maderes, CA and finally to Kansas City in 1975 to pastor Iglesia Bautista El Buen Pastor church and be a Sunday School teacher. Elia also worked for Fabric Quilt Company until her retirement.
Elia was preceded in death by her parents, a baby boy, Uzziel; two husbands, Lucio Pecina and Phillip Lopez; her three brothers, Israel, Gamaliel and Neftali. She is survived by her two sisters, Oliva and Osbelia; nieces and nephews including Claudia and Ismael Gallegos, Iris Gallegos and Victoria Gallegos; and the Gallegos and Pecina family.
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