Tomasa Ulate Fuentez

TOMASA ULATE FUENTEZ

March 7, 1942 – December 13, 2015

Tomasa Ulate Fuentez, age 73 of Odessa passed away Sunday December 13, 2015 at her residence. She was born to her parents, Manuel & Timotea Matta Ulate, on March 7, 1942 in Barstow, Texas. She married Toribio Fuentez on June 10, 1964 in Pecos, Texas. She came to Odessa in 1969.

Tomasa was a homemaker and a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Toribio L. Fuentez Sr., her son, George Fuentez, her brothers, Manuel Ulate, Jr. Arturo Matta Ulate and Juan Ulate, her sisters, Maria Rivas and Rosa Olivas.

She is survived by her 4 sons, Gilbert Fuentez, Sr., Jaime Fuentez, both of Odessa, Javier Fuentez and wife Maria of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Toribio Fuentz Jr. of Longmont, Colorado, her 4 daughters, Grace Ramirez and husband Chapo of Odessa, Geneva Fuentez and husband Nicholas Moya of Longmont, Colorado, Cindy Martinez and husband Alvaro and Prissy Fuentez and husband Mike Padilla all of Odessa, her brother, Nick Ulate of Odessa, her 3 sisters, Hortencia Martinez, Teresa Garcia and husband Joe, all of Odessa, and Hilda Ulate Baeza of Hobbs, NM, her niece Crissy M. Ramirez and granddaughter Jackie Flotte both of Odessa, and her caregiver Natalie Hernandez of Odessa, 24 grandchildren, and 32 great grandchildren.

A rosary will be held at 7PM Tuesday December 15, 2015 at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with Father Hilary Ihediaha officiating. Burial will follow at Ector County/Rosehill Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Gilbert Fuentez Jr, Guadalupe Ramirez, Isaiah Fuentez, Joe Angel Flotte, Freddy Martinez, Silvio Ramirez Jr., Jose R Payen, and Joe Flotte.

Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.