Pansy Lorene Garcia

Pansy Lorene Garcia died Saturday, July 17, 2010 at the Winslow Campus of Care in Winslow, Arizona. She was 86 years old. Pansy was born on May 3, 1924 in Cooper, Osage County, Oklahoma to the late Ira Walter and Lora May (Guffey) Smith. She has lived in Arizona the past 6 years. Pansy truly was a woman who was loved by everyone she met. During WWII, she helped with the war effort by working at an aircraft factory. Later, she worked as a nurse's assistant for many years. She truly was a Christian woman, in every sense of the word, in that she spent her life in the service of her fellow man. This sweet lady will be missed by many but, especially by her family. Pansy is survived by her 4 children: Marvin (Karen) McLemore, Paula (Don) Holmes, Mark (Lorraine) Garcia, Felix Garcia, Jr., 3 brothers: Bud (Donna) Smith, Bobbie (Shirley) Smith, Dudley (Sandi) Cobble; 7 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Along with her parents, Pansy was preceded in death by her husband, Felix Garcia, Sr.; 2 sisters: Vondeen Isbell and Dokie Henley. Her funeral service will begin 2:00 P.M., Thursday, July 22, 2010 at the Holbrook Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1127 Helen Avenue in Holbrook, Arizona where the visitation will begin 1 hour prior. Concluding services and the interment will be Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.