Monica Najera

A funeral service for Monica Najera of Hobbs, New Mexico, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2009, at St. Helena Catholic Church with Father Joseph Pacquing officiating. Burial will follow at Prairie Haven Memorial Park.

Visitation is 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Thursday at Chapel of Hope Funeral Home.

A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 12, at Chapel of Hope.

Arrangements are under the direction of Chapel of Hope Funeral Home.

Ms. Najera, 30, died November 7, 2009, in Hobbs. She was born March 9, 1979, in Portales, New Mexico.

Monical graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1998. She greatly enjoyed her work as a corrections officer. She had been employed in that capacity since 2005. Monica was a very determined person and always spoke her mind. She liked to dance and make people laugh. Animals were a big part of her life. Monica enjoyed the outdoors. She dearly loved her children, family and friends.

She was of the Catholic faith.

Survivors include her father, Emiliano Najera of Mexico; a son, Bailey Michael Akins of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; a daughter, Justice Monique Najera Abernathy of Kansas City, Missouri; two brothers, Salvador Najera of Hobbs and Emilio Najera Jr. of Las Cruces, New Mexico,; three sisters, Juanita Najera of Hobbs, Maria Abernathy of Kansas City, Missouri, and Linda Gutierrez of Hobbs; eight nephews; three nieces; and one great-nephew.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Maria DeLaLuz Torres Najera.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lea County Humane Society, 1018 12 West Alabama, Hobbs, New Mexico 88242.

Visitation

Chapel of Hope
3321 N. Dal Paso
Hobbs, NM  88240
Thursday, November 12, 2009
8 a.m. 8 p.m. Thursday

Service

Prayer Service

Chapel of Hope
3321 N. Dal Paso St.
Hobbs, NM  88240
Thursday, November 12, 2009
6 p.m. Thursday

Funeral Mass

St. Helena Catholic Church
100 East Bender
Hobbs, NM  88240
Friday, November 13, 2009
2:00 p.m. Friday

Cemetery

Prairie Haven Memorial Park
2201 E. Stanolind
Hobbs, NM  88240

Memorial Contributions

1018 1/2 W.Alabama
Hobbs, NM  88240