Elias Parilla Martinez 1921-1992

MARTINEZ, HERNANDEZ, PARILLA, BARRCRA

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/20/2011 at 15:07:16

Elias Martinez
Estherville – Services for Elias Parilla Martinez, 70, will be held Saturday at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel in Estherville with Father Thomas Topf officiating. Interment will be in St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery, rural Estherville. He died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992 at Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, S.D.

He was born Dec. 20, 1921 at Coahuila, Mexico, the son of Isaias and Maria (Parilla) Martinez. On Nov. 17, 1954 he married Mario [Maria?] Oralia Hernandez at San Miguel de Carmargo. He lived most of his life in Rio Bravo, Tamps, Mexico.

He is survived by his wife, Maria; three sons and three daughters: Jesus Ayala, Elias, Jose Alfredo, San Juana Pena, Elia Maria and Magdalena Martinez all of Estherville; 14 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four brothers and one sister: Juan Martinez, Reynosa Tamps, Mex.; Manuel Martinez, San Fernando Tamps, Mex.; Samuel Martinez, Allende, Coah, Mex.; Jose Martinez, Mex.; Leonar (Martinez) Barrcra, Santa Apolonia, Tamps, Mex.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 25, 1992)