A
MEMORIAL
EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCE OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES UPON THE PASSING OF GAVINA NUANES RIVERA.
WHEREAS, Gavina
"Vina" Nuanes Rivera, a seventy-seven-year-old life-long resident of
Albuquerque, died on April 20, 2002; and
WHEREAS, she was a devout
Catholic and worshiped at Our Lady of Guadalupe church; and
WHEREAS, Vina was a loving and
selfless single mother to her five children; and
WHEREAS, she worked for
thirty-one years with the Bernalillo county juvenile probation office, where
she supervised office staff and later became the children's court clerk; and
WHEREAS, she is survived by her
five children, Charlotte Walton, Geraldine Rivera, Robert, Beatriz and David;
six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and her siblings, Nestor Nuanes,
Annie Garcia and Joseph Nuanes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that condolences be
extended to the family and friends of Gavina Nuanes Rivera, a loving and
devoted New Mexican.