Frank J. Mares

REV. DEACON FRANK J. MARES, A KIND AND GENTLE MAN PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2006. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 15, 1918 IN WAGON MOUND, NEW MEXICO TO FRANK VICENTE MARES AND MARGARITA LeDOUX. HE LIVED AND WORKED IN TAOS, NEW MEXICO MOST OF HIS LIFE, AND SETTLED IN EL PASO FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS. HE WENT TO COLLEGE IN KANSAS AND STUDIED MEAT CUTTING. HE WAS ALSO TRAINED AS AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC IN CALIFORNIA, TO SUPPORT THE WWII EFFORT. LATER, HE ALSO WORKED IN THE SHIPYARDS IN ALAMEDA, CA. AFTER THE WAR, THE FAMILY RETURNED TO TAOS, N.M. WHERE HE WAS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS SALES POSITIONS. HE HELD THE POSITIONS OF DIRECTOR OF CAP FOR OEO/VISTA, A FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR RURAL AMERICA. IT WAS HIS POSITION AS A USDA FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTOR THAT BROUGHT HIM TO EL PASO,TX. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CATHOLIC DEACONS ORDAINED IN EL PASO AND WAS VERY PROUD TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY AT ST. RAPHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. HE FELT BEING A DEACON HAD ENRICHED AND FULFILLED HIS LIFE; THEREFORE, HE ENCOURAGED OTHER MEN IN THE COMMUNITY TO FIND THE SAME HAPPINESS HE HAD FOUND IN SERVICE TO GOD. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 65 YRS., ORLINDA ANGLADA MARES AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN: CORINE OTERO REEBER, VINCENT MARES, CARMEN BROCKLEHURST, ANNA MARES & R. FRANK (FRANCO) MARES; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN: LISA OTERO DOMINGUEZ, PHIL OTERO, LEA MARES, & JUAN BOURKE-MARES; TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: SAMM & KYLEIGH DOMINGUEZ; AND TWO SISTERS: EUPHERCINE TUNE & ELEANOR COSTALES. ROSARY AND MASS WERE HELD AT ST. RAPHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AT SUNSET FUNERAL HOME, EL PASO, TX. VISITATION was HELD ON , JANUARY 27, 2006 AT RIVERA-HANLON FUNERAL HOME WITH A ROSARY AT 7 PM AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH. FUNERAL MASS was HELD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2006 AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH INTERMENT AT NUESTRA SENORA DE DOLORES CEMETERY.