Maria Guadalupe (Lupe) Aguilar
The Mass of Christian Burial for Maria Guadalupe “Lupe” Aguilar will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church. The Rev. Ray May will be the celebrant. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home chapel.
Memorial contributions to Hand in Hand Hospice or the Emporia Alzheimer’s Support Group may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Mrs. Aguilar died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at her home in Emporia. She was 88.
She was a homemaker and also worked at the Meadows Nursing Home before she retired 35 years ago.
The daughter of Gil and Marcimiliana Saldana Solis, she was born Feb. 14, 1919, at Guadalajara, Mexico. She married A.J. “Joe” Aguilar on July 29, 1933, at Topeka. He died Dec. 19, 2004, at Emporia.
Mrs. Aguilar was a member of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church.
She is survived by four sons, Louis Aguilar Sr., Fred Aguilar Sr., and James Sparks, all of Emporia, and Wayne Sparks of Ottawa; three daughters, Delores Torres of Emporia, Bonnie Hernandez of Hutchinson and Margaret Mendoza of Rock Island, Ill.; one brother, Frutoso Solis of Emporia; 20 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren. A daughter, Esther Sparks; a brother, Aurelio Solis; and two sisters, Ignacia Sanchez and Elisia Gonzales, died earlier.