Delia "Tiny" Vigil Sias

DELIA “TINY” VIGIL SIAS OF BAYARD, NEW MEXICO, 80 YEARS OLD, WAS BORN ON JULY 9^TH, 1939 ON THE GONZALES RANCH IN RIBERA, NEW MEXICO, COUNTY OF SAN MIGUEL, TO LEON T. AND EMILIA VIGIL.  HER JOURNEY WITH THE LORD BEGAN ON JUNE 12, 2020.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER EIGHT DAUGHTERS- PRISCILLA SIAS, KATHY THOMPSON(CARL THOMPSON), EVELYN RODRIGUEZ, RACHEL CHAVEZ (THE LATE JERRY CHAVEZ), OLIVIA HARRIS (TRACY HARRIS), YVONNE ESPARZA (ALBERT ESPARZA), STEPHANIE SIAS AND JANET SIAS; THREE SONS- GILBERT SIAS JR., BENITO SIAS (DELILAH SIAS), AND STEVEN SIAS; TWO BROTHERS- MANUEL VIGIL FROM OKLAHOMA AND RAMON VIGIL FROM ARIZONA AND HER FUR BABIES, BOOTS AND NICKY.  DELIA WAS BLESSED WITH TWENTY-SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN- ANGELA, TANYA, MICHAEL, FELICIA, ERICA, JEREMY, DANIEL, BENJAMIN, JESSICA, VICTORIA, JACOB, DESIREE, MIQUE, ANNETTE, EDDIE RAY, CARLOS, DANIKA, JOCELYN, EMILY, KAYLEEN, SHAWN, LEANDRA, JASMINE, ALYSHA, CHRISTOPHER, ANNIAH, AND ANASIA; FORTY GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND HER FIRST GREAT-GREAT GRANDAUGHTER, LUICIANA BUENTELLO.  SHE HAD MANY NAMES THEY CALLED HER LIKE “GRAMS”, “GRAMMA DILLS”, “GANGSTER GRAMS”, “GRAMMY”, “GRAMMA DILLIO”, “G’MA”.  SHE ALSO HAS NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT LOVED HER AND CONSIDERED HER THEIR GRANDMA TOO AND LOVED COMING OVER FOR HER CREAM OF WHEAT, SWEET RICE, OATMEAL OR FRESH TORTILLAS WITH BUTTER!  DELIA ENJOYED STAYING HOME EMBROIDERING, DOING CROSSWORD PUZZLES AND ANY CRAFTS WITH YVONNE. SHE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTERS KAISHA AND ARMANI (HER PRINCESSES), GIVING HER COMPAS NEXT DOOR (BOB AND MARY LOPEZ) A HARD TIME ABOUT “THEM DALLAS COWBOYS” AND ALWAYS KNEW SHE COULD COUNT ON HER GRANDDAUGHTERS, DANIKA AND ALYSHA, TO BE BY HER SIDE FOR ANYTHING SHE NEEDED.  SHE NEVER HESITATED ON SHARING HER RECIPES AND COOKING TIPS WITH CHRIS AND FELICIA.  WE WILL MISS HER APPLE EMPANADAS AND DELICIOUS BISCOCHOS AND BANANA NUT BREAD THAT SHE GAVE OUT TO EVERYONE AT CHRISTMAS.

SHE WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL AND LOVING “MAMA” IN THE WORLD TO ALL HER ELEVEN CHILDREN AND WAS AN AMAZING GRANDMA. SHE WAS A VERY STRONG, OUTSPOKEN AND HARD-WORKING WOMAN, WELL LOVED AND RESPECTED AND WE KNOW SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY MANY. 

OUR MOTHER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS- LEON AND EMILIA VIGIL, HER BROTHER, AVENILDO “SURDO” VIGIL, HER SISTER, FRANCES “KIKA” SALAIZ, HER SISTER MAGDALENA “NENA” BUENO, HER BROTHER ERNESTO VIGIL, HER GRANDSON EDDIE RAY RODRIGUEZ AND HER BROTHER ORLANDO VIGIL.

CREMATION HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO BACA'S FUNERAL CHAPELS.  RECITATION OF THE HOLY ROSARY WILL BE AT 10 AM ON FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 AT THE SAN LORENZO CATHOLIC CHURCH LED BY DEACON ART GUTIERREZ.  THE FUNERAL LITURGY WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW.  THE RITE OF COMMITTAL AND BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT THE SAN LORENZO CEMETERY WHERE SHE WILL BE LAID TO REST IN THE FAMILY PLOT.  OFFICIATING WILL BE FATHER MARTIN OKONKWO.

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