Ernestine Marie Archuleta Silva
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Manuel Silva Jr.
Burial Details
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 6A - February 19, 2020
Ernestine Marie Archuleta Silva went to be with the Lord on
February 13, 2020.
She was born March 31, 1924, to Pedro and Cresencia (Baca)
Archuleta in El Rito, New Mexico, the youngest of six children. She
attended school in El Rio where she met and married Manuel Silva
Jr. on August 3, 1944. In 1952 they moved to Fruita, CO.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Silva Jr.
(1983); sons, Amadeo and Archie (1971), and James David (1963);
oldest granddaughter, Tina Marie (1989), along with her parents
and all of her brothers and sisters.
She is survived by sons, Joe (Linda) of Fruita, and Mike (Sherry)
of Grand Junction; daughters, Cecilla and Irma of Fruita; 14
grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, and four great-greatgrandchildren.
Rosary will be Friday, February 21, at 7:00 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Church, Fruita, CO, followed by Memorial Mass on Saturday,
February 22, at 9:00 a.m. Burial will take place at New Elmwood
Cemetery.
Donations can be made to New Sacred Heart Church or HopeWest
Hospice.
The Daily Sentinel page 4B - February 20, 2020
Ernestine Marie Archuleta
Silva went to be with the Lord
on February 13, 2020.
She was born March 31, 1924,
to Pedro and Cresencia (Baca)
Archuleta in El Rito, New
Mexico, the youngest of six
children. She attended school
in El Rio where she met and
married Manuel Silva Jr. on August 3, 1944. In 1952 they moved
to Fruita, CO.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Silva Jr.
(1983); sons, Amadeo and Archie (1971), and James David (1963);
oldest granddaughter, Tina Marie (1989), along with her parents
and all of her brothers and sisters.
She is survived by sons, Joe (Linda) of Fruita, and Mike (Sherry)
of Grand Junction; daughters, Cecilia and Irma of Fruita; 14
grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, and four great-greatgrandchildren.
Rosary will be Friday, February 21, 7:00 p.m., at Sacred Heart
Church, Fruita, CO, with the Memorial Service on Saturday,
February 22, 9:00 a.m. Burial will take place at New Elmwood
Cemetery.
Donations can be made to New Sacred Heart Church or HopeWest
Hospice.
