Ventura Campa
1921 - 2015
Obituary
Ventura Campa, 93, of Newton, died
Monday (Jan. 19, 2015) at the Presbyterian Manor in Newton.
She was born on July 14, 1921, in
Newton, the daughter of Thomas and Clara Landine Terrones. Ventura
was raised in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1940.
During World War II, she worked at Hurse Products.
Ventura married Diego Mendoza Campa on
Sept. 26, 1942, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton.
He died on Dec. 9, 2009.
She was a longtime member of Our Lady
of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Ventura enjoyed traveling with her
children and grandchildren, as well has hosting many Sunday dinners
in her home.
Survivors include her sons, Roger Campa
of Newton, and Tom Campa of Goddard; five daughters, Gloria Brown and
Benita Campa of Newton, Patty Aguirre and Carol Sanchez of Wichita,
and Becky Barreda of Brownsville, Texas; 19 grandchildren; 33
great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. She also is
survived by her brother, Hilaron (Leo) Terrones of Newton, and
sister, Lorrie Lujano of Newton.
Ventura was preceded in death by her
parents; husband; three sons, John Campa, Timothy Campa and Thomas
Edwards; brothers, Foster Terrones, Alfred Terrones, Gene Terrones
and Andrew Terrones; and sisters, Hope Gonzalez and Antonia Terrones.
The Recitation of the Holy Rosary will
be at 6 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 25, 2015).
The Mass of Christian Burial will be at
2 p.m. Monday (Jan. 26, 2015), both at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Church in Newton. Interment will be in the St. Mary's Catholic
Cemetery in Newton.
Friends may call at the church after 4
p.m. on Sunday and until service time on Monday.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
