Felicitas "Phyllis" Chavez
1934 - 2019
Obituary
Felicitas "Phyllis" Gomez
Chavez, 84, died Monday (April 22, 2019) at Kansas Christian Home in
Newton. She was born on July 10, 1934, in Florence, the daughter of
Francisco and Juana (Puentes) Gomez.
Phyllis was a member of Our Lady of
Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton, as well as the Altar Society.
She enjoyed cooking, crafts, painting and collecting religious
statues and porcelain dolls. Her brother, Albert Gomez, became
disabled during the Korean Conflict. Phyllis took care of him from
when he was discharged from the Army in 1954 until 2013, when he
moved to the Veterans Home in Winfield.
Survivors include her brother, John
Gomez and his wife Rose of Newton; niece, Rita Dunning of Mustang,
Oklahoma; and several other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and
great-nephews.
She is preceded in death her parents;
brothers: Mitch, Enriquez, Trinidad and Albert Gomez; and sisters:
Mercedes Gomez, Mary Grace Gomez, Mary Helen Gomez, Isabel Gonzalez
and Isadora London.
Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be
said at 6:30 p.m. Thursday (April 25, 2019) at Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m.
Friday (April 26, 2019) at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in
Newton. Interment will be in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Florence.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. on Thursday.
A memorial fund has been established
with Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Contributions may be sent
to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
