Candelaria Esparza Flores

A funeral service will be held at 10am Monday, August 31, 2015 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Terry County Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Saturday, August 29, and Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 12-8pm at Brownfield Funeral Home.

Candelaria Esparza Flores passed peacefully from this life on August 27, 2015 at the age of 72. She was born on February 2, 1943 to Masedonio and Patricia M. Esparza in Solima Coahula, Mexico. She married the love of her life, Juan O. Flores, in Mexico on January 29, 1959. They moved to Texas in 1969 and raised their children. Candelaria and her husband, Juan, are members of St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Brownfield, TX.

Candelaria is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Juan, and 6 daughters; Maria and her husband Seun Akinwunmi of Frisco Tx, Shelly Flores and fiancé David Diaz, of Tulia, Tx, Alexandra Flores of Brownfield, Tx, Rose and her husband Gilbert Garcia of Tahoka Tx, Patricia and her husband Justin Tibble of Port Huron, MI, and Alejandrina Soto of Fort Hancock, Tx. She is also survived by 3 sons; Juan Flores and his wife, Maria, of Hart Tx, Jose Luis Flores and his wife, Patricia, of Earth, Tx, and Guadalupe Flores of Tulia, Tx.

Other surviving family members include Phil Perez, and grandchildren; Marcos Flores, Sofia Flores and her husband, Alexander Marshall, PJ Perez, Brissa Perez, Alycia Akinwunmi, Arianna Akinwunmi, Candelaria I. Tibble, Amparo Flores and her fiancé Eddie Hernandez, Marissa Flores, Ryan Flores, Evan Flores, Chrystel Rose Facio, Andrew Nino, Christianna Parnell and her husband Mark Parnell and Jacob Flores, Spring Garcia and Ismael Garcia, and a great-grandchild, Vallen Marshall.

The Flores family appreciates donations to be made to St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Brownfield, Tx or your favorite charity.