Isabel Salas

Isabel Salas, Sr. age 75, passed away on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at his son's home in Broomfield, Colorado. Isabel was born June 17, 1933 at Rayo, Durango, Mexico, the son of Sotero & Irene Galindo Salas. He was a farmer and had been a resident of Wichita County since 1962 moving from Fronton, Texas. Isabel was a member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Leoti, Kansas. In September of 1960 he married Amelia Guerra at Rio Grande, Texas. She passed away on March 3, 1996 at Garden City, Kansas. Isabel's surviving family includes- Five sons- John Lopez- Sharon Springs, Kansas Ricardo Lopez- Corpus Christi, Texas Isabel Salas, Jr.- Wichita, Kansas Federico Salas- Dodge City, Kansas Orlando Salas- Broomfield, Colorado Three daughters- Adriana Baber- Wichita, Kansas Jean Salas- Garden City, Kansas Irene Rodriquez- Garden City, Kansas One sister- Leonarda Barraza- Dumas, Texas Twenty-seven grandchildren, Forty-three great grandchildren He was preceded in death by ten brothers, one son and two grandchildren. Vigil services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Leoti, Kansas. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, November 6, 2008 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Leoti, Kansas with Father Benjamin Martin officiating. Burial will be in Leoti Cemetery, Leoti, Kansas. Friends may call from noon to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas. Memorials may be given to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in care of the funeral home.