Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-01-30
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SERVICES.
Remains Of Mrs. Jjstn'a Chavez Laid
TO Rest al Belen.
OBITUARY AND HISTORICAL NOTES.

city LOT belen, 10 carry those desiring u
attend the funeral OF Josefita Chavez, IN,
wife OF Hon. felipe Chavez, who die,
several days ago at that place. Tn,
coaches were modestiy draped and wer,
filled with about 200 Of the friends AM
relatives OF the deceased and bereave,
family. Conductor Miller had charge o
the train, and Engineer Fisher attended
attended TO the locomotive. Everything
connected with the train and the com
fort Of the passengers In going and com
ing was arranged perfectly, thanks Il
the management OF our townsman. Pablo
j. Yrisarri, and his brother, Eugene.
The people from the train went at once
70 the residence, where the body lay In
state for several days past waiting for the
arrival OF Mr.. Cbavez's son. Jose. from
New YORK city, who mad only arrived
the evening previous.
The cssket was the finest ever seen In
New Mexico, being a gold-trimmed metal
casket OF state, such ia only ordinarily
used for deceased presidents. United
States senators, congressman and gov.
ernors.
The friends who arrived on the train
were but a handful OF the multitude who
had assembled at the family residence
The estimates OF the number in attend
ance ranged from $500 to 5000. The
country people for more than a hundred
miles around had gathered to pay their
last tribute OF respect to the memory OF
the deceased, and to judge from the re-
marks heard among the groups OF people
who gathered in the rooms. Railways, on
the verandas and around the house and
church, the deceased surely must have
been beloved by all the people. To quote
the words OF n OF our most eloquent
men; "If every loving friend to whose
needy wants she ministered had dropped
q flower on her bier, she surely would
have slept beneath u wilderness of flOw-
mrs." and ~ II was the casket did rest
beneath illwers contributed by the
hands OF loving friends.
The casket stood In the main hallway
OF the house, the room being tastefnlly
and deliberately draped and lighted. The
bereaved husband sat In a quiet half
%darkened room to the right, and the null
titude OF friends passing TO the left, view
log the remains ~ they marched around
the casket. and then entering The room
to the right and n by one paying
their respects and rendering their sym
pathies to the husband.
~ uSt tub Wuius VI Ditlut. lHt tUtlTt
town seemed az a house OF mourning,
and even the little children In the streets
wore no smiles upon their faces" The
services, both at the house and church,
we're conducted by Reverend Fathers j. b.
Railliere, OF Tome; Francois Gatignol, of
Belen; 2. Martin, Of La Joya, and o
DOeher, OF lsleta, attended by the usual
number OF singers and acolytes, all
wearing their most elaborate vestments.
bout IL o'clock the immense procession
left the residence for the church which was
some six hundred yards away. The active
pail bearers were John A. Lee. M. W. Flour.
noy, j. X. Armijo and Il. V. Chavez. Of
Albuquerque; Jose G. Chavez and Patro.
ciniO Luna, OF Los Lunas, and John
Becker and Oscar Goebel, OF Belen; while
the honorary pail bearers were
Jaramill0, Pedro Castillo, Jose Olguin,
Epimenio Tafoya, Marcos G. de Baca, r.
havez y Armijo and Juan Chavez y
procession. Frederick Scholle. OF Belen,
for the family. assisted Undertaken
Strong. In conducting the entire funeral
arrangements
The church was appropriately draped
III VIC ihriSuib vi ulOuI uiuR, hIlu tle
altar ornaments and lights, "a well AZ
the vestments and decorations generally
we're most ample. and unusually beauti-
ful. The bell In the steeple OF the an
cient adobe church added Its solemn
tolling during the procession to the
measured music OF Prof. hi Mauro's or
chestra. The deep feeling Of the people
found expression In all the forms OF re.
ligi0us ceremony.
The services lasted until after | o'clock,
when the caaket WAS taken TO the south.
east corner OF the little c%hurchyard,
where the grave had been dug In a TWEEN.
ty foot plot. Oyer which IL IL understood
the husband will erect a magnificent
mausOlenm in memory OF the deceased.
II was nearly 2 o'clock before the vast
multitude turned away from the grave,
while the sods were still sounding
against the casket case. bringing TO the
minds ot many nOnrners the pathetic
words OF Mrs. Hemans:
Dust, to It's narrow house beneath
Soul tn IL place On hight
They that have seen thy look In death,
No more may fear to die
And thus a noble woman, a loving
wife and an aifectionate mother was
laid TO rest.
Joseita CHAVEZ the deceased, though born
in Los Padillas, nine miles south OF Albu-
querque, lived most OF her life In the lit
tie hamlet OF Belen, named after the
birthplace Of the Savior, Belen being the
Spanish for the Hebrew Bethlehem. The
prominence OF the deceased and her hus-
band and family, may render 1t not out
OF place TO state here. for the benefit OF
the new corners in the territory, how she
Is Of the true blue Spanish arist0cracy
among us.
Her grandfather, Francisco Xavier
Chavez, was the first governor of New
Mexico under the republic OF Mexico after
the abolition OF the Spanish vice regency.
Francisco Xavier Chavez had a large
family, consisting OF four sons and seven
daughters. His eldest son, Mariana
Chavez y Castillo, was the father OF
Col. j. Francisco Chavez, president OF
the territorial council. His second
son, Jose Chavez y Castillo, was the
father OF the husband OF the deceased.
Felipe Chayt 2, OF Belen. His third son,
Antonio jose David Chayz y @ stillo,
was the father OF the deceased; and the
fourth son, Tomas Chavez y Castillo,
emigrated TO Durango, Mexico, before
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and
died In that city some four years ago.
The Oldest girl, Barbara, married Juan
G. Gutierrez and was the grandmother of
the Hubbell boys and OF Mrs. Louisa M.
Thomas, OF this county. The second
daughter, MaDuela Antonio, was the
wife OF Jose Maria Gutierrez and the
OF Judge 7. C. Gutierrez, OF
Alameda. The third daughter, Juana,
the wife OF Juan CristObal
and the mother OF the late Nico-