Services will be held Wednesday, 10:30 a.m., at French Mortuary, Wyoming Blvd. She was a wonderful wife and a great mother. Herman was a member of the Episcopal Church. She was a resident of Albuquerque since 1974. She married Thomas Herman on February 9, 1957. Herman of Albuquerque grandchildren, Carrie, Marc, Nolan and Rikki great-granddaughter, Naomi and brothers, Jesus of Laredo, TX and Gilbert of San Antonio, TX. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Herman of the family home daughters, Alice Ann Montoya and Michael Montoya of Albuquerque, and Yolanda June Howren and husband, Roger of Los Lunas son, Steve. Guadalupe Herman, 71, passed away Saturday, April 4, 1998, following a long illness. at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM. Services are under the direction of Garcia Mortuary, 717 Stover Avenue SW. Casketbearers will be Bernie Vallejos, Alex Vallejos, Richard Vallejos, Lee Fitzgerald, Bill Couffer and Phil Tafoya Jr. Interment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery. in the Chapel of Garcia Mortuary, with the Pastor David Atencio officiating. Funeral Services will be conducted this morning at 11:30 a.m. She is survived by her loving husband, Rafael of the family home one son, Gilbert Phillip of Albuquerque daughters, Tina Marie Couffer and husband, Bill of Tucson, AZ, Geraldine Elizabeth Roberts, Patricia Ann Fitzgerald and husband, Lee, Della Kathryn Snow and husband, Phillip, all of Albuquerque nine grandchildren three brothers, Bernie Vallejos and wife, Socorro, Alex Vallejos and wife, Jennie, Richard Vallejos and wife, Margie, all of Albuquerque. She was born on Mato Beltran and Barbarita Vallejos. My music fits my image my friends respect my choice of music.Erlinda Tafoya, 59, a lifelong resident of Albuquerque, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 1998. “When I get onstage I kick it up a notch and I wear a zoot suit. What you see is what you get,” Rico said. The working-class singer lives his zoot-suit image. Rico, who will be backed up Saturday by Larry Lange and his Lonely Knights (the house band for the night), is set to perform songs “No More Foolish Pride” and “There's a Party in S.A.” (a rewrite of Sunny Ozuna's “I'm Going to L.A.”) It can make you feel good or it can be a tearjerker. “What I love about the oldies music is that you'll find a lot of it that can touch your heart. What is that magic? “I think it's the work of God,” said Rico, who actually performed at the Royal Jesters last-ever gig last year, shortly before the death of singer Oscar Lawson. “I was eager to meet him,” said Rico, who has made a splash at Califas gigs. 'Jersey Shore' star Pauly D gets San Antonio fist pumping during DJ set.
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He is the young buck of this group, a true believer who says he gets ideas for songs while behind the wheel. Rico, like the young Elvis Presley, drives a truck for a living.