THE ODESSA AMERICAN

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Ricarda Cortez Soltero
KERMIT — Ricarda Cortez Soltero, 70, of Wink went home to be with our Lord on Tuesday,
 Feb. 12, 2002, in Edom, Texas. She was born April 3, 1931, to Emeterio and Lazara Cortez.
Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. today, Feb. 15, 2002, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in
 Kermit with the Most Rev. Alvaro Corrada de Rio, Father John Lucido and Father Robert Kobe 
officiating. Burial will follow at the Kermit Cemetery. Arrangements by Cooper Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Soltero was born in Terlingua. She was a lifelong resident of Wink before moving to Ben 
Wheeler in 1995.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Emeterio and Lazara Cortez, and her grandson, Dario 
Soltero.
Survivors include her husband, Anacleto Soltero of Wink; children, Gloria Soltero of Wink, 
Frank and Helen Soltero, Sally and Leonard Aldridge and Teresa and Raul Trejo, all of Edom,
 Virginia and Hector Medrano of Ben Wheeler, Rito and Linda Soltero of Wink and Luis and 
Ana Soltero of Kermit; 20 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. Survivors also include 
her brothers and sisters, Mike Cortez, Locadio Cortez, Jimmy Cortez, Juan Cortez, Evaristo 
Cortez, Maria Galvan, Polly Marquez, Angela Alvarado and Yolanda Hernandez, all of Odessa.
Pallbearers are the grandsons of Mrs. Soltero, Jeremy Soltero, Andy Soltero, Louie Soltero, 
Roby Walker, Angel Medrano, Jaime Martinez, Jody Soltero, Carlos Trejo and Hector A. Medrano.