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Elsie Corina Chavez 1937-2025 Elsie spent her life in
Elsie Corina Chavez 1937-2025 Elsie spent her life in Valencia County, where she was born and raised. She married her sweetheart, Alex, in 1954. Elsie was a member of Calvary Chapel Rio Grande Valley Church. Elsie was a believer in Jesus Christ. She taught her family how to live and love like Jesus through her example. She imparted her friends and family a very valuable life lesson that they will carry with them It's more blessed to give than to receive. Elsie loved to garden. She grew many different vegetables and shared her crop with everyone! Elsie was very adventurous. She loved to go camping, fishing, hunting and traveling. She worked for Los Lunas Schools. Many people remember her as their school bus driver on Bus No. 10. She also spent many years working in the school cafeteria department. She retired from Los Lunas Schools in the early 1990s. Elsie lived out her faith by praying for her family every day. She had a compassion for people and was very generous to everyone. She spent many years cooking meals to feed the homeless. Elsie will be remembered by her loving children, Faye Padilla (Mario), Eilene Sultemeier (Karl), Emily Trujillo (Michael), Martin Chavez (Andrea); 10 grandchildren, Anna, Olivia, Denise, Daniel, Gabriel, Corinna, Miguel, Martin Jr., Naomi and Derryke; and 16 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her father, Luis Jaramillo; mother, Beatrice Torres; husband, Eloy Alex Chavez; and siblings, Willie Jaramillo and Erlinda Lujan.
