Clara "Clarita\" \ García

Clara Clarita García, Our Lord and Savior called our beloved, Clara Clarita Garcia, surrounded by her loving family, home to heaven on Friday, August 1, 2014. Clara was born in Wagon Mound, NM November 9, 1940. She graduated from Wagon Mound High School and NM Highlands University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree. She completed 32 years of successful teaching in the Albuquerque Public Schools having taught at Kit Carson, Sombra del Norte, and Navajo Elementary Schools. After her retirement from APS, she devoted her life to her husband, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren. She was a talented, creative, and generous beauty. Clara was much loved and admired and will be greatly missed by family, friends, and countless former students. She was preceded in death by her son, Michael G. Garcia; her mother, Eloisa Montoya; and her father-in-law, Tom Garcia. Clara is survived by husband, Dan Garcia; daughter, Christine "Sugie" Garcia and husband Lanny; daughter-in-law, Karen Garcia; grandchildren, Janelle Coca and husband Julian, Matthew Garcia, and Zack Garcia; great-grandchildren, Elicea and Michael Coca, Father Zack Montoya; mother-in-law, Lola Garcia; sisters, Mary Ellen Gallegos, Nora Juarros and husband Louis, brother, Carlos Montoya and wife Patti; and many nieces and nephews. A Viewing will take place on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the Riverside Funeral Home of Albuquerque Chapel, followed by the Recitation of the Rosary at 7:00 PM. The Celebration of the Mass will take place on Friday, August 8, at 9:00 AM at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, followed by a reception in the Parish Hall. Arrangements entrusted to Riverside Funeral Home of Albuquerque, 225 San Mateo Blvd. NE, (505) 764-9663.