Eufemia (Vigil) Gonzales (1914 - 1993)

Born 5 Jul 1914 in Pecos, New Mexico

Ancestors

Wife of Florentino Gonzales — married 2 Oct 1940 in Pecos, New Mexico

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1993 at age 79 in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Biography

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Eufemia Vigil Gonzales attended New Mexico Normal School, later New Mexico Highlands University, in Las Vegas, New Mexico about 1934-36. She received certification to teach school after two years. She worked as a teacher in Rowe, New Mexico in the late 1930s where she boarded, returning to her parents home in Pecos, New Mexico on weekends when feasible. She also worked as a hostess at the dude ranch in Pecos, New Mexico that was called "Valley Ranch", later to be acquired as a Benedictine Monastery.

After raising her family, she returned to teaching at St. Francis Elementary School in Santa Fe, New Mexico from about 1962 - 1970 where she taught kindergarten and had substitute teaching responsibilities.

She was an active member of the St. Francis Cathedral Altar Society from the early 1960s until the 1980s.

Sources

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Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Theresa Connaughton, Apr 10, 2013

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