Eulalia "Lala" (Garza) Higgins

DATELINE: Lyons, Kansas

NAME:  Eulalia “Lala” Higgins

AGE:  98 yrs                         

DATE OF DEATH:  January 14, 2017

PLACE OF DEATH: Good Samaritan Center, Lyons

DATE OF BIRTH: May 30, 1918

PLACE OF BIRTH: McAllen, Texas

PARENTS: Marin & Celsa Garza

RESIDENCE: longtime Lyons resident

OCCUPATION: Homemaker

MEMBERSHIPS:  St. Paul Catholic Church, Altar Society, Lyons

She married Cyrus Eugene Powell November 28, 1951 at St. John, he died on May 28, 1957. She married Jesse W. Higgins Sr. August 8, 1964 at Hutchinson, he died on April 16, 2000.

SURVIVORS:  son, Paul E. Powell, Newton, Ks.; step-sons, Jesse & Kay Higgins, Lyons, Donny & Sharon Higgins, LaVista, NE.; step-daughters, Joyce & Jim Sheridan, Waco, TX., Shirley & Carl Chitwood, Phoenix, AZ.; 17 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  son, David A. Powell; step-son, Bobby Joe Higgins; brothers, Esteban, Abundio, Rolando Garza; sisters, Lydia Guerra, Celsa Figger, Victoria Prado, Alicia Daigle, Micaela Babineaux

FUNERAL MASS: 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 20, 2017 at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons

OFFICIATING: Father Robert Spencer

BURIAL: Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Lyons

VISITATION: 2:00 to 8:00 P.M., Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with family present 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., Parish Rosary at 7:00 P.M.

MEMORIAL: Altar Society in care of the funeral home.

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