Juanita "Janie" Luera

She was born to Bacilio and Antonia Arellano Arenas on June 12, 1946 in Loraine, Texas.

Janie was a caring gentle woman who was devout in her Catholic Faith and loved her Lord with all her heart. She was a member of Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Colorado City and a member of the Guadalupana’s, seldom missing Mass, but when she did, she watched Mass on Channell EWTV. Janie was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who strived to make her house a home filled with love and joy. Together with her sisters she enjoyed preparing countless family meals. Many in the community would go to Fuller’s even when they didn’t really need anything just so they could talk to her when she was working. In her spare time, she enjoyed greeting everyone with a smile, crocheting, and doing needle point. She will be dearly missed not just by family but by the community she loved and served each day as a cashier.

Janie is survived by her husband Pete Luera of Colorado City, by her sons Daniel Luera of Colorado City, Sam Luera of San Angelo, and Joseph Luera and wife Bobbie Jo of San Angelo, and by daughter Rebecca Buckner and husband Patrick of Sweetwater, as well as by grandchildren, Krista, Giovanni, Damian, Jonathan, Skye, Benjamin, September, Sierra C., Sierra S., Mariah, and Cassedy, and by great-grandchildren Cecilia, Jonathan Jr., , Ezekiel, Santana, Izabella, Jasiiah, Jazzy, Atticus, Arius, Alinity, Kyla, Melonie, Alena, and Azien. She is also survived by her brothers Emilio Arenas of Amarillo and Antonio Arenas of Escondido California, and by a sister Maria Regino of Sweetwater, and by a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents Bacilio and Antonia Arenas, by her brothers Cruz Arenas and Ramon Arenas, and by a sister Rafaila Martinez.

The family will be present for a visitation on Sunday, February 1st from 5-7pm with a rosary to follow at 7 pm.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Janie will be held at Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Colorado City at 10 am on Monday, February 2nd with Father Michael Udegbunam officiating, burial will follow in the Mitchell County Cemetery with pallbearers Jonathan Luera, Damian Luera, Giovanni Luera, Efran Martinez, Abram Hernandez, and Adrian Hernandez bearing her to her place of rest. Grandson Benjamin Buckner will be an honorary pallbearer.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in her memory to Saint Ann’s Church.

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