Dear Mother, Your love for life kept you strong in your illness. May you find true happiness in Heaven. God bless you! Rest in Peace! Love you, your daughters and family. Martha is preceded in death by her loving husband Salvador F. Gavaldon and survived by her daughters Ana L. Chelpaty (Tim) and Veronica Hernandez (Jose Lucas), her granddaughters Alejandra Chelpaty and Celeste Hernandez, her sister Maria Elena Aguirre, and many family and friends. Visitation will be held Friday, January 25, 2019 from 5pm-9pm at Hillcrest Funeral Home, 1060 North Carolina Drive, with a Vigil at 7pm. Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, January 26 at 9am at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish, 408 Park Street. Graveside Service and interment to follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of Hillcrest Funeral Home East (915)598-3332.