FoxFire Project

The Foxfire Project, begun by Eliot Wigginton and his students in the 1960s, was designed to save from oblivion the local color of a particular Southern region: the dialect, customs, recipes, antiques, manners, clothes, games and rituals of a particular area.

As a class, the students enrolled in Ms. Rojo's AP English Language and Composition class have compiled their own stories for their own version of a “Foxfire E-Magazine” renamed "Leafing".

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

R.I.P. Tia and Grandma


            “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” (Marcus Tulius Cicero)          
I love how anyone could connect to this quote because after someone close to passes into Heaven; their lives may have ended here on Earth, but they continue to live on in our hearts and memories. The first time I ever had experience death, especially the death of TWO loved ones was in the year 2013. Both deaths had happened around the winter holidays and for the last two years, it has been tough trying to move on in our lives.
This is a copy of the Obituary:

It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother Josefina Graciela Cisneros Guerra, age 71 on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 at Sierra Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. Her daughter, Sandra Margarita Guerra age 49, both of Sunland Park, entered eternal life Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 at Providence Memorial Hospital also in El Paso. Josefina was born Feb. 24, 1941 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico to Ricardo and Esther Bencomo Cisneros. She worked as a server for many years in the restaurant business. Sandra was born March 26, 1963 also in Ciudad Juarez, to Manuel and Josefina Cisneros Guerra. She worked as a sales person for estate sales. Josefina and Sandra were both members of the Roman Catholic Church. Those left to mourn their passing include one son and brother, Manuel Guerra, Jr., and wife Josie of El Paso, Texas [my mother and father]; four daughters and sisters, Yolanda Garcia, also of El Paso, Texas, Rosa Guerra, Janina Ontiveros and husband Fernando and Norma Guerra all of Sunland Park. Josefina is also survived by one brother Ricardo Cisneros, and two sisters, Rosa Maria Cisneros and Isela Cisneros all of El Paso, Texas. Other survivors include fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Josefina was preceded in death by her parents and husband Manuel Guerra in 1997. Sandra was preceded in death by her parents. Visitation for Josefina and Sandra will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 224 Lincoln Street in Anthony, N.M., where the Prayer Vigil is scheduled for 7 p.m. Family and friends will join together at 11a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 to celebrate the Funeral Mass at San Martin de Porres Catholic Church, 1885 McNutt Road in Sunland Park with the Reverend Eleazar Perez, Celebrant. The Rite of Committal and Interment will follow at Memory Gardens of the Valley, 4900 McNutt Road also in Sunland Park, where they will be laid to rest. Serving as casket bearers for Josefina will be Janina Ontiveros, Rosa Guerra, Willie Garcia, Manuel Guerra [my father], Victor Guerra and Jose Guerra. Casket bearers for Sandra will be Norma Guerra, Yolanda Garcia, Cesar Nava, Bladimir Guerra, Adan Garcia and Jonathan Guerra [Myself]. The Guerra Families have entrusted their loved ones to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels, 300 E. Boutz Road,  Las Cruces 575-527 2222. For online condolences logon to www.bacasfuneralchapelslascruces.com.
Published in Las Cruces Sun-News on Jan. 6, 2013
Obituary ends.



Tia Sandra was the greatest aunt I could’ve wished for; she was funny, cool, and was always in a bright mood. She could me anyone smile and laugh, and her sales always were fun to go and buy little knick-knacks and spend time with her. I….really, really, really miss her, and to watch her slip away little by little made me feel guilty for those days I hadn’t spent time with her. I pray that she`s doing well in Heaven; smiling like she always was.
Grandma Josie was a sweet woman. Because of her medical history, my grandmother was always in either a wheelchair or in her bed. I didn’t have much time to bond with her, but with the time I did have made it all worthwhile. She was a smoker, like many in my family, and she loved the holidays and her novellas. Every time we would go and visit, there was always a different dramatic novella playing, and when I was much smaller, I would watch some with her. Of course, I wouldn’t understand the Spanish audio, but would interpret the shocked faces with the dramatic music. I miss those days….and I miss her, oh so very much.
My they both Rest In Peace and in Heaven

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