Lucilla M. Cobos, 86 years old, of Alpine, Texas, passed away on November 22, in McCamey.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 2, at 1:00 p.m. at the Grace Fellowship Church in Alpine, with Pastor Mark Williams officiating and with honoree Oscar Cobos closing the service. A burial will follow at Holy Angels Cemetery in Alpine. The arrangements are by Eternity Funeral Home of Fort Stockton.

Lucilla M. Cobos was born in Marfa, Texas to Fransisco and Manuela Martinez on July 23, 1938.

Lucilla attended the Blackwell School in Marfa and was a long-term member of Iglesia Fuente de Vida Church of Alpine and was a Sunday School teacher of many children (former Methodist Church).

Lucilla married Patricio Aranda Cobos in Alpine. Lucilla was a homemaker, she and her husband raised eight children.

Lucilla M. Cobos is preceded in death by her husband Patricio Aranda Cobos Sr., her parents, Fransisco Martinez and Manuela Martinez, her siblings, Maria Jaegle, Irma Ramirez, brothers, Frank Martinez, Pablo Martinez, and Gilbert Gacia Martinez. Lucilla M. Cobos is survived by children, Patricio Cobos Jr. (Lorreen), George Cobos (Dora), Billy Cobos (Irma), Carolyn Flores, Joe Cobos, (Melba), Jerry Cobos (Anna), Elma DeLaO, Mary Cobos-Gallegos (Charlie), her sister’s Helen Rivera of New Braunfels, Estella Pena of San Antonio & brother, Leopoldo Garcia of Boulder City, Nevada and grandchildren (25), and numerous great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren and her puppy Luckie.

Pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Jerome Cobos, Joe Cobos, Joshua Cobos, Christopher Cobos, George Cobos, Jonathon Cobos, Anthony Flores, Jeremiah Cobos, honoree pallbearers are Adric Gallegos and Hector Delao The family of Lucilla M. Cobos wishes to extend our sincere thanks to all the nursing and medical staff, nutrition, and housekeeping services of the Convalescent Nursing Center of McCamey and to Eternity Funeral Home of Fort Stockton.

The Broken Chain, a tribute to our dear mother: We little knew that morning that God was going to call your name, In life we loved you dearly; in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you, you did not go alone. For part of us went with you, the day God called you home. You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide, And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, and nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.