Consuelo Tijerina

Consuelo Tijerina, 69, longtime former resident of Moses Lake, Wash., currently in a ministry in Carrizo Springs, Texas, went to be with the Lord on December 22, 2004 at University Hospital in Seattle after a longterm illness.

Consuelo was born February 23, 1935 in Quemado, Texas, to daughter of Augustine and Manuela L. Hernandez. She was raised in Carrizo Springs with three brothers and six sisters. She married Elias Tijerina on December 31, 1952 in Lubbock, Texas.

They lived in Ohio for 18 years and then moved to Moses Lake, where they lived for 25 years before returning to Carrizo Springs for the past eight years, where Elias is a pastor.

Consuelo was a loving person always ready to help others, a mom who always prayed for her children — not only a mother, but a friend. She had love without condition.

We will miss her very much, but will always be in our hearts.

She was proud to be a pastor's wife and always ready to do God's work. That is what she loved the best. Rest now, Mom, we will see you again.

Consuelo was preceded in death by her mother, Manuela L. Hernandez, a sister, Francisca Andaverde and her son, Rolando Tijerina.

She is survived by: her loving husband, Elias; her father, Augustine Hernandez; brothers and sisters, Velma (Hector) Alaniz of Moses Lake, Prajedes (Elizur) Martinez, Nickie (Gary) Ledgerwood and David (Gloria) Hernandez of Salem, Ore., Manuela (Ray) Gregaira, Vincente (Diane) Hernandez, Augustine Jr. (Maria) Hernandez and San Juan (Juan) Coronado of Texas; and 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at El Sendero De La Cruz, 2227 W. Peninsula Dr. in Moses Lake, with Pastor MIke Alvarado officiating. Interment will follow in Pioneer Memorial Gardens. Consuelo will lie in state at El Sendero De La Cruz from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday evening, December 28, 2004.

Arrangements are in care of Benson Family Funeral Services, Chapel, Cemetery and Crematory.