Maria Elena Villegas

Maria Elena Villegas, Emporia, passed away at her home, surrounded by family, on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at the age of 89.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, August 5, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at Saint Catherine Catholic Church, Emporia. The mass will be celebrated by Father Daniel Coronado. Interment will follow in the Maplewood Cemetery.

Maria was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on August 17, 1929, the daughter of Vicente Carrillo and Maria Refugio Fuentes. She married J. Merced Villegas Barrientos in 1947 at Dolores Hildalgo, GTO.  He passed away on May 29, 1995.

Surviving are her sons;  Jose Luis, Abdon, Rogelio, Miguel Angel, Gerardo, Y Francisco. , and her daughters; Elsa, Martha Elena, Veronica, and Monica, her brother; Roberto Carrillo Fuentes, and sister; Virginia Carrillo Fuentes. There are also several grand, great-grand, and great-great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Saint Catherine Catholic Church. While living in Parsons, Kansas she was a housekeeper for a motel there.

The Rosary will be recited at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home Saturday evening, August 3, 2019 at 8:30 P.M.

A memorial has been established to be designated later. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box #175, Emporia, Kansas 66801

Condolences may be sent to the family online through the funeral home website; www.robertsblue.com