Funeral mass for Ricarda Chavez, 91 of Plainview will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 8, 2014 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Rev. Raymundo Manriquez officiating. Burial will follow in Plainview Memorial Park under the direction of Bartley Funeral Home. A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Ricarda died Tuesday, August 5, 2014 in Plainview. She was born on February 7, 1923 in Mexico to Francisco and Marcos Mendoza. She married Encarnacion Chavez in 1938 in Mexico. She is survived by 9 sons, Zeferino Chavez of Mexico, Ruben Chavez, Jesus Chavez, Roberto Chavez and Javier Chavez all of Plainview, Pedro Chavez and Francisco Chavez both of Colorado and Pablo Chavez and Gerardo Chavez both of Amarillo; 3 daughters, Carmen Lucio of Plainview and Maria Armendariz and Amparo Casillas both of Hereford; 3 sisters, Socorro Mendoza and Jesus Mendoza both of Denver and Tiquia Mendoza of Mexico; 2 brothers, Alejandro Mendoza of Denver and Feliciano Mendoza of Mexico; 77 grandchildren, 192 great grandchildren and 40 great great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband and 1 daughter, Sara DeLaCruz.