Esperanza Marquez, 76 of Friona died Friday, September 29, 2017 in Friona. Viewing will begin 1:00 P.M. Monday, October 2, 2017 at Iglesia Evangelica Nueva Jerusalen in Friona. Celebration of Life Services will be held 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at Iglesia Evangelica Nueva Jerusalen in Friona with Pastor Benito Mejia, officiating. Burial following in the Friona Cemetery by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona.

Esperanza was born December 14, 1940 in Mexico to Jesus Maria and Ignacia Rivera Marquez. She married Manuel Ricardo Dorame in Kansas. She loved to cook for others, tend to her flowers and was a member of the Iglesia Evangelica Nueva Jerusalen in Friona.

She is preceded in death by her parents, 2 sons-Sergio Acosta, Manuel Acosta, 1 sister-Dora Marquez, 4 brothers-Jesus Marquez, Leopoldo Marquez, Frederico Marquez and Raymundo Marquez.

Survivors include:  her husband Manuel of Friona, 3 daughters-Graciela Rey of Friona, Ofelia Anaya of Phoenix, AZ., and Oralia Acosta of Mexico, 1 son-Raul Acosta of Garden City, Kansas, 2 sisters-Eva Marquez of Mexico and Francisca Marquez of Friona, 2 brothers-Rosario Marquez and Rafael Marquez both of Mexico, 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.