Lorenzo Sena

Rosary services for Lorenzo Sena, age 84 will he held on Sunday, April 27, at 7:00 PM from St. Rose of Lima Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, April 28 at 10:00 AM also from St. Rose of Lima Church with Father Thomas Kayammakal officiating. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery with Max Velasquez, Chris Tenorio, Mike Chavez, Matthew Lopez, Davian Salazar, Isiah Lopez and Tommy Campos serving as Pallbearers. Silver Chavez, Marc Chavez, Genaro Sigala, Paz Romero and Wifred Chavez will serve as Honorary Pallbearers. Lorenzo passed away peacefully on April 23, at the Guadalupe County Hospital following an illness. He was born on August 10, 1929 in Cuervo, NM to the home of Adolfo and Gertrude (Valencia) Sena. He was reared and attended schools in Cuervo. Lorenzo married Adela Lopez on September 13, 1953 in Newkirk, NM. He worked construction, he was a mechanic, truck driver and an airplane pilot, and he also worked as a foreman for the New Mexico Department of Transportation for 25 years before he retired in 1990. He enjoyed fishing, drawing, carving, and gardening and even made homemade headstones for deceased friends and relatives. He was a jack of all trades and was always available to help out anyone in any way he could. Lorenzo is preceded in death by his parents, his wife Adela, his half sister Lupita , his grandchildren, Andrew Gene Jerome Sena, Gina Jo Sena and his great granddaughter Hanna Dodge. Survivors include his children, Adolph Sena and wife Maria, Linda Dodge and husband James, Andrew Sena and wife Gina all of Santa Rosa and Lawrence Sena and wife Patricia of Tucumcari. Also surviving are his grandchildren, Victoria, Angela, Jaime and husband Marc, Dylilah and husband Genaro, Wendy and husband Paz, Jesse James, Tiffany, Khadijah, Joshuah, Esperanza, Alicia, Adela and Leticia, great granddaughter Gabriella, great grandson Azael and one on the way and his sister in law Gloria Lopez of Tucumcari. All services for Lorenzo have been entrusted to the Chavez Funeral Home of Santa Rosa. To place an online tribute please visit our website at www.chavezfuneralhome.com