Fidel Lucero of Winslow passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Holy Rosary will be at 9:30 a.m. today (May 15), followed by the celebration of Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Winslow. Burial will follow at Holbrook City Cemetery.
He was born in Alameda, N.M., on Dec. 27, 1919, one of 10 children born to Abel Lucero and Gertrude Gonzalez Lucero.
Fidel was a proud veteran who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war, he returned home to New Mexico. He married Dora Chavez on Jan. 27, 1951.
He worked at Tom McCann’s men’s shoe store in Albuquerque, N.M., before moving to Holbrook. While living in Holbrook, he ran Larry’s Liquors.
The family moved to Winslow in 1968, where Fidel and his wife have owned and operated The Gate Store for over 45 years.
Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Dora; four sons, Frank (Janice) Lucero, Danny (Jeannette) Lucero, Leslie Lucero and Leonard (Lynda) Lucero; two granddaughters, Christie Lucero McKean and Elizabeth Lucero; four great-grandchildren; and one sister, Sylveria Apodaca of Alameda.
Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow was in charge of the arrangements.
