Obit: Lira, Magdalena Chairez (1955 - 2022)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Lira, Romero, Ramirez, Guzman, Bonilla, Oudenhoven

----Source: Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home (Owen, Clark Co., WI) 10/28/2022

Lira, Magdalena Chairez (13 June 1955 – 27 October 2022)

Magdalena “Ma” Chairez Lira, age 67, of Curtiss, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at Marshfield Medical Center.

Magdalena was born on June 13, 1955, the daughter of Marcial Chairez Romero and Fransisca Lira Ramirez in El Sauz Nieves Zacatecas, Mexico. She was united in marriage to Armando Bonilla Guzman on January 16, 1970, in Nieves, Gral. FCO. R. Murguia, Zacatecos, Mexico. He preceded her in death on June 17, 2020.

Ma. Magdalena enjoyed tending to her huge flower garden and painting. She loved to cook, and her home was the gathering place for her family and friends.

Ma. Magdalena is survived by her six children: Olegario Bonilla, Maria Elena Bonilla, Fernando Bonilla, Omar Bonilla, Armando Bonilla Jr. and Christina Bonilla; 16 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; her mother, Fransisca; 10 brothers and sisters: Martha, Javier, Marcial, Arturo, Rosalba, Maria de Jesus, Lucresia, Olga, Romelia and Laura; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her father and her husband.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2022, at Saint Bernard Catholic Church in Abbotsford. Father Timothy Oudenhoven will officiate. Interment will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in the Town of Mayville. Family and friends are welcome from 2:00 p.m. until time of service Friday at the church. The Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford is entrusted with the arrangements.

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