Visitation will be this afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. at Baca’s Funeral Chapel, where a prayer vigil will begin at 7 p.m. Mass of the Resurrection will be Thursday morning at 10 at St. Ann’s Catholic Church with Fr. Virgilio Flores officiating. In keeping with her wishes, cremation will follow.

Louisa was born June 13, 1965, in Artesia and has been a resident of Deming since 1980. She was a communicant of St. Ann Catholic Church and was a caregiver working in Home Health Care. Her family remembers her as a very devoted person who always thought of others first. She always enjoyed her family gatherings, especially when it involved her grandchildren who were her pride and joy.

She is survived by her loving husband, Esteban R. Villegas of Deming; daughters, Alexandra Gamboa, Crystal Villegas and her husband Lawrence, Priscilla Gamboa and Erica Gamboa all of Deming; two brothers, Manuel Miranda and his wife Norma of Artesia and Jesse Miranda and his wife Gloria of San Antonio, Texas; and seven grandchildren, Elsie, Lawrence, Samiyah, Kayley, Mariah, Xavier and Emma.

Pallbearers will be Lawrence Villegas, Eliza DeFoor, Manuel and Jerome Miranda, Evelia Lopez and Derrick Lovelace.