Benita Rodriguez
Benita H. Rodriguez, 80, of Presidio passed from this life on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.
She was born in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico on March 21, 1935 to the late Miguel and Antonia (Rey) Hinojos. She was a homemaker and loving wife and mother to nine children. She was a devout Catholic who prayed the Rosary every evening.
Benita was a very happy person who loved to be with her family. She enjoyed sewing and cooking. Every time she came to Odessa, she made carne con papas tacos and whenever the family came to Presidio, she cooked goat. She also enjoyed gardening and caring for her plants.
Those left to cherish her love and memory are her husband, Francisco Rodriguez of Presidio; four sons, Manuel Rodriguez and wife Alma and Facundo Rodriguez and wife Juanita, all of Presidio, Francisco Rodriguez Jr. and wife Alma Delia, Mario Rodriguez and wife Mileydi, and Daniel Rodriguez, all of Odessa; four daughters, Rosa Rodriguez Rios and husband Jose of Ojinaga, Carolina Leyva and husband Joel, Irma Dominguez and husband Armando, and Leticia Tharp and husband Robert, all of Presidio; brothers Matias and Esequiel Hinojos, both of Ojinaga; sisters Candelaria Carrasco and Magdalena Hinojos, both of Ojinaga; also 23 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Carlota Baeza.
Rosary and the funeral Mass were the morning of Tuesday, November 24 at Santa Teresa de Jesus Catholic Church in Presidio with burial in Desert Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements are entrusted to Acres West Funeral Chapel, and condolences to the family may be sent online at acreswestfuneral.com.