Maria Ernestina Velez de Mendoza, 63, of Perryton, Texas passed away Monday, April 29, 2024 in Beaver County, Oklahoma.  Viewing will be Sunday, May 5, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Monday, May 6, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.  Rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2024 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.  Funeral mass will be Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.  Burial will follow in Ochiltree Cemetery.  Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. of Perryton, Texas.

Ernestina was born on November 17, 1960 in Mexico to Carmelo Velez and Magdalena Ayala.  She married her husband, Manuel Rendon, in Perryton, Texas.  She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Perryton.  She loved to garden, spending time out at the lake, and she loved spending time with her mother, children and grandchildren.

Ernestina is survived by her husband, Manuel Rendon of Perryton, Texas; her mother, Magdalena Ayala of Perryton, Texas; one daughter, Maria Blanca Gallardo of Perryton, Texas; two sons, Daniel Mendoza of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, and Juan Carlos Mendoza of Amarillo, Texas; one son-n-law, Cipriano Gallardo of Perryton, Texas; one daughter-in-law, Brenda Mendoza of Amarillo, Texas; four brothers, Roman Velez of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, Saul Velez of Buffalo, Oklahoma, Jesus Velez and Rita Velez, both of Perryton, Texas; two sisters, Eva Boose of Flora, Illinois and Patty Velez of Perryton, Texas; and twelve grandchildren.