Mrs. Hortencia Ramirez

Mrs. Hortencia Reinoso Samano Ramirez, age 80, resident of Horatio, passed from this life on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at her home.

She was one of the oldest of thirteen children born to Manuel Samano Macedo and Justa Reinoso Hernandez on March 26, 1939 in Mexico. She married the love of her life, Zenaido Rodriguez Ramirez in Mexico. Together, they shared over 61 loving years. She was a homemaker and a member of the St. Barbara Catholic Church in De Queen. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting and being on the farm, but most of all, she cherished the time spent with her children and grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Tomas Ramirez; one granddaughter, Erika Ramirez; and one brother, Crispin Samano.

She is survived by her husband, Zenaido Ramirez of Horatio; four children, Reina Ramirez Samano and her husband Ismael Vazquez, Rodolfo Ramirez Samano and his wife Rosario Ramirez, Ismael Ramirez Samano and his wife Maria Loma, and Omar Ramirez Samano and his wife Emelia Mora; seventeen grandchildren, Ivan, Rodolfo, Jr., Anthony, Jerry, Paul, Eric, Alan, Luiz, Mariela, Armondo, Rodrigo, Carla, Baleria, Omar, Jr., Alexis, Yarixel and Yeilin; three great-grandchildren, Mateo, Camilla and Geraldinr; nine siblings; as well as, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral Mass will be held at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, August 22, 2019 at the St. Barbara Catholic Church in De Queen with Father Ramses Mendieta officiating. Burial will follow in the Old Center Cemetery, Horatio under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 21 ^st , at the funeral home. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.