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Tomas O “Tom” Montoya Jr.

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Tomas O “Tom” Montoya Jr.

Birth
Pena Blanca, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
Death
24 Jun 1975 (aged 61)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Bernalillo, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 26, 1975
BERNALILLO (AP) - A funeral mass is scheduled at 10AM for Tom Montoya, elder brother of
U.S. Sen. Joseph Montoya, Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bernalillo. Tom Montoya died Tuesday, at Houston's Methodist Hospital after suffering a stroke last week. He was 62. Burial was to follow the mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery.

Montoya was the oldest of the politically potent Montoya brothers. He had long been active in New Mexico Democratic politics. Tom Montoya was a member of the Bernalillo Municipal School Board.
He had served as Sandoval County commissioner, state senator and state liquor director.

He is survived by his widow Cleo; brothers Ted and Joseph; and two sisters, Virginia Chavez and Lorella Salazar.

The Santa Fe New Mexican, June 26, 1975
BERNALILLO (AP) - A funeral mass is scheduled at 10AM for Tom Montoya, elder brother of
U.S. Sen. Joseph Montoya, Friday at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bernalillo. Tom Montoya died Tuesday, at Houston's Methodist Hospital after suffering a stroke last week. He was 62. Burial was to follow the mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery.

Montoya was the oldest of the politically potent Montoya brothers. He had long been active in New Mexico Democratic politics. Tom Montoya was a member of the Bernalillo Municipal School Board.
He had served as Sandoval County commissioner, state senator and state liquor director.

He is survived by his widow Cleo; brothers Ted and Joseph; and two sisters, Virginia Chavez and Lorella Salazar.



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  • Created by: Jay Follett
  • Added: Oct 17, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60238282/tomas_o-montoya: accessed ), memorial page for Tomas O “Tom” Montoya Jr. (30 Mar 1914–24 Jun 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60238282, citing Bernalillo Cemetery, Bernalillo, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Jay Follett (contributor 47079385).