Fidencia S. Salinas

January 24, 1930 - January 4, 2015

On January 4, 2015, Fidencia Serna Salinas peacefully entered into her eternal rest surrounded by her family and proceeded into her heavenly home where she was welcomed by a host of singing angels into the loving arms of our Lord and Savior. She received the highest honor she ever hoped to receive as Jesus Christ our Savior said “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” Our mother loved the Lord our savior with all her heart and studied His word to show herself approved unto God and believed that He was a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. She was an avid soul winner for the Lord. She never missed an opportunity to offer the plan of salvation to anyone she met. She was always watching and praying for the second coming of Christ. Playing her guitar and singing was one of her joys in life. At the age of 53 she reunited and married her childhood sweetheart, Benito Salinas. The days she spent with him were the happiest in her life until his death in 1993. Our dear mother can now say “ I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Fidencia, daughter of Petra and Jesus Serna, was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She joins her beloved son, Paul Salinas, Jr. and her precious grandson, David Hernandez; also her little brother Teodoro Ochoa and son-in-law Horace Price, Jr. She leaves her children behind to celebrate and cherish her memory, Eloy Salinas (Ana), Herlinda Salinas, Viola Martinez (Steve), Fidencia Rita Salinas, Soila Gutierrez (Richard), Irma Price; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren, many friends and her faithful companion Chihuahua of 13 years, Knuckle. Although we will miss our mother dearly, we are comforted by her words to us, “Remember dear children, absent from the body is present with the Lord." Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. at Duddlesten Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Iglesia Bautista Adoni in Lasara, with Augustin Garcia officiating. Interment will follow in the Lasara Cemetery. Honored to serve as pallbearers are: Joshua Ray Ramos, Jose Luis Hernandez, Oliver James Price, Carlos Israel Ortiz, Paul Frederick Price, Eloy Paul Salinas, Enrique Jesus Salinas and Jaime Solis. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Duddlesten Funeral Home, 604 W. Hidalgo, Raymondville, TX.