Teodora "Lola" Perez was born April 24, 1939, in Carrizo Springs, TX, to Guadalupe and Bernaldina (Ortiz) Perez. Lola was raised in the Carrizo Springs area. She was united in marriage to Louis Ochoa on November 20, 1965, in Carrizo Springs. They eventually made their home in Moorhead, MN.
Lola was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She spent much time with her family and thoroughly enjoyed babysitting her grandchildren.
Lola died Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at age sixty-nine, in Golden Living Center, Moorhead.
Survivors: husband, Louis; three sons, Louis Jr. (Tanya) Ochoa, Michael (Brandi) Ochoa, and Bernabe Ochoa; one daughter, Priscilla (Kyle) Schiefert; ten grandchildren; and four sisters, Guadalupe Ruiz, Esperanza (Joe) Perez, Maria (Raymond) Garcia, and Elena (Juan) Patlan.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Domingo Perez and Lupe Perez; and a sister, Evangelina Zamora.
Visitation will be Monday from 5 - 6:30 PM, with a prayer service at 6:30 PM, in St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Moorhead.
Funeral Mass Tuesday at 11 AM, in St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Moorhead.