https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/5905a8e97ec948c1807b3d97c08b5f3a.pdf e70a8cc976e78a1c828b74292a3c9509 PDF Text Text JOE and SUSANA (Martinez) LUCERO Joe Lucero was born July 17, 1908 at the family homestead on the Pine River near Blanco, New Mexico. He is the oldest son of Silvano and Tomasita Lucero. There were five other children, two sisters, Josephina and Macedonia, and three brothers, Silvano, Rubel and Benito. Joe, being the oldest son, helped his father on their 640 acre ranch. They had dry land on the mesa and a section on the river bottom. Part was used for crops and part for running cattle and sheep. Most of the time Joe was needed on the farm at home. Occasionally, he hired out to Walter Key for hoeing beans and doing other farm jobs up near Allison. Joe decided before he got too old, he better get himself a wife. There was a girl back home in Martin Plaza, N.M. whom he had known when he was a boy. Joe and Susana Martinez were neighbors. When Joe went home Susana was 14. They courted for two years, then decided when Susana was 16 it was time to get married. Joe wanted a young wife, not an old one. They married in Los Martinez, N.M. and stayed at his father's ranch. Four of their seven children were born there: Irene, Fred, Mary Delice and Raymond. Joe and Susana brought their four children by horse and wagon to Homer, Colorado, located south of Allison and leased 80 acres. While there Mary Lou, Benstina and Susie were born. Six of the children are still alive. Five are in the Ignacio area and one in Chicago. Raymond was in the Air Force and died in Denver in 1957. Joe worked his own ranch and hired out to others in the area. He worked for Joe Shank for three summers, for Barney Lonne for 9 summers. The family did most of its shopping in Rosa. Joe's last years of ranching were with Vernon Young, then with Mike Faverino. When Susana died in 1967, they had been married 41 years. Joe and his daughter Susie took a trip to Chicago to visit his daughter Mary Lou. They spent about a month sight-seeing. On Dec. 12, 1974, Joe suffered a heart attack and spent 27 days in the hospital. In March 1975 Joe bought a trailer and moved it to Ignacio where he could be closer to his children. Joe's father is still living, a spry 90 years of age. He was still farming up to five years ago when he sold an 80 acre ranch at Oxford. Silvano now lives with his daughter Josephina in Gem Village. Joe at 68 is still helping his neighbors farm. He's over at Tom Gallegos today separating cows. By CLAUDETTE GILBERT, November, 1976 102 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shelby Smith Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1973-1980 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of biographies, predominantly of residents from the Ignacio Senior Center, based on interviews conducted by Shelby Smith from approximately 1973 to 1980. The abridged interviews were originally published as individual entries in The Thoughtful Years newsletter, published by the Ignacio Senior Center, beginning in 1973. They were later published as a whole in Smith's book: Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley, from which the original scans in this collection have been derived. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Joe Lucero and Susana (Martinez) Lucero Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1976-11 Subject The topic of the resource Lucero, Joe; Lucero, Susana (Martinez); Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of Joe Lucero and Susana (Martinez) Lucero based on an interview conducted by Claudette Gilbert. Originally included in the November, 1976 issue of "The Thoughtful Years" newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center. Later included in the book "Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley" by Shelby Smith. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucero, Joe; Lucero, Susana (Martinez) Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 page Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby; Gilbert, Claudette