Irma was born on April 16, 1940 in Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico to Manuel R. and Natalia E. Galindo. Graduated from Deming Highschool in 1960 Irma worked for Mountain Bell Telephone Company for 21 years. She retired and became a homemaker and helped her beloved husband maintain their apartment business for many years. Irma loved going shopping, cooking, gardening and was a Dallas Cowboys fan. She will be remembered as a very loving and caring person who welcomed anybody with open arms. She is survived by her sons, David Valverde (Fermina) and Michael Valverde (Yvonne); one sister, Ernestina and her husband Skip Kimball; four grandchildren, Christina (Jazz) Gonzales, Eric Valverde, Christopher Valverde and Bianca Valverde; five great grandchildren, Therese, Michael, Mason, Eliza and Diego; several nieces and nephews who referred to her lovingly as Nina. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Valverde; her parents and two brothers, Raul Galindo and Jaime Galindo.
Funeral mass will be on Monday, May 24, 2021 at 11:30am at St. Ann Catholic Church with Father, Jesus Martinez officiating.
Concluding services, with an interment will be at Mountain View cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are Manuel Mesa, Daniel Mesa, Christopher Valverde, Eric Valverde, Jazz Gonzales and George Rodriguez.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Ambercare Hospice especially Deeandra and Edna and her caregiver Elly Acosta.
Arrangements are with Terrazas Funeral Chapels.