Irma Yanez Rios, 47, of Big Spring, died on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, in a Lubbock hospital. Vigil services will be at 7:30 PM, Thursday, May 2, 2002, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel. Funeral mass will be at 10:00 AM Friday, May 3, 2002, at the St. Thomas Catholic Church with Rev. James Plagens, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olive Memorial Park. She was born on December 6, 1954 in Big Spring, Texas, and married Faustino Rios, Jr. in May 1974 in Big Spring, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1986. Irma was a lifetime resident of Big Spring. She graduated from Big Spring High School and from Howard College Nursing School in 1992. She was a registered nurse at Scenic Mountain Medical Center. She was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church. She sang in the church choir, and was a sponsor of the St. Thomas Youth Club. Survivors include her son, Jeremy Rios of Big Spring; her daughter, Valerie Rios of Big Spring; her parents, Horace and Pilar Yanez of Big Spring; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Maria and Jesse Salazar, Velma and Luis Flores, Jr., and Gloria Blackburn, all of Big Spring; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Juan Jose Yanez and Ricky Reynaldo and Alma Yanez, all of Big Spring; two grandchildren, Aron Michael Rios and Isaiah Matthew Rios; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother-in-law, Everett Blackburn. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home. www.npwelch.com,
