THIS BOOK IS A COMPILATION OF HISTORICAL EVENTS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS,ORAL NARRATIONS, FAMILY ARTWORK AND PICTURES OF THE LIVES OF OUR ANCESTORS WITH THE SURNAME "LUERAS," WHO BEGAN THEIR LIVES IN NEW MEXICO. ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE ARE THE VARIATIONS IN SPELLING OF FAMILY NAMES AND IN DOCUMENTED DATES.
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Pat Joined: Dec-24-2015 |
A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF NEW MEXICO, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN NEW MEXICO FOR OVER 250 YEARS. I GREW UP IN GALLUP NM AND GRADUATED FROM CATHEDRAL HS IN 1966. I THEN SERVED IN THE US ARMY WITH DEPLOYMENTS TO VIET-NAM WITH THE 82ND AIR BORNE DIVISION (PARATROOPER) UNIT IN 1968, CAME HOME AND EARNED MY BFA (BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS) DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBUQUERQUE. I WORKED CIVIL SERVICE FOR 30 YRS AT FORT HUACHUCA AZ, KOREA, ARMY DEPOT IN PUEBLO, CO, THEN TRANSFERRED TO KIRTLANT AFB, NM, WORKING AS AN ART SPECIALIST AND DIRECTOR UNTIL MY RETIREMENT IN 2001. BORN IN 1947, MARRIED TO CARMEN ROMERO, AND HAS TWO DAUGHTERS, DEIDRA AND CARA, AND TWO GRANDSONS PATRICK AND DIEGO.