Alberto Leyva Ontiveros April 20, 1964 ~ July 13, 2024 (age 60)

The Rosary for Alberto Ontiveros, 60, of Portales will be recited at 3:30 PM, Fri., July 19, 2024 in the Wheeler Mortuary Chapel followed by a memorial service.  Burial will be in the Portales Cemetery.

Alberto Leyva Ontiveros was born April 20, 1964 in Pecos, TX to the home of Soledad (Leyva) and Abel Ontiveros, and died early on the morning of July 13, 2024 in Amarillo, TX.  His family came to Roosevelt County to work in the harvests when he was a boy.  He eventually came to Portales to live, and had been a resident here for most of his life.  He was close to his siblings growing up, and enjoyed spending time with them.  He had a deep and abiding faith in God.  Alberto enjoyed carving Rosaries among other things.  He loved animals of all kinds.

He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Keisto and Gerianne Ontiveros of Lubbock, a daughter, Andrea Ontiveros of Portales; five grandchildren; nine brothers and a sister.  He was preceded in death by both of his parents.

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