Margarita “Maggie” Ulibarri, 95, of Amarillo, was ushered into the arms of Jesus on Christmas Day, and is celebrating in heaven with her husband, Nabor Ulibarri, her parents and her son, Ernie. She was born August 26, 1929.

Family will receive visitors on Sunday, December 29, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. with a Rosary recited at 4:00 p.m. at Lighthouse Funeral Home, 3707 Wolflin Ave., Amarillo, Texas.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 30, 2024, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, 1210 SE 11th St. Interment will follow at Llano Cemetery, 2900 S. Hayes St.

Maggie was raised in Galisteo, New Mexico on a Sheep Ranch. She treasured her memories of shearing sheep and helping her father as a child. She was the apple of her father’s eye, and they remained close until his passing in 1972.

While working as a waitress in Tucumcari, New Mexico she met the love of her life, Nabor Joe Ulibarri, Sr. They wed in December 1945. They had two sons, Ernest and Nabor Joe, Jr.

Nabor and Maggie moved to several towns in New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle before settling in Amarillo, where they remained for the rest of their lives.

She held many jobs in her lifetime, she was a beautician, teacher, prescription delivery driver, and a long-time employee of Angel Funeral Home, where she worked until she was 91 years old! Of all the jobs she held, the jobs she loved the most were not for pay. She loved raising her sons. She played a big part in helping to raise her grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Maggie was a devout Catholic and spread her love and faith to all who knew her. She began serving families by saying the rosary when she was only 10 years old and continued throughout her life. She served as a Guadalupana at Our Lady of Guadalupe for many years.

She was a lady of many talents. She sewed clothes for her family, made quilts and crocheted countless stitches. She made rosaries to give away. She was famous for her biscochitos, tortillas and empanaditas. She loved gardening and was still pulling weeds into her 90s.

Maggie was the most selfless person anyone who knew her would ever meet. She loved with her whole heart and leaves a legacy of Christ-like love behind. Her last wish was to hold her great-great grandson, Elliot Gimpel; but that was not meant to be. He entered this world on December 24th, and she left this world on December 25th. One life came into this world, and another left to be with our Lord and her loved ones that had passed before her.

She was preceded in death her husband, Nabor Ulibarri, her parents, Margarito Gonzales and Anita Casaus, and her son, Ernesto Margarito Ulibarri.

Maggie leaves behind to cherish her memory, her son, Nabor Joe Ulibarri, Jr. and wife Helen; her siblings, Gloria Chavez and Samuel Gonzales and wife Kate; a daughter-in-law, Heather Ulibarri; granddaughters, Anna Toliver and husband Eric, Daphne Sanders, Carrie Gimpel and husband Dallas, Tara and Tamara Meier; grandsons, Monty Ulibarri and wife Kara, Nabor Joe Ulibarri, III and wife Andrea, Angel Moses Ulibarri and wife Emilia, Stevan Magin Ulibarri and wife Rose, and Bret Meier; thirteen great-grandchildren, four great-great grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews.