They had three daughters and five grandchildren. He also was employed by RAKS Building Supply, where he served as an assistant manager.Īnthony and his wife, Ermelinda, met in Belen and married on July 12, 1974. His company was successful despite the challenges of 20 percent interest rates and the banks’ reluctance to loan money to build up the company.Īnthony also served one year as an interim pastor for the Cornerstone Church. His company built and remodeled many residential homes up and down the Rio Grande Valley and many commercial buildings in the Permian Basin. While working, he attended TVI, where he received his draftsman certification and eventually passed the GB98 New Mexico Contractor License Exam and started Matador Construction Co. After graduation, he relocated to Los Lunas and began working for Ken Kennedy Construction. He was always proud of the buckle he won. He completed his senior year in 1969 at Elida High School in Elida, N.M.ĭuring his senior year, Anthony lived on a working ranch that year and rodeoed as a calf roper. Eventually, the family moved to Portales, N.M., where he attended Portales Schools. Guillermo is preceded in death by his parents, Petra Aurora and Senforoso Baca sisters, Ventura Montoya and Casilda Sedillo and brothers, Juan, Joe, Herman and Senforoso Andrew Baca.Īnthony was born on May 21, 1951, in Las Vegas, N.M. He is also survived by his sisters, Carmen Gomez (Las Vegas, N.M.) and Ida Chavez (Portales, N.M.) and brothers, Manuel (Erie, Colo.), Liborio (Portales, N.M.) and Victor Baca (Portales, N.M.). He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Ermelinda Baca (Jaramillo) daughters, of whom he was extremely proud, Lindsay Baca, Sidney Baca (Jarrad) and Elyssa Killough (Brad) and his cherished grandchildren, Haleigh Little, Melina Olivas, Micah Olivas, Lucas Bland and Saydee Killough. Interment to follow at Our Lady of Belen Memorial Gardens. 22, 2023, beginning with a visitation at 9:30 a.m., funeral service to be celebrated at 10 a.m. Services will be held at Calvary Chapel Rio Grande Valley on Friday, Dec. 13, 2023, due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease, at the age of 72. Guillermo “Anthony” Baca, of Belen, passed away on Dec.

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