Ray Contreras my dad's first cousin
related to me by my Great-Grandmother Leonarda Apodaca Contreras.
Died while serving WWII.
This blogger is about my father Benjamin Lopez Apodaca. My attempt is to share and give information about his family and heritage His Lucero family came from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico to (Paso del Norte) present day, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (170years) came to southern New Mexico in 1840 to Mesilla Territory, New Mexico. His Apodaca family came from Mexico, to Salem, Fierro, and Pinos Altos, NM. Hisparents settled in Los Angeles, CA in 1950.
Unas Floricitas By Ben Apodaca You can take the boy out of New Mexico, but you can't take New Mexico out of the boy. There is th...