Esther Otero Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral Mass of Christian Burial for ESTHER M. OTERO, 88, will be held at 9am Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at St Anthony Catholic Church with Father Andrew Duncan officiating. Burial will follow in the Hartville Cemetery. Esther died May 17, 2016 at Goshen Community Health Care in Torrington, Wyoming. A Rosary will be held Monday at 7pm at St Anthony’s. Memorials may be given to TOPS at the Guernsey Senior Center or the Guernsey VFW. The casket will be open at the rosary. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com. Esther was born July 12, 1927 in Tilia, Texas the daughter of Raphael and Margareta (Valverda) Martinez. She moved with her family to Guernsey, Wyoming in 1942. She married Manuel “Shorty” Otero and they lived in Hartville, Wyoming. After her children were grown, Esther worked at the Guernsey Hotel and the Guernsey Theater. In 1980 she started Otero’s Kitchen in Guernsey and in 1982 she and her husband also ran the Miner’s Bar in Hartville until 1985. Shorty died in June of 1988 and in September of 1988 Esther closed Otero’s Kitchen. Esther is survived by three sons John Otero of Guernsey, Wyoming, Andrew Otero of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Manuel Otero Jr of Green River, Wyoming; a daughter Debra Henderson of Hartville, Wyoming; seventeen grandchildren; forty-three great grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son Tom; a granddaughter Angell Martinez; three great grandchildren Angell, Anastatia and Carlos; eight brothers; and a sister.

Esther Otero

July 12, 1927 - May 17, 2016