Juanita (Ruiz) Hernandez, age 71, of D¿½Hanis passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Born Oct. 3, 1938, in Uvalde, she was the daughter of Guasimodo C. and Consuelo (Mireles) Ruiz. She and Vicente Y. Hernandez were married April 10, 1955, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde. She was a homemaker. She is preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Rebecca R. Hernandez; brother David Ruiz; and sisters, Maria Elena Moreno and Natalia Rodriguez. She is survived by her husband, Vicente; daughters, Rose Anne Chapa and husband Roberto and Cathy Hernandez and husband Keith Darnell; sons, Richard, Reginald and wife Kelly, Rene, and Rudy Hernandez; grandchildren, David M. Chapa and wife Kimberly, Nicholas Chapa, Courtney A. Hernandez, Nicholas S. Hernandez, Richard Tapia, Clayton Hernandez and Sadie R. Darnell; great-grandsons, David and Gabriel Chapa; sister, Rosa Enriquez; brothers, Enrique, Robert and wife Francis, Jose Luis, Guadalupe, Mario and wife Mary Lou, and Andres Ruiz and wife Virginia; aunts, Piedad Salazar, Linda Garcia and Sulema ; uncle, Mike Mireles and wife Teodora; brothers-in-law, Aurelio Moreno, Arturo Rodriguez, Julian Hernandez and wife Eustolia, Sotero Hernandez and wife Esther, and Luis Hernandez and wife Esther; sisters-in-law, Michaela Morin, Maria Garza and husband Pedro, and Eustolia Hernandez; and numerous beloved nieces, nephews and cousins. Rosary will be recited at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Mar. 27, followed at 10 a.m. by Funeral Mass, at Holy Cross Catholic Church, D¿½Hanis. Fr. Wallis J. Stiles will officiate. Pallbearers were David M, Chapa, Nicholas S. Hernandez, Clayton Hernandez, Richard Tapia, Matthew G. Luna and Timothy G. Luna. Interment will be at San Francisco Cemetery