Louise Bomba Saathoff died on Oct. 5 in Las Cruces, N.M. Louise and her twin brother B.D. were born in Devine, Texas, in 1927 to Louise and Boniface Bomba. They, and their five brothers and sisters, along with their parents, grew up and lived in Medina County, much of that time on the family farm. She married Charles Saathoff in 1946, and they spent most of their married life in San Antonio. They had three children, Annie, Roger and Cathy. Charles died in 1977 from a brain tumor. Louise was a beautician back when they were still called that. She worked at the candy counter at Russell Stover's and later Frost Bros. for many years, and after that, she worked at Shoemakers Inn until she turned 80. Needless to say, there was always a lot of chocolate and some new shoes around the house. She loved to play games of all kinds: Rook, dominoes, Chinese checkers, Ten Thousand and many others. Louise was always up for an adventure and planned family car trips in great detail. She loved to shop, and to do crochet and other crafts. Louise was a great baker. When the family came home for the holidays, dessert was a grazing buffet of cookies from her collection of tins. In 2007, Louise moved to Las Cruces to live near her oldest daughter, Annie Gordon. She lived at the Las Cruces Village of the Good Samaritan Society until her death. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Charles Adolph Saathoff; twin brother, B.D. Bomba, Jr.; sister, Bernell Ciaverra, and brother, Albert D. Bomba. Louise is survived by her children: Annie (and Ron) Gordon of Las Cruces; Roger (and Mary) Saathoff of Lubbock; and Cathy (and Dan) Barber of Forney, plus grandchildren Kari (and Allen) Smith, Rebecca (and Andrew) Davis, and Zachary (and Emily) Saathoff, as well as sisters Dorothy Rose and Agnes Gottfried, and brother David (and Shirley) Bomba, sister-in-law Irene Bomba, and numerous great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. On Saturday, Nov. 29, the family will receive friends at 9:15 a.m., with a memorial service at 10 a.m., at Guinn-Horger Funeral Home in Hondo. Burial to follow in Moore.