Christi Edwards-Urban, 38, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, after a long battle with kidney disease.Christi was born on March 2, 1975, in Biloxi, Miss., to Robert V. Edwards and Gloria (Chavez) Edwards. She was raised by her mother, Gloria Gutierrez and also her grandmother, Andrellita (Tita) Chavez and grandfather, Levi Chavez.She married Andres Urban on June 28, 2013, and was currently living in McKinney, Texas where she was very happy. Christi finally had everything she has always wished for, a husband and family to call her own.She is preceded in death by her father, Robert V. Edwards III; grandparents, Robert and Edna Edwards and cousin, Melissa (Chavez) Archuleta.Christi is survived by her husband, Andres and his children, Joshua, Kevin, Oliver and Theodore, whom she loved as her own; her parents, Gloria Gutierrez and maternal grandparents, Levi and Tita Chavez whom she called her mom and dad; brothers, Daniel Edwards and wife, Jamie and family, Michael Gutierrez and Patrick Gutierrez; Godchildren, Nathan Gonzales and Alexya Gonzales; aunts and uncles, Julian and Diana Chavez, Lee Chavez and Crinda Thorton, Patsy Marquez, Abel and Merlyn Gonzales, Ernest and Darlene Chavez, Robert and Lorraine Tafoya, Junior Chavez, and Steve and Eileen Gallegos; nephews and niece, Daniel Edwards, Brandon Edwards, Tracy Edwards; great-nephew, Eric Edwards; her in-laws, Joe and Darleane Urban, and Charlene Urban; brother-in-law, Alex Urban and sisters-in-law, Cheryl and Ariel Urban.Funeral services for Christi will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Saturday as follows: the rosary will be recited by her uncle, Deacon Ernest Chavez at 9 a.m., followed by celebration of the funeral mass by the Rev. George Salazar at 9:30 a.m. Burial services will follow the mass at San Antonio Cemetery.Serving as honorary pallbearers will be: Daniel Edwards, Brandon Edwards, Kevin Urban, Anthony Chavez, Brian Chavez, Andrew Marquez, Michael Gonzales, Ernesto Chavez, Martin Gallegos, Joshua Tafoya, Joshua Urban, Oliver Urban, Theodore Urban, Juliann Chavez, Donna Chavez, Devin Chavez, Laura Gonzales, Paul Gonzales, Abel Gonzales Jr., Mathew Gonzales, Amy Blea, Ramon Chavez, Andrellita Chavez, Jacob Tafoya, Leeandra Garcia, Diego Gallegos, Lucas Gallegos, Michael Gutierrez and Patrick Gutierrez.Visit
www.nelsonfuneralhomelv.com for online condolences.Funeral arrangements for Christi have been entrusted to Nelson Funeral Home; 801 Douglas Avenue, Las Vegas; 425-6551.
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