Sally Marie Govea

Sally Marie Govea, 84, died on April 26, 2022 in Cordell Oklahoma. She was born on July 28, 1937 in Chicago Illinois, to her biological parents James Sewert* and Fern Marie Metz* and raised by her mother and stepfather/adoptive father John Donohue*. Sally has 5 brothers John, Bruce, Tim, James, Richard, and one sister Phillis. Sally graduated from High School in Chicago Illinois.
Sally was married to Edmund Govea* in 1956 and started a family. They had 6 children, Paul*, Frances, Katie*, Thomas, Mary and Therese. Sally was the grandmother of Cynthia, Johnathan, Marty, Lisa, Becky Sue, Amanda, Giovanni, Gina Isabella, Branden, Sara, and Valerie. She is also the great grandmother of over two dozen grandchildren a great-great grandmother to one.
Sally moved to Albuquerque New Mexico with her children in 1972 and was educated as a Respiratory Therapist and worked as part of the University of New Mexico hospital system. In 2016 she moved to Cordell Oklahoma to live near her one of her children.

A Rosary followed by a Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, May 9, 2022, 9:30 a.m. at Queen of Heaven Parish, 5311 Phoenix Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110. She will be laid to rest at Mount Calvary Cemetery.