Eliseo Salas Sr.
June 9, 1944 - February 3, 2022
Services for Eliseo Salas Sr., (77) of Brownfield will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, February 10, 2022, at United Family Fellowship with Eric Martinez officiating, followed by interment in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 pm to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Brownfield Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at www.brownfieldfuneralhome. com. Eliseo was born to Isabel Cruz Salas and Santos Salas on June 9, 1944. He was raised in Brownfield, where he met the love of his life, Lucia Castilleja. They married on November 11, 1962, and Eliseo began working for the John Deere house as a mechanic. He and Lucia started their family shortly after, raising their children in Brownfield. He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Felix Salas; two sons, Alex and Ricky Paul Salas; and son-in-law, Johnny Christesson. Eliseo, Sr. is survived by his wife, Lucia Salas; three sons, Eliseo (Leslie) Salas Jr., Jerry (Mary) Salas, and Alfred Salas; two daughters, Rachel Christesson and Kimberly Salas; 15 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; nine sisters; four brothers; and a numerous amount of people who loved him and called him “Grandpa”!!
