Christina P. Hughes

Funeral mass for Christina P. Hughes, 76, Foster, Ore., was held Monday in Oregon. Mrs. Hughes died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, in Lebanon, Ore.She was born Oct. 17, 1928, in Newark, N.J., the daughter of Venancio and Sara Perez. She attended Middlebury College in Vermont and studied abroad for a year in Madrid, Spain, before she received her master’s degree in Spanish. She was a resident of Westfir, Ore., Lincoln, Neb., Lawrence, Kan., and Sweet Home, Ore.Mrs. Hughes was a member of St. Helens Catholic Church in Sweet Home.She married George H. Hughes on July 5, 1964, in Newark. He survives, of the home.Other survivors include a son, Dr. Kevin Hughes, Lawrence; a daughter, Valerie Hughes Goff, Blue Springs, Mo.; and seven grandchildren.Workman & Steckly Funeral Chapel in Sweet Home is in charge of arrangements.