Enid Morning News and Daily Eagle - date unknown
ANTONIO MATA
The funeral for Antonio Mata . 45, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Joe Azledge officiating. Rosary will be at 6 p.m. Sunday in the Myatt Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fraxion Detexa Cemetery in Mexico. Myatt Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
He was born June 6, 1952 , at San Luis, Mexico, to Cruz and Renita Sarabia Mata and died Friday, September 12, 1997.
He had lived in the Buffalo area since 1977 and worked as a ranch hand. He married Teresa Ruiz on Feb. 22, 1972, in San Luis, Mexico.
He is survived by his wife, Teresa, of the home ; three daughters, Carmela, Esmerelda, and Elvia, all of the home; his mother Benita Sarabia Cruize; five brothers , Francisco, Manuel, Serafin, Jesus and Jose Mata, all of Buffalo and three sisters, Lupe, Consuelo and Socora Mata all of San Luis, Nexico.
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Buffalo man drowns in pond
By the Associated Press 12 September 1997
Authorities have recovered the body of a Buffalo man who drowned in a farm pond. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the body of Antonio Mata, 45, of Buffalo was found in the pond about 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Searchers had looked for Mata's body since he disappeared late Friday. The patrol said Mata apparently had been trying to rope a calf from his horse and when the calf went into the water, the rope became tangled up with the horse and the rider. A search of the pond, located near Buffalo in Harper County, began when Mata's horse and personal effects were found nearby, the patrol said.