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Los Ranchos resident Stella Chavez has watched a century of change unfold in New Mexico.

One hundred years ago, America was only weeks away from celebrating its 150th birthday. Route 66 would not be established for another five months.

On June 23, 1926, Chavez was born in what is now Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, though the village would not incorporate as a municipality for another 32 years.

Chavez spent her childhood helping on her family's farm alongside her eight brothers and three sisters. Life was simple, centered on family and community.

"My father raised us farming, and all the kids helped," Chavez said.

Even as a child, Chavez was curious about the world beyond Los Ranchos.

She remembers wondering, "What's going on on the other side of the mountain?"

That curiosity only grew as she got older and World War II began. Chavez closely followed news of the war, primarily through newspaper accounts describing life overseas.

"Ernie Pyle used to write articles and say where the soldiers were going," Chavez said.

Local newspapers also published photographs of servicemen from the community. Throughout the war, Chavez kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting its impact on local families.

The war also touched Chavez's family personally. Four of her brothers served, and she remembers the stories they brought home: building bridges during the Allied advance through Italy, guarding prisoners of war, cooking meals with chile sent from home and surviving encounters with enemy soldiers.

"They were anxious to go because there wasn't anything here," Chavez said. "When they left, they were all skinny boys, and when they came back, they were men."

After the war, Chavez married her late husband, Prospero Chavez, who served as a paratrooper.

One story that has stayed with her is how her husband volunteered for a dangerous mission so another soldier would not have to go.

After returning to civilian life, Prospero worked several jobs before becoming a livestock inspector. The position took the family to Clovis, where they raised their three sons.

"We enjoyed Clovis," Chavez said. "It was a little strange. It was kind of a rich place, but people were nice."

In 1974, Chavez and her husband returned to Albuquerque and built the Los Ranchos home where she still lives.

From her childhood to the present day, Chavez has witnessed dramatic changes in the size and character of the village.

"When my mother and I would go down Fourth Street, she would tell me the names of all the people who lived there," Chavez said. "There weren't that many."

She has also watched the Albuquerque area expand dramatically.

"My father couldn't believe they were building toward the mountains," Chavez said. "And now they're going the other way."

Over the course of her life, Chavez has raised a large family. What began with three sons in Clovis has grown to include more than 15 great-grandchildren. Along the way, she also developed her talents as an artist, particularly as a painter.

Her interest in art began in childhood.

"When I was little, I'd paint the mountain with my finger, and I'd say, 'When I grow up, I'm gonna start painting,'" Chavez said.

Over her lifetime, Chavez has completed hundreds of paintings and studied with influential New Mexico artists Carol Allison and Howard Wexler. Many of her works depict historically and culturally significant locations across New Mexico, while others showcase the state's natural beauty.

Over the past century, Chavez has witnessed New Mexico evolve from a largely rural state into a growing metropolitan region. From humble beginnings on her family's farm to raising a large family and creating hundreds of paintings, she has embraced each chapter of her life with the same curiosity she felt as a child looking beyond the mountains.