Elvira M. Cuevas age 87 of Monroe, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Monroe Clinic Hospital. Elvira was born March 3, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Luis and Julia (Arriola) Cortez. She graduated from high school in Chicago and married Jack Cuevas Sr. on May 6, 1950 in Crown Point, Indiana.