Maria M Flores
August 28, 1928 — August 23, 2013
Maria Flores 84, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2013 at Sierra Healthcare Center in T or C, NM. Maria was born on August 28, 1928 in Anthony, NM to Anacleto and Refugio Martinez. The Martinez family later moved to Salem, NM where Maria and her siblings would spend their youth on the family farm. She attended Hatch Public Schools and graduated from Hatch Valley High and began empl...
Maria Flores 84, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2013 at Sierra Healthcare Center in T or C, NM. Maria was born on August 28, 1928 in Anthony, NM to Anacleto and Refugio Martinez. The Martinez family later moved to Salem, NM where Maria and her siblings would spend their youth on the family farm. She attended Hatch Public Schools and graduated from Hatch Valley High and began employment at several businesses in the Hatch area. Maria and Elias Flores were married on December 30, 1950 and would have celebrated their 63 years of marriage this year. The Flores family moved to Compton, California and remained there for five years where they worked and saved enough money to purchase farmland and build a home in Hatch, NM. During that time, their daughter, Margaret Evangeline (Vangie) and son, Eulogio Ray were born. Maria enjoyed being a housewife, spending time with her family and assisting her husband and son with chile orders especially when shipping many varieties of chile to California under the well-known brand of "El Rey Farms". Maria is survived by her loving husband Elias Flores, daughter Vangie, granddaughters Victoria Chavez and Vanessa Contreras of San Diego, California, son Ray and grandsons Kasey Flores of Albuqerque, NM and Justin Flores of Las Cruces, NM., also eight great grandchildren, five great, great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and brothers and sisters
Maria Flores 84, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2013 at Sierra Healthcare Center in T or C, NM. Maria was born on August 28, 1928 in Anthony, NM to Anacleto and Refugio Martinez. The Martinez family later moved to Salem, NM where Maria and her siblings would spend their youth on the family farm. She attended Hatch Public Schools and graduated from Hatch Valley High and began employment at several businesses in the Hatch area. Maria and Elias Flores were married on December 30, 1950 and would have celebrated their 63 years of marriage this year. The Flores family moved to Compton, California and remained there for five years where they worked and saved enough money to purchase farmland and build a home in Hatch, NM. During that time, their daughter, Margaret Evangeline (Vangie) and son, Eulogio Ray were born. Maria enjoyed being a housewife, spending time with her family and assisting her husband and son with chile orders especially when shipping many varieties of chile to California under the well-known brand of "El Rey Farms". Maria is survived by her loving husband Elias Flores, daughter Vangie, granddaughters Victoria Chavez and Vanessa Contreras of San Diego, California, son Ray and grandsons Kasey Flores of Albuqerque, NM and Justin Flores of Las Cruces, NM., also eight great grandchildren, five great, great grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and brothers and sisters
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