Elizaria
Elizaria Romero-Sandoval
d. March 1, 2017
ELIZARIA (ELISA) ROMERO-SANDOVAL, 96, BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER, AUNT, AND SISTER WAS CALLED TO HER ETERNAL RESTING PLACE ON FEBURARY 27, 2017. SHE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 16, 1921 IN SANTA FE, NM.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND ANTONIO OF 75 YEAR'S, HER PARENTS MARCELINO AND PALCIDA SANDOVAL, HER SONS HERMINIO AND FRANCISCO, GRANDSON, KENNETH JAMES SANDOVAL, SISTERS ANNE CARRILLO AND DELIA RAMIREZ. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER MARIANO ORTEGA, SISTER CARLOTA GOMEZ, HER CHILDREN FRANK HIS WIFE CRISTINE SANDOVAL, LOURDES (LORI) ALCALA, ANTONIO SANDOVAL AND HIS PARTNER CHRISTINE, LAWRENCE HIS WIFE SANDRA SANDOVAL, ESTHER VALLE, FRED HIS WIFE RACHEL SANDOVAL, VANGIE MARTINEZ, 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 33 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 4 GREAT GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN.
SHE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC AND A MEMBER OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH IN ESPANOLA, SAN TOMAS CHURCH IN ABIQUIU AND CRISTO REY CHURCH IN SANTA FE. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH SANTO TOMAS CHURCH CHOIR, CURSILLO AND REMAINED AN ACTIVE MEMBER UNTIL SHE AND ANTONIO MOVED TO ESPANOLA. ELIZARIA WAS A MEMBER OF LA UNION PROTECTIVA DE SANTA FE, LAS HERMANAS UNIDAS DE SAN JOSE. ELIZARIA WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BY ALL THOSE SHE TOOK UNDER HER WINGS, WHO KNEW HER AND LOVED HER. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO LAUGH, OR TO TELL A JOKE. A TALENTED SEAMSTRESS WHO WAS ALWAYS MAKING OR DECORATING PILLOW CASES TO GIVE AWAY.
ELIZARIA LOVED TO COLLECT ROCKS OF ALL SIZES, SHAPES AND COLORS TO USE IN HER MANY FLOWER BEDS SHE HAD AROUND THE HOUSE. HER FAVORITE PAST-TIME WAS WORKING WITH ANTONIO IN THE “JARDIN” GROWING TOMATES, MELONES, MAIZ, CHILE AND MANY OTHER VEGETABLES AND FRUITS; MAKING THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT TURN BROWN WITH ENVY. SHE WAS ALSO A “HERBALISTA” AND USED HER “TE” AND “REMEDIOS” TO CURE ACHES AND PAINS.
ELIZARIA NEVER LOST HER LOVE OF GOD, FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS. ELIZARIA HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE.
HER TRUE LOVE WAS “ABIQUIU”.
PUBLIC VISITATION WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO CHAPEL OF DEVARGAS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, WITH A ROSARY TO BE RECITED AT 7:00 P.M. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 AT 10:00 A.M. AT SANTO TOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ABIQUIU, WITH A BURIAL TO FOLLOW AT THE ABIQUIU CATHOLIC CEMETERY. ASSISTING THE FAMILY AS PALLBEARERS WILL BE, KENTO ONIKUBO, MARK ALCALA, ARMANDO JIMENEZ, CIELO BAUMGARDNER, BRIAN SANDOVAL AND RYAN MARTINEZ. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE TONY TRUJILLO AND JULIA, JOE GONZALES, CARLOS AND RITA SALAZAR AND SANTIAGO GURULE. THE FAMILY OF ELIZARIA (ELISA) ROMERO-SANDOVAL HAS ENTRUSTED THE CARE OF THEIR BELOVED ONE TO THE DEVARGAS FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL ESPAÑOLA VALLEY. 1-505-747-7477
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND ANTONIO OF 75 YEAR'S, HER PARENTS MARCELINO AND PALCIDA SANDOVAL, HER SONS HERMINIO AND FRANCISCO, GRANDSON, KENNETH JAMES SANDOVAL, SISTERS ANNE CARRILLO AND DELIA RAMIREZ. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER MARIANO ORTEGA, SISTER CARLOTA GOMEZ, HER CHILDREN FRANK HIS WIFE CRISTINE SANDOVAL, LOURDES (LORI) ALCALA, ANTONIO SANDOVAL AND HIS PARTNER CHRISTINE, LAWRENCE HIS WIFE SANDRA SANDOVAL, ESTHER VALLE, FRED HIS WIFE RACHEL SANDOVAL, VANGIE MARTINEZ, 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 33 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND 4 GREAT GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN.
SHE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC AND A MEMBER OF THE SACRED HEART CHURCH IN ESPANOLA, SAN TOMAS CHURCH IN ABIQUIU AND CRISTO REY CHURCH IN SANTA FE. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH SANTO TOMAS CHURCH CHOIR, CURSILLO AND REMAINED AN ACTIVE MEMBER UNTIL SHE AND ANTONIO MOVED TO ESPANOLA. ELIZARIA WAS A MEMBER OF LA UNION PROTECTIVA DE SANTA FE, LAS HERMANAS UNIDAS DE SAN JOSE. ELIZARIA WILL BE DEARLY MISSED BY ALL THOSE SHE TOOK UNDER HER WINGS, WHO KNEW HER AND LOVED HER. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO LAUGH, OR TO TELL A JOKE. A TALENTED SEAMSTRESS WHO WAS ALWAYS MAKING OR DECORATING PILLOW CASES TO GIVE AWAY.
ELIZARIA LOVED TO COLLECT ROCKS OF ALL SIZES, SHAPES AND COLORS TO USE IN HER MANY FLOWER BEDS SHE HAD AROUND THE HOUSE. HER FAVORITE PAST-TIME WAS WORKING WITH ANTONIO IN THE “JARDIN” GROWING TOMATES, MELONES, MAIZ, CHILE AND MANY OTHER VEGETABLES AND FRUITS; MAKING THE JOLLY GREEN GIANT TURN BROWN WITH ENVY. SHE WAS ALSO A “HERBALISTA” AND USED HER “TE” AND “REMEDIOS” TO CURE ACHES AND PAINS.
ELIZARIA NEVER LOST HER LOVE OF GOD, FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS. ELIZARIA HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE.
HER TRUE LOVE WAS “ABIQUIU”.
PUBLIC VISITATION WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO CHAPEL OF DEVARGAS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, WITH A ROSARY TO BE RECITED AT 7:00 P.M. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BE CELEBRATED ON TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 AT 10:00 A.M. AT SANTO TOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ABIQUIU, WITH A BURIAL TO FOLLOW AT THE ABIQUIU CATHOLIC CEMETERY. ASSISTING THE FAMILY AS PALLBEARERS WILL BE, KENTO ONIKUBO, MARK ALCALA, ARMANDO JIMENEZ, CIELO BAUMGARDNER, BRIAN SANDOVAL AND RYAN MARTINEZ. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE TONY TRUJILLO AND JULIA, JOE GONZALES, CARLOS AND RITA SALAZAR AND SANTIAGO GURULE. THE FAMILY OF ELIZARIA (ELISA) ROMERO-SANDOVAL HAS ENTRUSTED THE CARE OF THEIR BELOVED ONE TO THE DEVARGAS FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL ESPAÑOLA VALLEY. 1-505-747-7477
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