Maria Sarafina "Sarah", born in San Juan Pueblo (Okay Owingeh), passed away at her home in Valley Estates surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her parents Jose Ramon Salazar and Francisquita De Sales Atencio-Salazar; her husband Benito; sons: Jerry, Benny James, and Leon; brothers: John Block Jr., Ramon E. Salazar, Jose Guadalupe Salazar, Eutimo "Tim" Salazar III, and Orlando Salazar; sisters-in-law: Alberta and Mella Sslazar, and Mary Lou and Albinita Martinez; her father and mother-in-law Jose Ignacio and Fedelina Maestas, and Antonio Archuleta.
Sarah was survived by her companion Manuel Martinez; daughter Geraldine; son Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Maestas; grandchildren: Benito Maestas, Nina Gallegos (husband Donald), Shawna Maestas, Amanda Valerio, Marissa, Benny Mario, and Adam Maestas, and Adrian Maestas; several great-grandchildren; siblings: Connie Thompson, David Salazar (wife Sylvia), Mary Agnes Gallegos (husband Andres), and Arthur G. Salazar; in-laws: Eloisa Block, Bennie Salazar, and Lillian Martinez.
Sarah married Benito Maestas, son of Jose Ignacio and Fedelina Maestas at a very young age. She helped her late husband operate a Mobil gas station and the Lucky Seven Bar in Riverside. One day a good friend Juan Valencia, encouraged her to apply for a Matron vacancy at Santa Crus High School. At the urging of Doña Fedelina, who told her she would baby-sit, she mustered her courage, applied, and got the job. She worked with the Española Public Schools as a Matron, cook, and Head Cook. Later she worked as a custodian for the Zia Company/Johnson Controls at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from which she retired. Sara was a very generous "giver" of her time, money, and friendship. She enjoyed her membership in Las Señoras Unidas and in the St. Ann's Coro of the Holy Family Society. As an excellent cook, she always had some hot homemade food in her home – frijoles, chili, posole, tamale pie, enchiladas, bread, and tortillas – and always invited whomever stopped by to "sientense, coma, hay mucha comida." Sarah enjoyed cooking, dancing, listening to music on the radio, fishing, camping, going to the casino, and "joy riding". She loved to hop in her car, pick up her friends and relatives and take them to appointments, run errands, or just take them for a ride. She was always happy and very kind. After her husband died and at the urging of her mother who told her "Cierra los ojos y compra esa casa'. She bought a home in Valley Estates. A few years after her husband's death, Sarah met the second love of her life, Manuel Martinez "M & M". They lived together for over 40 years. Since he did not have any children, he considered Sarah's children as his own.
A Rosary was recited at the Rivera Funeral Home on 15 Jan 2014. Mass of Christian Burial was at La Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada on 16 Jan 2014. Interment followed in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. The Eulogy was delivered by her nephew Albert Gallegos, with whom she "contracted" several years ago. Pallbearers: Donald Gallegos, Andres Gallegos, Benito, Benny Mario, Adam, and Adrian Maestas. Readers at the Mass were: Nina Gallegos, Marissa Maestas, and Shawna Maestas.
Sarah was survived by her companion Manuel Martinez; daughter Geraldine; son Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Maestas; grandchildren: Benito Maestas, Nina Gallegos (husband Donald), Shawna Maestas, Amanda Valerio, Marissa, Benny Mario, and Adam Maestas, and Adrian Maestas; several great-grandchildren; siblings: Connie Thompson, David Salazar (wife Sylvia), Mary Agnes Gallegos (husband Andres), and Arthur G. Salazar; in-laws: Eloisa Block, Bennie Salazar, and Lillian Martinez.
Sarah married Benito Maestas, son of Jose Ignacio and Fedelina Maestas at a very young age. She helped her late husband operate a Mobil gas station and the Lucky Seven Bar in Riverside. One day a good friend Juan Valencia, encouraged her to apply for a Matron vacancy at Santa Crus High School. At the urging of Doña Fedelina, who told her she would baby-sit, she mustered her courage, applied, and got the job. She worked with the Española Public Schools as a Matron, cook, and Head Cook. Later she worked as a custodian for the Zia Company/Johnson Controls at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from which she retired. Sara was a very generous "giver" of her time, money, and friendship. She enjoyed her membership in Las Señoras Unidas and in the St. Ann's Coro of the Holy Family Society. As an excellent cook, she always had some hot homemade food in her home – frijoles, chili, posole, tamale pie, enchiladas, bread, and tortillas – and always invited whomever stopped by to "sientense, coma, hay mucha comida." Sarah enjoyed cooking, dancing, listening to music on the radio, fishing, camping, going to the casino, and "joy riding". She loved to hop in her car, pick up her friends and relatives and take them to appointments, run errands, or just take them for a ride. She was always happy and very kind. After her husband died and at the urging of her mother who told her "Cierra los ojos y compra esa casa'. She bought a home in Valley Estates. A few years after her husband's death, Sarah met the second love of her life, Manuel Martinez "M & M". They lived together for over 40 years. Since he did not have any children, he considered Sarah's children as his own.
A Rosary was recited at the Rivera Funeral Home on 15 Jan 2014. Mass of Christian Burial was at La Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada on 16 Jan 2014. Interment followed in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. The Eulogy was delivered by her nephew Albert Gallegos, with whom she "contracted" several years ago. Pallbearers: Donald Gallegos, Andres Gallegos, Benito, Benny Mario, Adam, and Adrian Maestas. Readers at the Mass were: Nina Gallegos, Marissa Maestas, and Shawna Maestas.
Maria Sarafina "Sarah", born in San Juan Pueblo (Okay Owingeh), passed away at her home in Valley Estates surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her parents Jose Ramon Salazar and Francisquita De Sales Atencio-Salazar; her husband Benito; sons: Jerry, Benny James, and Leon; brothers: John Block Jr., Ramon E. Salazar, Jose Guadalupe Salazar, Eutimo "Tim" Salazar III, and Orlando Salazar; sisters-in-law: Alberta and Mella Sslazar, and Mary Lou and Albinita Martinez; her father and mother-in-law Jose Ignacio and Fedelina Maestas, and Antonio Archuleta.
Sarah was survived by her companion Manuel Martinez; daughter Geraldine; son Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Maestas; grandchildren: Benito Maestas, Nina Gallegos (husband Donald), Shawna Maestas, Amanda Valerio, Marissa, Benny Mario, and Adam Maestas, and Adrian Maestas; several great-grandchildren; siblings: Connie Thompson, David Salazar (wife Sylvia), Mary Agnes Gallegos (husband Andres), and Arthur G. Salazar; in-laws: Eloisa Block, Bennie Salazar, and Lillian Martinez.
Sarah married Benito Maestas, son of Jose Ignacio and Fedelina Maestas at a very young age. She helped her late husband operate a Mobil gas station and the Lucky Seven Bar in Riverside. One day a good friend Juan Valencia, encouraged her to apply for a Matron vacancy at Santa Crus High School. At the urging of Doña Fedelina, who told her she would baby-sit, she mustered her courage, applied, and got the job. She worked with the Española Public Schools as a Matron, cook, and Head Cook. Later she worked as a custodian for the Zia Company/Johnson Controls at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from which she retired. Sara was a very generous "giver" of her time, money, and friendship. She enjoyed her membership in Las Señoras Unidas and in the St. Ann's Coro of the Holy Family Society. As an excellent cook, she always had some hot homemade food in her home – frijoles, chili, posole, tamale pie, enchiladas, bread, and tortillas – and always invited whomever stopped by to "sientense, coma, hay mucha comida." Sarah enjoyed cooking, dancing, listening to music on the radio, fishing, camping, going to the casino, and "joy riding". She loved to hop in her car, pick up her friends and relatives and take them to appointments, run errands, or just take them for a ride. She was always happy and very kind. After her husband died and at the urging of her mother who told her "Cierra los ojos y compra esa casa'. She bought a home in Valley Estates. A few years after her husband's death, Sarah met the second love of her life, Manuel Martinez "M & M". They lived together for over 40 years. Since he did not have any children, he considered Sarah's children as his own.
A Rosary was recited at the Rivera Funeral Home on 15 Jan 2014. Mass of Christian Burial was at La Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada on 16 Jan 2014. Interment followed in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. The Eulogy was delivered by her nephew Albert Gallegos, with whom she "contracted" several years ago. Pallbearers: Donald Gallegos, Andres Gallegos, Benito, Benny Mario, Adam, and Adrian Maestas. Readers at the Mass were: Nina Gallegos, Marissa Maestas, and Shawna Maestas.
Sarah was survived by her companion Manuel Martinez; daughter Geraldine; son Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Maestas; grandchildren: Benito Maestas, Nina Gallegos (husband Donald), Shawna Maestas, Amanda Valerio, Marissa, Benny Mario, and Adam Maestas, and Adrian Maestas; several great-grandchildren; siblings: Connie Thompson, David Salazar (wife Sylvia), Mary Agnes Gallegos (husband Andres), and Arthur G. Salazar; in-laws: Eloisa Block, Bennie Salazar, and Lillian Martinez.
Sarah married Benito Maestas, son of Jose Ignacio and Fedelina Maestas at a very young age. She helped her late husband operate a Mobil gas station and the Lucky Seven Bar in Riverside. One day a good friend Juan Valencia, encouraged her to apply for a Matron vacancy at Santa Crus High School. At the urging of Doña Fedelina, who told her she would baby-sit, she mustered her courage, applied, and got the job. She worked with the Española Public Schools as a Matron, cook, and Head Cook. Later she worked as a custodian for the Zia Company/Johnson Controls at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from which she retired. Sara was a very generous "giver" of her time, money, and friendship. She enjoyed her membership in Las Señoras Unidas and in the St. Ann's Coro of the Holy Family Society. As an excellent cook, she always had some hot homemade food in her home – frijoles, chili, posole, tamale pie, enchiladas, bread, and tortillas – and always invited whomever stopped by to "sientense, coma, hay mucha comida." Sarah enjoyed cooking, dancing, listening to music on the radio, fishing, camping, going to the casino, and "joy riding". She loved to hop in her car, pick up her friends and relatives and take them to appointments, run errands, or just take them for a ride. She was always happy and very kind. After her husband died and at the urging of her mother who told her "Cierra los ojos y compra esa casa'. She bought a home in Valley Estates. A few years after her husband's death, Sarah met the second love of her life, Manuel Martinez "M & M". They lived together for over 40 years. Since he did not have any children, he considered Sarah's children as his own.
A Rosary was recited at the Rivera Funeral Home on 15 Jan 2014. Mass of Christian Burial was at La Iglesia de Santa Cruz de la Cañada on 16 Jan 2014. Interment followed in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. The Eulogy was delivered by her nephew Albert Gallegos, with whom she "contracted" several years ago. Pallbearers: Donald Gallegos, Andres Gallegos, Benito, Benny Mario, Adam, and Adrian Maestas. Readers at the Mass were: Nina Gallegos, Marissa Maestas, and Shawna Maestas.
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