Helen H. Flores

HELEN H FLORES, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, passed away on Saturday February 10, 2018. She was born September 21, 1918 in Goliad, Texas to Jesus and Lenora (Villarreal) Hernandez. She was preceded in death by her husband Polo Flores and daughter Irene Susie Flores. Helen is survived by son, Polo Flores and wife Zulema; son, Albert Flores; son, Jose Flores; her daughter, Maria Shah and Husband Pankaj; her sister, Manora Martinez. Also left to cherish Helens' memory are her grandchildren, Carlos Flores, Teresa Duarte, Marcos Flores, Kelly Flores, Bharat Shah, Aldo Flores and also her great-grandchildren.

When she was young

•Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies, ending WWI

(1918)

• Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as the 31st President of the United

States (1929)

• Over one third of the world's goods were produced by the United States

(1929)

• American Samoa formally became a U.S. territory (1929)

In his twenties,

• Superman appeared in comic books for the first time

(1938)

• President Truman announced the Truman Doctrine,

seeking aid for Greece and Turkey against Communism

(1947)

In his thirties,

• Cole Porter's musical comedy Kiss Me Kate opened on

Broadway and became Porter's longest-running musical

(1948)

• Labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the

FBI and charged with bribery (1957)

In her Forties

• Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli took the name John XXIII becoming the 261st

Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (1958)

• The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded (1966)

In his fifties,

• Elvis mounted a comeback, starting with his 1968 television special

(1968)

• J.R.R. Tolkein's The Silmarillion was published posthumously with the

help of his son, Christopher (1977)

In her sixties,

• The Spanish Constitution officially restored the country to a

democratic government (1978)

• Desmond Tutu became the first black Anglican Church bishop

in South Africa (1986)

In her seventies,

• Incumbent President Bill

Clinton was re-elected to win a

second term, defeating former

senator Bob Dole (1996)

In her eighties,

• The British children's television

show Teletubbies premiered on PBS (1998)

• The Panama Canal was returned to Panama (1999)

In his nineties,

• Fidel Castro announced his resignation as President of Cuba

(2008)