Katie was born in Las Cruses, New Mexico, on April 30, 1931. She was a bookkeeper, worked in real estate and a homemaker.
Katie was preceded in death by her brother, Sam Martinez.
She is survived by Edward A. Vera her husband of 55 years; two daughters, Lisa Vera and Marie Catete and her husband Aguie; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; her brothers, Daniel Martinez and Willie Martinez and their wives; her sisters Irene Arias and Sally Rivera and their husbands.
