Momma,

You taught me what life was like and how to  keep my eye out for the wrong people.  Little did I know those words would be so close to home.  
You were always right even when I thought you were wrong.  Now I see what you saw so many years ago.   Yet I knew no matter what, I always had your support and most of all, your LOVE!!
I wish I could see you, talk to you, show you my boys, and tell you so many things. For now we both will have to wait.  But  I know one day, I will get that chance again.  
I LOVE YOU!!
Your White Son,
Sunshine 

I know Elena as Maria.  Our family met her and her clan through Truth Tabernacle and Lydia and I were classmates there at the Christian school.  In short, I've know this family most of my life and of all of the people in that big o' church to choose from, Maria chose to be a part of ours.  
Sadly, I had to be reminded, but once I was, the memories flooded back to her generosity to our family and her friendship to our mother.  Maria helped send my 3 siblings and I to camp many times, knowing that my mom couldn't.  And though my mom didn't disclose a lot of things to us as children, I know, now, that Maria helped us many times, in a lot of ways.  
Probably the most cherished memory that I have of Maria is the year I was a senior and graduating high school and, as many other times before (and probably after), Maria displayed her kindness and love and generosity and purchased my graduation dress.  It was almost as beautiful as Maria.  :)  
It's like a floodgate has opened and I can see face and hear her voice and my heart breaks that she isn't still here.  But she is no longer in her pain and she is resting in the arms of Jesus.  Thank you Maria for being you.  
Until we meet again...  Love, Stacy



I will always remember nena as my big sister that got the shake of the month by stephanie and her getting angry at steph and I because we played a joke on her all for a milk shake i was laying in front of her car and pretending that she hit me with her car and steph was pretending to cry .And I wouldn't get up till she promised us a milk shake she laughed about it later we were young and  she was my big sister I loved her and I'll miss her dearly rest in peace nena .

I called her momma.  Many did I suppose, but she was a second mother to me and didn’t have to call me son. I was always welcome in her home and would visit every time I made it back to town.  She always made sure we never left hungry.  I remember the butt chewing Rick, Steve and I earned when she caught us jumping off the roof into the pool.  I imagine she laughed later, but she let us know how stupid we were being.  I love her and feel her loss deeply.  I pray for all the family left behind and wish I was there to celebrate her life.  God bless and God speed.  

Not many are blessed with a sister-in-law like Elena.  I have been so fortunate.  We lived in the  same town, we counted each other as good friends, and we had a lot in common. We were both married to sons of Jake and Helen Andres, Larry and Jim…two Texas cowboys who had so much in common.  Our tall, sometimes silent cowboys.
 
Elena and I would talk on the phone for hours about our children and grandchildren.
  
Elena made me laugh!  We had such good times laughing till we cried.   It was healing healthy laughter that made both of us really enjoy our times together.

We both loved entertaining the extended family!  Elena’s culinary skills were unsurpassed!

We both cared for our father-in-law, Jacob, in our homes for a decade between the two of us, first in my home, and then in Elena’s.  We both shared a love for our mother-in-law, Helen and cared for her in her very old age.

Elena had strong opinions about right and wrong, fierce loyalties to family, and a dauntless determination to do the right thing.  Her strength and fire were gifts to her family.

We will miss you, dear Sister and Friend.  We will hug you again on the other side.

OBITUARIO

Elena R. Andres

12 septiembre, 1949 – 28 noviembre, 2018

Stephens and Bean Funeral Chapel

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