Guadalupe S. Sanchez "Lupe"

DECEMBER 5, 1929 - JANUARY 4, 2017

GUADALUPE (LUPE) WAS BORN IN MISSION

TEXAS ON DECEMBER 5, 1929

TO EDIN FRED SALINAS OF EDINBURG,

TX AND MARIA BARTOLA SANTILLAN

OF AGUAS CALIENTES, MEXICO.

GUADALUPE SALINAS SANCHEZ SUCCUMBED

TO CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ON J

ANUARY 4, 2017 AT THE AGE OF 87. SHE IS

PRECEDED BY HER HUSBAND, J

OAQUIN GARCIA SANCHEZ OF

46 YEARS, SONS

JOSE EFREN AND JESUS EDIN SANCHEZ,

DAUGHTER MARIA DEL CARMEN ANDRADE

RODRIGUEZ, GRANDCHILDREN RUBEN

ISAIAH SANCHEZ, SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ,

RAY SANCHEZ, STAR REYES, JANELLE SANCHEZ.

SHE HAS TWO SURVIVING BROTHERS:

JUAN SALINAS OF MISSION,

TX AND JOSE PENA OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

GUADALUPE AND JOAQUIN HAD FOUR SONS

AND THREE DAUGHTERS

TOGETHER AND HE RAISED

MARIA DEL CARMEN. THEY ARE: FRANCISCO,

JOSE EFREN, JOAQUIN JR., JESUS EDIN,

MELINDA, MARIA RITA AND MELISSA ROSE.

BEFORE MEETING GUADALUPE, J

OAQUIN HAD A SON, ANDRES SANCHEZ, IN 1946.

LUPE'S LOVE FOR DAD, AND DEVOTION

TO HER CHILDREN KEPT HER

BUSY ALL HER LIFE.

SHE SAID SHE NEVER HAD A REAL JOB,

BUT A REAL JOB SHE DID HAVE

IN FEEDING, CLOTHING AND BATHING

EIGHT CHILDREN DAY AFTER DAY.

LUPE WAS SELFLESS. SHE ALWAYS

WORRIED ABOUT OTHERS

TIL THE VERY LAST HOUR. SHE FOUND

HER PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN GOD

AND GREEN - PLANTS. LUPE KNEW

THE NAME OF JUST ABOUT EVERY PLANT

THERE IS TO KNOW. SHE WOULD PLANT,

TRANSPLANT, WATER AND TAKE

THEM TO HER SWAP MEETS.

SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE AMERICALION POST

#261 IN EL MONTE SWAP MEETS.

SHE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD GO

SEE WHAT PLANTS SHE HAD THAT WEEK.

SHE SOLD HER PLANTS AND HAD

LOTS OF FRIENDS THERE.

LUPE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF

THE BALDWIN PARK SENIOR CENTER FOR MANY

YEARS WHERE SHE AND JOAQUIN

RESIDED IN BALDWIN PARK FOR 56 YEARS.

GUADALUPE AND JOAQUIN LEAVE

A LEGACY OF 9 CHILDREN, 23 GRANDCHILDREN,

25 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN AND

ONE GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILD.

GUADALUPE SALINAS SANCHEZ

WILL BE MISSED BY MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.