Maria Hernandez Parrilla passed away in Phoenix, Arizona on the 8th of June, 2019 surrounded by her family. Maria was born on April 25, 1928 in Bloomington, California. Her parents were Fernando and Gregoria (Diaz) Hernandez. Maria was the oldest of their 5 children, she was raised in Juarez, Mexico.
Maria mother of 10, and 3 preceded before her Aurelio Galeana, Michael Parrilla, Irma Luna, and survived Petra Rodriguez, Carrmen Chaparro, Richard Parrilla, Olga Morales, Ernestina Parrilla, Vicki Gallardo, Frankie Parrilla
Maria raised her kids as a single parent. She was a very hard worker and in spite of being a single mom, her kids always remember there being food on the table, they always had shoes to wear and she made them their clothes, she was very good at sewing. She was a dedicated mother who would go without in able to provide for her children.
Maria would walk her kids to school every day and was waiting for them when school let out. She even volunteered in their school, this in spite of not being able to speak much English. She also never drove and would take her kids on the bus all around town, and was able to navigate without being able to read the street signs in English.
She moved to Phoenix to join her family in her later years and enjoyed spending time with her grandkids and great-grandkids. Every week, her family would get a batch of homemade flour tortillas from her.
Maria was a very determined and dedicated woman who leaves 5 generations of her family behind.
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