Mrs. Maria Christina Puron

Christina Jimenez Puron, 39, of Baytown, Texas, passed away surrounded by the love of her family on Thursday, September 17, 2026. She was born on November 16, 1986, in Jackson, Wyoming, to Abel and Linda Tercero Jimenez. Christina graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, in Baytown, the class of 2004. She went on to pursue her bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State, in 2010. She made her career in the medical field as an administrative manager. In 2024, Christina married the love of her life, a young man by the name of Carlos. Together began building a wonderful life together filled with love and laughter, while embracing parenthood with their precious baby girl Lily.

Christina pursued many interests, some of which included her love for music. She was a very talented Opera singer. She also loved to dance where she felt the freest. Christina loved stars, she could often be found sitting outside where she would gaze into the sky for hours admiring their beauty. She was a social butterfly, never meeting a stranger wherever she went. She loved time out with her “girls’ where they would go shopping and have lunch. Christina has a passion for fitness and enjoyed weightlifting at the gym. On the other hand, she enjoyed the simple pleasures in life like just staying home with her husband and daughter where they would sit back and enjoy a good movie. She was an avid Netflix watcher and could tell you all the good shows to watch. Above all, motherhood was her greatest joy in life, she treasured the precious time spent with her family. Christina was well loved and will be missed by those who knew her. Although she is no longer here on earth, her memory will live on in the hearts of that whose life’s she touched by her presence.

Christina was preceded in death by her uncle Santiago Tercero III. She leaves behind to cherish her loving memory her husband Carlos, her infant daughter Lily whom she loved with all of her heart; her parents Abel and Linda Jimenez; her big sister Alma who she looked up to; her nephews Abel and Gabriel Salinas who were her pride and joy; her in-laws Maria and Simeon Sereno; and a host of other loving relatives and friends.

The family requests those who are coming to pay their respects to Christina that you wear purple or anything stars related as those were her two favorite things.