Dominga Campos Salinas, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend died peacefully at home surrounded by family on June 24th. She was born on December 20, 1941 in San Antonio, Texas to Esteban Campos and Guadalupe Rodriguez Campos. At the age of two her mother passed away and she went to live with an aunt, Juanita R. Castillo. At fourteen years old she moved to Burnet to live with her sister, Mary Garcia Silva.
While in Burnet, she met and married Santos Salinas. Together they made their home in Burnet and raised their six children. She managed the Community Action Clinic in Burnet for thirty years until her retirement in 2005. She was a woman of faith and an active member of Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church where she served as a Eucharist Priest and traveled to homes providing communion, volunteered at the thrift shop, served as a God parent to countless children, and participated in Sewing Sisters.
She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Santos Salinas and her children: Rosalinda (Peter) Hernandez of Round Rock, Mary Jane Hyatt of Burnet, Santos “Tito” Salinas Jr. of Bastrop, Paula (Paul) Cook of Austin, Steven (Sindra) Salinas of Burnet, and Teresa (Dean) Golmon of Burnet. She is also survived by her cherished grandchildren: Stephanie Johnson, Charlie Hyatt, Ashli Cook, Matthew Feild, Paden Brown, Anthony Hernandez, Seth Hernandez, Drew Salinas, and Tatum Salinas along with four great grandchildren: Xavien Cagle, Lucas Johnson, Sunday Bryant, and Wyatt Feild and a host of extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents Esteban and Guadalupe Campos and grandson Nathan Salinas.
A Rosary will be held on Sunday, June 27th from 6-8 pm at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home. A mass will be held on Monday, June 28th at 11:00 am at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church with Fr. Jose Luis Comporan officiating. Interment to follow at Post Mountain Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Matthew Feild, Anthony Hernandez, Seth Hernandez, Paden Brown, and Charlie Hyatt. Honorary pallbearers will be Xavien Cagle and Lucas Johnson.
The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff at Altus Hospice for the compassionate care and professionalism they showed during the final weeks of her life.
