Grace Louise Aragon

SEPTEMBER 21, 1937 TO JULY 8, 2020

OUR BELOVED GRACE PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY JULY 8, 2020. SHE WAS BORN IN BRIGHTON, COLORADO TO SENORINA AND ALFONSO MARTINEZ. GRACE WAS THE MIDDLE CHILD OF FIVE, ERNEST (AKA GERMAN), MARY, ALFONSO (AKA DUTCH) AND VIOLA.

SHE WAS A CARING SISTER WHO LIKED TO COOK, BAKE, PLAY BASEBALL, ROLLERSKATE AND TWIRL THE BATON. GRACE HAD TO LEAVE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE TENTH GRADE, WHEN HER FATHER PASSED AWAY. SHE WENT TO WORK TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY.

HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE SHE MET ART. AFTER ART ASKED PERMISSION FROM HER FATHER TO DATE GRACE, THEY BECAME A COUPLE AND MARRIED WHEN SHE WAS SEVENTEEN AND STARTED A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY OF 65 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. THEIR NEWLYWED LIFE BEGAN WITH ART IN THE AIR FORCE IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING, AMARILLO, TEXAS, THEN BACK TO DENVER BEFORE THE BIG MOVE TO CALIFORNIA.

GRACE WAS AN AMAZING WIFE, MOTHER AND HOMEMAKER. SHE HAD A TALENT FOR MAKING EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL. THEIR HOME WAS WELL KEPT AND WELCOMING. GRACE GARDENED, SEWED, COOKED, BAKED AND MADE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO MAKE THE TABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE GUADALUPE SOCIETY EVENTS.

SHE AND ART DEVOTED MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING, DANCING, SOCIALIZING WITH THE GUADALUPE SOCIETY OF SACRED HEART CHURCH. SHE HAD MANY FRIENDS IN ALL AREAS OF HER LIFE.

GRACE WAS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER. HER PET GROOMING SHOP, “ARAGON’S PET PLAZA”, WAS THE PLACE TO GET YOUR PET GROOMED FROM 1977 TO 2001. SHE DID BEAUTIFUL WORK AND WAS KIND AND LOVING TO ALL OF THE CUSTOMERS, FURRY AND OTHERWISE.

GRACE WAS A WONDERFUL MOTHER TO EACH OF HER CHILDREN, MICKIE, MARGIE AND TIM, ALWAYS PROVIDING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. GRACE HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR THE MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO ALL LOVED AND APPRECIATED HER AND UNCLE ART. SHE ENJOYED HER ONLY GRANDDAUGHTER AND LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER TEACHING HER HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE TORTILLAS AND MORE. HER TIME WITH HER BEAUTIFUL GRANDDAUGHTER WAS VERY SPECIAL.

SHE HAD GREAT STYLE, WAS BEAUTIFUL, SASSY AND ELEGANT. GRACE WILL BE FOREVER MISSED AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER. SHE AND HER BELOVED ART PASSED AWAY WITHIN ELEVEN DAYS OF EACH OTHER. ART WOULD NEVER LET HER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT HIM!!

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, MICKIE ARAGON, MARGIE ARAGON-CONWAY, TIM ARAGON, THEIR RESPECTIVE SPOUSES, TAMERA ARAGON AND MIKE CONWAY. IN ADDITION TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER ABIGAIL ARAGON, HER SISTER VIOLA RAEL AND HER CHILDREN, DESIREE GALINDO AND ANTHONY RAEL AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND LOVED ONES.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.