Carmen Ochoa Valdez, age 86, of Hemet, CA, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Temecula Valley Hospital. Carmen was born in Morenci, Arizona. She was the daughter of the late Mariano Ochoa and the late Petra (Lopez) Ochoa. She was a teacher in South El Monte for 12 years. Carmen was a great house wife, loving and caring mother. Some of the things she enjoyed doing as well is knitting, cook and play lotto. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of the Valley in Hemet. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Salvador B. Valdez, her siblings Mario Ochoa, Lillian Sandoval, Jesus Ochoa, Bertha Martinez and Eliseo Ochoa.
She is survived by her children Gerard Ochoa Valdez, Diane O. Valdez, Mark Sal Ochoa Valdez, her sister Alma Bogenberger, three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
