Born December 10, 1933 in Guayaquil, Ecuador, she was the daughter of the late Celso Ponte and Agripina Torres.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Vicente Eduardo Perez; two sons, Carlos Perez deceased, Fabian V. Perez and wife, Isabel of Winchester, CA, two daughters, Monica Mataalii, of Brea, CA, Mariella Hernandez and husband Anthony of Walnut, CA; sixteen grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.