Concepcion P. Vasquez

Connie (Concepcion) was born in Mazatlan Mexico on March 3, 1920, daughter of Manuel Preciado & Luisa Mora de Preciado. She came from a musical family. Her father performed in the Mazatlan Symphony along with her uncles and grandfather who was also a conductor and had their own group known as Hermanos Mora. She was the grandniece of Enrique Mora who composed the well known waltz "Vals Alejandra" which is still played at weddings and quinceañeras & can be found on YouTube sung by various famous Mexican singers such as Javier Solis, Pedro Infante, Vicente & Alejandro Fernandez (who was named after the waltz along with his sister Alejandra because their father Vicente loves it so much).

Connie came to San Francisco as a young child & lived in San Diego County for about 71 yrs and Spring Valley for 43 yrs. She married Ralph Vasquez Sept 1943, who preceded her in death in 2004. There are four children: M. Lydia Vela of La Mesa, Rita Vasquez-Myers of Encinitas spouse of Brys Myers, Ralph Vasquez of Spring Valley, Anna Vasquez of Santa Rosa. Three grandchildren: Tania Vela, Emilio and Cecilia Garcia and four great grandchildren: Azaria, Christiana, Karlie, and Diego (children of Carlos Morales & Tania). There are also two great great granddaughters: Tatiana & Liliana Ledesma, daughters of Christiana.

Connie or Grandma Honey as she was known to all her grandchildren was a longtime bookkeeper for various furniture stores in San Diego such as Jim's Warehouse (predecessor of Jerome's) which was owned by Jim Navarra, father of Jerome.

Her interests included cake decorating, cooking, watercolor and oil painting, flower arranging, miniatures etc. She was a member of Santa Sophia parish in Casa de Oro for 43 yrs.

She will be missed by her family, friends, neighbors and staff at Family Style Living who cared for her for 3 1/2 yrs.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from 4 - 7 p.m. at Conrad Lemon Grove Mortuary. Funeral Mass will be on Thursday, September 5, 2013, 1 p.m. at Santa Sophia Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery in San Diego, California.

Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their labors for their good deeds go with them.

Eternal rest grant unto Concepcion, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen.

May her soul and the souls of all the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God, Rest in Peace. Amen.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

II Timothy 4:7-8