Concepcion Lopez

05/18/1929 – 04/02/2014

84+ YEARS YOUNG!

SHE STARTED AS A HOUSEWIFE RAISING CHILDREN. SHE WAS ALSO A STITCH ARTIST (EMBROIDERY). IN ADDITION, A LITTLE LATER ON, SHE WAS A PERSONAL LAUNDRY ASSISTANT. IN 1967, SHE CAME TO TIJUANA AND LIVED WITH 7 OF HER CHILDREN IN A 1 BEDROOM APPARTMENT, WAITING FOR AN APP. TO COME TO CALIFORNIA. BUT WE WERE SO HAPPY TO BE ALL TOGETHER. THEN

WE BECAME 10 CHILDREN, AND 2 MORE CAME LATER.

IN CALIFORNIA, THEY BOUGHT A BIG HOUSE, AND SHE WORKED 18 YRS FOR CORONA COLLEGE HEIGHTS (A FRUIT PACKING HOUSE) ON INDIANA IN RIVERSIDE CA. SHE WOULD TAKE THE BUS TO GO TO WORK @ MAGNOLIA/BYRON. YRS AFTER THAT SHE HAD A PERMANENT RIDE W/OLIVIA, HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, ALL WHILE STILL RAISING HER CHILDREN AS A HOUSEWIFE. SHE RETIRED AND BECAME BABY SITTER OF MANY OF HER GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WOULD ASK MY DAD TO TAKE THE FAMILY TO MASS AND DAD SAID NO, HE SAID GO DOWN THE STREET THERE IS A CHURCH THERE. SO SHE DID, AND THATS WHERE SHE SWORE TO HER LAST DAYS THAT SHE FOUND

“JESUS”.

IT WAS HER NATURE TO HELP ANY ONE WHO ASKED AS MUCH AS SHE WAS ABLE TO. SHE ALWAYS PRAYED FOR ALL HER CHILDREN, HER HUSBAND, ALL WIDOWS, AND ORPHAN CHILDREN. SHE ALWAYS SAID SHE WAS READY WHEN EVER JESUS WOULD CALL HER BECAUSE SHE WAS PROPERTY OF “JESUS CHRIST”, AND HE ALREADY HAD A SPECIAL PLACE FOR HER!

WE WILL MISS HER WITH ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS PROBABLY PRAYING EVEN HARDER FOR US!