Our matriarch, Rosa Y. Martinez, gained her angel wings on March 30, 2024. Mom born on September 12, 1943, in San Antonio Texas, daughter of Andres and Isabel Yanez, and third oldest of eight siblings. She was an Edgewood High School alumna Class of 1962. Mom would mention stories of picking cherries during the summer with her mom and sisters being the best time growing up and to have met the man that she was later to marry for 39 years.
Our mom had four children, two girls & two boys, where she devoted all of her unconditional love to us every day until the day she passed. One of her other best times in her life beside us, she loved being a grandmother. They gave her new life as she was a dialysis patient for twenty-four years. Even though she was a wife and mom, she worked at several places such as Ferra, Pass & Seymour, and Power Control where she met her best friend, Genevieve Lopez, of 38 years. She always contributed to her family so that we were never without growing up.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband, Arturo G. Martinez, her son Arturo Y. Martinez, her parents Andres & Isabel Yanez, her siblings, Esperanza Alonso, Consuelo Gomez, Mike Yanez, and Andres Yanez.
Rosa Y. Martinez is survived by daughters Carmen Y. Martinez, Yolanda M. Lopez with Son-In-Law Arturo S. Lopez Jr. and her son Carlos Y. Martinez with Daughter -In-Law Bernice; siblings, Jovita Betancourt, Aurora Valdez, and Juana Garza grandchildren Arturo M. Lopez, III, Isaac M. Lopez, Joshua, and Amber Rodriguez.
Mom, thank you for being our example of unconditional love and strength. We love you and will always miss you.
A visitation for Rosa will be held Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM with a rosary at 7:00 PM at Funeraria del Angel Roy Akers, 515 N Main Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78205. A funeral mass will occur Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM at St Ann's Catholic Church, 210 St Ann Street, San Antonio, Texas 78201. Burial will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, Texas 78209.
