her home in Victorville, California On February 24th.2024. Surrounded by her loving family, she
was 93 years old. She was born on June 7th, 1930 in Marlin, TX To Ilaria Ordas and Valentine
Gomez.
She was the last surviving sibling of five sisters and four brothers. Her mother passed
away when she was very young and she went to live in San Angelo with her mother's sister,
Maria de Leon, her husband and her cousins that she loved and adored until her passing. In
1948 she married Paulo Mesa Cruz in the Catholic church and they were happily married until
his passing in 2014. They really loved each other so much and were such a fun couple. You could never be around them without dying of laughter. They lived in both San Angelo, Texas and Bellflower and Victorville, California. She was a professional home engineer, caring for her husband, children, grandchildren and
other family members. She always made homemade tortillas and chile like nobody’s business.
She was a selfless, resilient, resourceful, hard working woman. She loved taking road trips,
watching novelas, eating and working in the yard with her dog Negrita.
She was so fun and full of life. We were so blessed and so grateful to have had her in our lives
and it has broken our hearts to have lost her. She is survived by her Son Jesse Cruz and Daughter Irene Hernandez. Grandchildren LIsa,Russel, Joey, Jessica, Rene, Shelley, Tracey, and Jorden. Four Great Granddaughters, Thirteen Great Grandsons, one Great Great Granddaughter, and six Great Great Grandsons. She will be laid to rest next to her loving husband at Mountain View mortuary in San Bernardino, California on March 13th at 11 am.
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