Rosalinda Salazar Valencia

Rosalinda S. Valencia, 71, of Phoenix, Arizona has passed away Friday May 14, 2021. She was born in Santa Ana, Sonora, Mexico and first born of Enrique and Francisca Salazar on March 30, 1950. After graduating high school, she became employed at Arizona Bank in Douglas, Arizona and eventually married her high school sweetheart, Albert A. Valencia in 1973, before moving to Phoenix, Arizona.

She is survived by her children, Mark A. Valencia, Phoenix, Arizona; Sandra Valencia-Malay (Zack), Avondale, Arizona; Grandchildren: Rolando A. Moreno, Mark A. Valencia, Damien X. Moreno, Sienna M. Valencia, Alyssa D. Moreno, Angelina J. Moreno, Kaylee Malay, and Jasmine Sierra. Also surviving her siblings, Luis Salazar, Phoenix, Az. Rigoberto Salazar (Brenda), Carlsbad, California, Gabriel Salazar, Phoenix, Arizona, Susie Salazar, Stevie Salazar (Yesenia), Joey Salazar, of Douglas, Az as well as countless nieces, nephews, cousins and her 7 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her loving husband of 44 years, Albert “Goofy” Valencia, born her parents Henry and Paquita Salazar, her sister Lourdes, grandson Aiden Valencia, in-laws Emilio and Sara Valencia, brother-in-law Antonio “Kika” Valencia, and sister in laws Celina V. Estrada and Monica Montes de Oca.

After leaving Douglas, Arizona she started working at JP Morgan’s Private Bank in Scottsdale, Arizona. While employed there, she worked as a trust fund accountant but also managed estates and conservatorships for high-net-worth individuals and families for over 30 years. Through her career, she formed many lasting friendships with her clients both career wise and outside of work. Rosalinda has impacted the lives of many, and spent her life giving and caring for all she encountered. She was a loyal friend, a loving wife, mother, and a doting grandmother. Apart from that, she has taken in many and treated all like family. The fingerprints on the lives she touched will never fade, she will be truly missed.

Services will be at Advantage Funeral Home 9155 W Van Buren Tolleson, Az 85353. Thursday, May 27, 2021.Viewing will be from 11:30am-3:30pm followed by a mass from 3:30pm-4:30pm. The family asks that all donations be made to covid relief funds and research foundations.