Clara Martinez Obituary

Grandma,

Where do I begin? Well of course there's no other way then to start w/a Bendicion!! I've done it for the past 29 years and refuse to stop now that you're not here "physically".

You are missed so much by so many. Papi has really been taking it hard. You know how your baby is, he's hard core w/everyone else but so soft & gentle when it comes to you. Thank you for giving us your time & love. You were truly an Angel to everyone you touched! Such a strong woman that many of us can only wish to become. I think about all the times, holidays & b-days we spent w/one another! Your beautiful smile, your sweet smell, your lovely silver hair, your soft touch...so many things that I wish I could have for just at least one more day....But then I think about how you're not suffering anymore, how you're reunited w/your son and your husband. How now I have both Grandmothers and one Grandfather in heaven looking down on us. Honestly, that's what gets me thru the day....knowing that you're still here. Knowing that you waited so long for the day to see your son and husband again...how there were many times that you were ready to give up and go...and how God just wasn't ready to take you yet. I'm sorry if I'm rambling on Grandma....I just miss you SOOOOOOOO much. More than words can ever and will ever explain.

Please watch over papi and mami Grandma! I want to be fortunate like they were and see my parents live full lives. Of course it's always hard to say good bye but I'd rather know that your happy up in Heaven then to have you suffering down here w/me.

Rest In Peace my Love and please please please give my Lil Grandma & Grandpa, Tio Victor, Titi Ana, Harito and Papo and big kiss and hug for me and tell them that I love them!!

Your loving Grand-Daughter...

Grandma Clara was like a ray of sunshine.........no matter how she felt physically she always had a "Dios te bendiga bendicion" for you, straight fromher heart with a twinkle in her eye. I have good memories and I intend to ensure her great-great grandson remembers her as well.......she will be missed......

Jose,

I would like to extend my deepest sympathies for you and your family.
I know your mother was well loved and will be missed by so many.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Melis Rose Whalen

A Reminiscence

YES, thou art gone! and never more
Thy sunny smile shall gladden me;
But I may pass the old church door,
And pace the floor that covers thee.

May stand upon the cold, damp stone,
And think that, frozen, lies below
The lightest heart that I have known,
The kindest I shall ever know.

Yet, though I cannot see thee more,
'Tis still a comfort to have seen;
And though thy transient life is o'er,
'Tis sweet to think that thou hast been;

To think a soul so near divine,
Within a form so angel fair,
United to a heart like thine,
Has gladdened once our humble sphere.

By Anne Bronte
The Poetry Foundation