Mireya Mendez

Legacy Mireya Mendez On Tuesday October 28, 2014, our beloved mother, grandmother Mireya Mendez left us to be with the Lord. Mireya Mendez, known to those closest to her as Mom, was born in Merida,Yucatan, Mexico on March 27, 1938, to Pedro Fonseca and Maria Canto. At the age of16 she married Jesus Mendez. In 1964 Dad came to the U.S. In 1965, the family moved to the U.S. Mom made the trip with her 4 young children and relocated to Oxnard. In her younger days, Mom worked in the fields and in her later years at the Heublein Chile Cannery. When she became a grandma she decided to take on the roll. Her grandchildren were one of her biggest joys. She enjoyed all her grandchildren and spent majority of her time with them. She was notorious for playing with the kids, especially teaching them to jump rope. We never had a dull moment with Mom, no matter how bad things were. Her sense of humor was always intact. To those that knew her knew she could put a smile on anyone’s face. Mom loved to dance, she always did say that it kept her in shape. She will be dearly missed by her children: Manuel Mendez(Concepcion), Rosa Barraza, Gabriel Mendez (Margie), Martha Campos(Israel), Carlos Mendez(Teresa). Beloved grandchildren: Norma Mendez, Mireya Murillo , Gabriela Martinez ,Adrian Rosales, Manuel Mendez Jr, Allen Rosales, Daniel Mendez, Maryel Mendez, Carlos Mendez Jr., Andrea Barraza, Daniela Mendez, Andres Mendez, Alex Mendez, Sofia Mendez. Great-grandchildren: Celeste and Trinity Martinez, Jaime, Roberto, and Rebecca Murillo, Christopher and Omar Munoz, Jonathan Mendez and Adrian, Angel and Alexa Rosales. Bentley Mendez She will also be missed by her brother Marco Antonio Escamilla and many nieces and nephews in Mexico. She is preceded in death by her husband Jesus, grandson Michael Mendez, parents Maria and Pedro. Mamacita, tu ya no estás con nosotros físicamente, pero siempre estarás en nuestros corazones. Los muchos recuerdos lindos siempre estarán con todos nosotros. Siempre nos diste mucho amor y mucha alegría con tu buen sentido del humor. Tu memoria vivirá para siempre en nuestras almas.