Maria Sanchez
Obituary
Watsonville resident Maria Sanchez, 77, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022 at Dominican Hospital surrounded by her immediate family.
Maria was born February 12, 1945, in Calexico, CA to Alfredo and Ramona Alcantar. The family later moved to the Salinas Valley, with Maria later relocating to Las Lomas with her husband where they raised their four children.
During her lifetime she worked for the County of Santa Cruz for over 30 years starting as a social worker in the eligibility department until she promoted to a respected Supervisor, a position she held until her retirement.
Maria loved to travel, taking multiple trips to Mexico with family, Europe with friends, and countless trips to Arizona, New Mexico, and the San Diego area. In her downtime, Maria enjoyed shopping, luncheons with her sisters, listening to a variety of music, but most of all spending time with her children and grandchildren was by far her favorite pastime. She loved to dote over her children and enjoyed watching sporting events ranging from baseball, basketball, and boxing.
Maria is survived by her son Domingo Sanchez Jr,; grandchildren Athena Sanchez, Michael Sanchez, Ashley Sanchez, Danny Sanchez, Joseph Ramirez, and Venissa Rosa; great- grandchildren, Amelia Echevarria, Ava Echevarria, Madeline Rosa, Allison Rosa, and Emma Rosa. Maria was adored and loved by her siblings, numerous nieces and nephews, and countless friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Domingo Sanchez, and sons, Faran Sanchez, Michael Sanchez, and Danny Sanchez.
Viewing will be held at Mehl's Colonial Chapel on Wednesday, July 6th from 5-9pm with rosary starting at 7pm. Funeral mass will be celebrated at Our Lady Help of Christians on Thursday, July 7th at 10am with burial to follow at Valley Public Cemetery at 11am, all
in Watsonville.
Published in The Pajaronian · June 30, 2022