Dolores R. Sanchez

Dolores

Sanchez (affectionately known to family and friends as Lola). She was 99 years young, as she always said age is just a number. Mom was a longtime resident of Santa Fe. Mom passed away peacefully in her sleep in her home on Sunday, Nov.11, 2018. Mom was born on a farm in Belen, New Mexico on May 9, 1919 to Adolfo and Magdalena Padilla, one of six children. Her brothers were Eddie, Roque, Adolfo Junior, and Wilfred and sister Valentina. She was the last of the Padilla siblings to pass.

She will rest with her husband Aurelio Sanchez who passed in 1979.

She is survived by children Annabelle Rivera (Louis), LeRoy N. Sanchez (Helen),Yvonne Andres (Ron), and William Sanchez. Dolores is also the grandmother of nine grand children: Denise, Bryan,Rachael, Holly, Conrad, Erica, Tina, Conor, and Andrew and 15 greatgrandchildren.

Mom’s family was the world to her, as well as her friends. She made the best posole,red chile, albondigas, and biscochitos. Mom passed on her recipes to daughter Annabelle, knowing they would be in safe hands.

Dolores was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America,the Altar Society, and a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Our mother will be missed so much by family and friends and never forgotten.

Services are as follows:

Rosary at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25th at Berardinelli Family Funeral Home at 1399 Luisa St., Santa Fe.

Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 26th at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on Osage Ave., Santa Fe.

Burial to follow at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.

A reception will be held at The Lodge (across from the cemetery) immediately following the burial procession.