Patricia A. Garza

Passed away on October 1st, 2022, she was a mother, grandmother, daughter and sister, she filled the lives of those who loved her with beauty, love and happiness. Patricia was a very artistic soul and spent most of her life crafting jewelry and Aztec Dancing while raising her family in Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico a place she called her first love. Patricia was born on October 30, 1954, in New Jersey to Mateo and Dorothy Garza. As a child of a military service man, she was lucky to have lived very many places with her family and got to see the world. She worked in many places in her life, but really found her place in working and helping people. She spent a good amount of her life workithing with young girls at Case De Corazon, DV and SA survivors at CAV and working with the elderly and the ill doing home health care. She lived a very selfless and giving life. Patricia will be missed greatly by the many people who love her. She is preceded in death by her son, Viento Herrera, father, Mateo Garza and her brothers, Rodney and Michael Garza. She is survived by her mother, Dorothy Garza, brother, Darrell Garza (Martha), sister, Jeanette Alexander (Chris), daughter, Celeste Trujillo (Geno), son, Cuauhetomoc Herrera (Ashley), stepsons, Larry and John Herrera, her grandchildren, Angel, Amadeo (Marissa), Abran, Autumn, Aliyah, Alyssa, Citilamina, Emilio, Santana, Ernesto, Cedar, Santo, Sol, Luna, Esperanza, and Sombra, great granddaughter, Celeste and many other nephews, nieces, family and friends. Rosary will be held on Sunday October 9, 2022 @ 6pm at Rivera Chapel. Funeral Mass will be Monday October 10, 2022 at 10am at Rivera Chapel with interment to follow at Upper Arroyo Hondo Cemetery. Arrangements by Rivera Family Funeral Home. To share a memory, please visit our website at www.riverafuneralhome.com