I had see posts on Facebook with Theresa about many things and she and I had in common.  I began conversations with her, we eventually met and actually it was on my birthday about two years ago and had lunch at Marie calendars.
We even played bunko together. Went to the movies a few times.
I loved her.
I was having  surgery in November 2019 and she told me if I needed anything she would be there to help me.
I am SO SADDENED by her loss.
I love you♥️ Theresa. Hughes.♥️ 🌹🌷

Your friend Teresa Kukol ❤️ 

I am so sorry for your loss. I never met Theresa but she helped me tremendously. When my husband died a year and a half ago, she reached out to me through Messenger. My husband Fred Western was in Theresa's wedding about 40 years ago. She wrote me some very kind things and assured me that it would get better. And it did. If we had lived closer, I think we would have been friends.

From all of us classmates at Norte Vista High School Riverside Ca we are saddened by the loss of our friend. She was a beautiful person with such a big heart for giving. We send our sincerest condolences and heartfelt sorrows to her family and especially her grandchild who only shared a short glimpse of time with their grandmother.  

We met while working at the Press Enterprise newspaper and became close friends. She was always there for  me, and I for her.  We helped each other through rough times and good times for nearly 30 years. She was my go-to for lunch and a movie. Her caring, giving heart is what I will miss the most. We acknowledged each other as sisters by choice, not blood. I will never forget her.


My beautiful Cousin... I miss you SO MUCH!! You are gone too soon... Leaving without saying Goodbye. Yes, I have shed tears, but I also have MANY happy memories from our lives ... Please know how much you are loved and missed!!! ❤️

My memory of Theresa is one of a kind in a lifetime. 
25 years ago Theresa  didn't just open her house for me but also her heart.   She gave me a home and family to cherish forever.  She was always there to talk, to laugh and to listen even when we were miles apart.  
I'm so proud that I got te be her Belgian 'daughter' and that my children got the chance to meet her last Easter.  She spoiled them big time and they loved her from the moment they met.  We could talk for hours about everything.
Her advice ment the world to me and her being made my life richer in every possible way. I'm so lucky that I got to call her my american  'mom' .  Slaap zacht! 💞🍀Nele

My favorite memory of Theresa is how we laughed. I’ve never laughed so hard with any other friend. We would laugh till we cried. We laughed here in Riverside, laughed a lot in Alaska, that belly clenching, crying, begging each other to stop kind of laughter you only have with a rare few. I’ll truly miss you my friend. What a joy to have known you. 

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Theresa Lea Hughes

3 December, 1953 – 5 November, 2019

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