Helen Marie Martinez passed away Wednesday February 9th at her home in Dallas with her family by her side. She passes after a long and courageous battle with cancer. This also marks the end of a long and beautiful love story she shared with our Dad, her husband, Simon Martinez who preceded her in death. Born on September 18th, 1940 in Taylor, Texas her family moved to Dallas where she attended St. Mary of Carmel Catholic School and met our Dad while in school there. She attended St. Ann’s High School in Dallas where she was heavily involved in CYO and made many lifelong friends (and was also a homecoming queen). After high school she worked at Neiman Marcus and then for 20 years at ARCO. She lived a life of service to her Church, her family, and her friends, praying the Rosary daily not for herself, but “for everyone else who needs grace”.
She is survived by her children Martin Martinez, Matthew Martinez, and Melissa Marie Martinez; her two sisters Cynthia Reyes and Jane Cantu; her grandchildren Casey Gann, Paul Martinez, Jennifer Lynn Martinez, Jessica Lauren Frazier, Elizabeth Ann Bernadette Martinez; and one great grandchild Jared Dale Frazier.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made in her memory to The American Cancer Society: http://action.acscan.org/goto/hmmartinez
Arrangements under the direction of Calvary Hill Funeral Home, Dallas, TX.
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