Vera Robles

Vera Robles born April 5th 1928, On February 19th 2021 Vera Robles passed away at home peacefully surrounded by her loving husband of 73 years John Robles, her children and loving family members. She was 92 years old.

Vera is survived by her five surviving children, daughter Nancy Gutierrez, husband Richard, daughter Patricia Ramos, husband Manuel, daughter Sandra Ballesteros husband Edward proceded by death, son John Robles Jr, wife Sharon, daughter Joanne Melendez, husband George. Surviving three brothers Richard Hernandez, Ray Hernandez Jr., wife Rose and Robert Hernandez.

Grandchildren, Ricky, Tricia, Monique, Nicholas, Melissa, Bernadette, Gina, Yvonne, Bridget, Edward Jr., Jamie, John Jr., Jeffery, Bridgitte, Sonya, Rachelle and Tracy.

Great-grandchildren, Matthew, Brennan, Caleb, James, Joshua, Nichole, Marissa, David Jr., Alexis, Isabella, Iriana, Brandon, Brittnie, Geno, Krishna, Ricky Jr., Eilee, Eli, Zion, Brice, Joshua, Eli, Joseph, Alexandria, Vanessa, John Thomas, Savannah, Olivia, Roy, Cody and Amelie.

Great-great Grandchildren, London, Samuel, Sebastian, Paige, Sage and Landon.

Our mother and father have created quite a legacy. The Love my parents shared over the last 73 years was like no other, through the good times and the bad times their love never wavered. When mom and daddy became parents, they made sure that their children had everything they needed throughout our entire life and that still holds true today. Our Parents always put their children above all else and for that we are so blessed and grateful. Our parents would often say how proud they are of their children; we are who we are today all due to their love and guidance we would not be here today without the wonderful parents God blessed us with. Our mom spent many long weeks in the hospital, when mom came home and our parents were once again reunited it was a sight to behold. Every morning daddy would go kiss mom and say good morning and tell her how beautiful she was. Daddy would tell mom how much he missed her and how happy he was to have her home again. He would ask our mom daily if she missed him and of course she would say yes, one day we heard our daddy asked mom, do you love me Vera because I love you and her reply was, John I already told you a hundred times! That was mom! Daddy was at mom’s bedside when she took her last breath. Mom and daddy have so many wonderful memories, happy, sad, mournful and memorable. Mom would always say she was blessed to have our daddy as her husband and father of her children. Our mom raised her six children alongside our daddy until they were all in school before she began her work career.

Mom started her long career with JC Penney’s for which she worked for over 25 years as a stock clerk and tailor. Mom was called upon by JC Penney’s when the Fashion Fair mall was opening their new store to train the new employees how to inventory and organize the incoming apparel. Mom did not hesitate to take on the challenge, mom was so sharp and organized and had a mind like a steel trap, and that did not change up to her last days. When mom retired, she and my daddy enjoyed spending time with their family, mom and daddy would take trips together to Reno and Tahoe, daddy would drive and mom would make him crazy with her driving critiques even though she did not hold a driver’s license. Daddy would take mom on weekend drives to see his sisters and other family members. Christmas time was especially special for our mom, we would all gather together at mom and daddy’s until we expanded so much that we could no longer fit in our home on Adoline Avenue, we would celebrate each year at a different sibling home along with Santa Clause and we will continue that tradition.

Our beloved Aunt Dede and Grandma Bonnie were two of the most important women in my mom’s life, and now mom is reunited with them in Heaven. Mom loved her sissy and she truly loved our mom and our family; Aunt Dede will forever be in our hearts. Our Grandma Bonnie loved our mom and us and we loved her with all our hearts and have peace knowing that they are together again, along with her brother Rudy and Grandpa Ray and her beloved son Ronnie. Our Uncle Richard, Uncle Rey Jr. and Robert are moms surviving brothers. Mom and Uncle Richard were like to peas in a pod and both so silly when they were together, our sweet Uncle Ray and Aunt Rose would call mom and you could hear the smile and love in their voice and it would fill moms’ heart with joy, Uncle Robert and mom had the typical older sister and baby brother relationship. Mom had a very special relationship with her goddaughter Stephanie the only daughter to her only sister Dede. Stephanie loved her Nina and my mom loved her with all her heart. An hour before mom passed away Stephanie called and was able to tell my mom she loved her and how much it meant to be her godchild; Stephanie was a special person in mom’s life as she is in all of our lives. Mom has many nieces and nephews that shared a special bond and love that will live on in each and every one of them.

Our mom was close with each of her children, each of us had our own unique bond with mom that will forever be missed and cherished for the rest of our life’s. The cherished bonds continued on through her grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great great children. It makes our heart happy to know that her grandchildren and great grandchildren spent time visiting mom and Daddy and would love to hear stories about their Grandparents and watch the silly banter between the two of them and be present to feel the love that their grandparents had for each other and the love they have for each of them.

We have a lifetime of silly GG and Papa GG stories, that was their nickname given to them by their grandchildren. Mom loved to shop as much as retuning the items she bought and was such a little fashionista and was beyond generous to her children. She loved to bake and she said she couldn’t cook but that was far from the truth, we will miss her specialties, her meatballs, GG’s refried beans, orange gravy chicken, poverty food, persimmon cookies, ranger cookies, and double fudge cake just to mention a few. One of mom’s favorite pastimes was reading and oh how she loved to read her Danielle Steel books on her tablet because she was able to make the print large so she could read with ease. Yes, our mom had her tablet and computer and was able to utilize them all, our little mom was so sharp. We will miss seeing all of GG’s little notes to herself, notes on her special fat cat calendar our special phone calls always letting us know if we didn’t answer the phone to let us know it was our mom calling, as if we didn’t already know that. Mom would never ask for anything she would “Wish” for things, like have her hair done, go shopping, have something fixed in the house, or a craving for a special dish or baked goods and for each wish we knew who would fulfill that wish. Shopping could be any of us daughters, have her hair done that would be Tracy, to fix something at the house, that was John and Sharon, or her grandsons, baked goods would be her granddaughters, a ride to the doctor that could be anyone one of us daughters or the grandkids. What I wish for is one more day to sit in mom’s kitchen with a cup of our favorite coffee, we all had our favorites and mom always had them for us, or something sweet for our brother John and his favorite flavored cold drink. Mom would always have the candy dishes full with all of our favorites, enough to stuff our pockets or purse. Our mom and daddy are our world and now our mom is our angel, we made a promise to mom to take care of our daddy and that is a promise her children will fulfill together. Our family is truly blessed to have the most loving, caring, thoughtful and generous parents and grandparents a family could be beyond fortunate to have.

On behalf of our entire family, we would like to thank the Wonderful, Nurses, Doctors, Health Aids and Social workers from Hinds Hospice. Without all of the wonderful staff that became part of our family caring for our mom during her last weeks on this earth we would not have been able to give her the wonderful care and peace she had until it was her time to leave this life and rest in Heaven.

Mom was predeceased by her mother Bonnie Hernandez, Step Father Ray Hernandez, Brother Rudy Hernandez, Sister Cecilia “Dede” Arredondo, Son Rodney Robles, Granddaughter Misha Robles, Granddaughter Veronica Robles.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions of only 40 in attendance, the funeral service will be private for the immediate family. A live stream will be available on the day of the service. Our family will not have a gathering after the services, we ask for privacy with our father and family following the burial. Thank you and God Bless.