Miss the times we use to laugh  and eat .You loved to shop.See you soo in paradise ❤️ ♥️

Anna was such a wonderful friend. Always very nice to me and my daughter, Traci. Her first husband was my cousin, so we’re Kin. We go back a long, long time. Good memories of those times as well as all her previous restaurants. The small one on Lemmon Ave, the fun one on Northwest Hwy across from Bachman Lake. Happy, prosper years!  RIP, Anna. Hopefully next to Butch. If you see Traci up there, give her a hug for me!

Mia, some of my best memories of Anita and Butch were when Richard 's band, The Joker Band, played his music at El Jardin on NW Hwy.  Butch and Anna were always so warm and friendly with us.  My favorite memory was sharing my 25th wedding anniversary dinner with Richard at that restaurant.  Your mom and dad were such a fun loving couple and it was a joy to have shared their friendship.  May they both rest in peace.     -- Conchita Franco

My sister was a generous woman. She loved when all her family would visit her. She  would call me when she was lonely. We would go over there and her and Tina would laugh  the night away.I know the time will come when I will see her and other love ones brought back to a paradise earth 🌎 That is a promise my God made to all of us .It's in the Bible for us to get to know  him and his promises. I will see you soon my sister ❤ 

My brother Butch married Ana when I was 12 years old back in the early 1960's. I thought they were brave and a little insane to start a life together when so much was against them at the time. But I learned from them that sometimes you find someone that "gets you" and they "got each other".  Ana was a shapely beauty and he was tall and handsome.  Their favorite song was "Moon River" from the movie Breakfast at Tiffanys" and they danced "Walking the Dog" by Rufus Thomas in our living room to my mother's shock. Yes, they twerking. He cooked, she didn't. She was full of drama and he was full of one - liners.  They were great restaurateurs full of warmth and fine food. Ana used to say, "what are you going to say about me when I die"? I'd say the truth, that you were brave, fun, a little naughty and you always told it like it was. The song "Moon River" says something like "two drifters off to see the world waiting 'round the bend, we're after the same rainbows end" and yes, that's exactly what Ana and Butch were really about, after the same rainbows end.  
Much love, 
Your baby sister- in- law, Connie Enriquez Herrera

Nico Mia and Family 

Sorry for your loss. We have loss a great friend and love one.   She will be missed her kindness and friendship.  We had a good time when we went to Las Vegas NV.  🙏😘❤️

Looking forward to picking up where we left off too many years ago.

Anita we will miss seeing you on friday nights.You were always a welcome sight to see when we came in for dinner, we had a lot of laughs together.
Shannon  & I will miss you terribly. May God bless and keep you in his arms.we love you.
P.S.     If Butch asked you to help open a restaurant in heaven ,please say hell no i’m Here to rest and enjoy eternity.

I was this many when you became my Godmother....

A beautiful soul, full of love and faith, ascended to heaven, away from all of us, but closer to God, leaving loneliness and sadness. All we have to hold onto are the happy memories we’ve shared with our comadre Anita, this will live in our hearts, minds and they will continue to live on. Please accept our condolences, she will never be forgotten.
R.I.P.  Anita

Anita was always the strong figure in my life that helped me to make sense of it after helping me realize how dumb I was being.  She would scold me, make me laugh, tell me she loved me after hugs and then would feed me a great meal.  She is the backbone of the family and will be sorely missed.  She was a strong role model for me and I love her.

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Anita Rios Enriquez

November 18, 1936 – April 22, 2019

Calvary Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery

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