Guadalupe Portillo Enriquez, 91, of Avondale died Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at home. She was born December 21, 1918 in Miami, AZ to Juana and Ignacio Portillo. She was a long time member of St. William Catholic Church in Cashion, where she was the Queen of Menudo, making it for breakfast fundraisers all the time, and a part of a wonderful prayer group.
Mrs. Enriquez was preceded in death by her husband Desiderio two years ago. She is survived by her daughters Delia Villa, Mary Garcia, and Patricia Barragan, sons Antonio, Ignacio, Juan Waldo, Jose Luis, Raul and Arturo Enriquez, her sister Loreto Gonzales, Cruz Avena, and Manuela Bernal, and her brother Isidro Portillo. Also surviving are 44 grandchildren, and numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday at 9:00am at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 539 E. La Pasada Blvd., Goodyear, AZ with a rosary at 9:45 and Funeral Mass to begin at 10:30. Burial will follow at West Resthaven Park Cemetery in Glendale, AZ.