Maria Elena P. Martinez, better known to her family as “Nela”, and to some as Sister Mary, entered in to the loving arms of Our Lord on April 16, 2023 at the tender age of 69. She was born on August 11, 1953 in San Antonio, Texas to Felicitas Prieto and Valentin Padron. She was the third oldest of seven children.
“Nela” graduated from John F. Kennedy in 1972. Shortly after she met Juan Manuel Olguin Martinez. They married in 1973, and together they raised three loving children. After the children started to attend school, she returned to work, where she worked for 15 years at Radio Cap. Maria was a natural caregiver. She was always willing to help care for the children in her family and the children in her neighborhood. Her grandchildren were her pride and joy. She loved spending her time with them, checking up on them, giving them advice, anything to make them happy. They will truly miss her. She was a very loving, giving and caring woman.
Nela will be reunited in heaven with her parents, Felicitas and Valentin Padron; sisters, Gloria Padron and Christina Ramirez.
Her memory will forever live in her husband, Juan Manuel Martinez; children, Maria Elena Estrada “Bebe” (Jesse Rey), Christopher Manuel Martinez (Priscilla), and Juan Manuel Martinez Jr. Grandchildren, Jake, Savannah, Ethan Ryan, Sophia Rae, Jose, Maylah and Jeronimo “Cinco”; brothers, David Padron (Mary “Nina”), Valentin Padron , Juan Padron , Edward Padron; and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
“Those who touch our lives, stay in our hearts forever”
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