MARIA NATIVIDAD ANGUIANO, BORN DECEMBER 25, 1927, TO MARIA SABAS GRANADO AND JUAN BALDOMERO ANGUIANO, IN SILSBEE, TEXAS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SONS, DAUGHTERS, AND THEIR FAMILIES: GELACIO VALDEZ AND WIFE, CAROL OF MEDFORD; PHYLLIS VALDEZ, OF NEW YORK CITY; MARY VALDEZ AND SPOUSE, NICK OF CANBY; LUZMARIA MONTGOMERY AND SPOUSE TODD OF KLAMATH FALLS; PHILIP VALDEZ OF KLAMATH FALLS; EVANGELINA SLUGA AND SPOUSE, ROBERT OF MERRILL; ESTHER SILER AND SPOUSE, RICK OF SEATAC, WA.
SHE LEAVES A WONDERFUL LEGACY OF NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES: JAIME VALDEZ, WIFE MISSY, DAUGHTERS TALIA, ANDREA; ALESIA VALDEZ; JOAQUIN VALDEZ, WIFE HEIDI, CODY, KELSEIGH, SIMON, STEP CHILDREN; GRACE PHILP, HUSBAND JAMES, DAUGHTERS GABRIELLA NICOLE, ANNA CHRISTINA; MARIA HENSHAW, HUSBAND JASON, SONS ETHAN, LOGAN; JOSEPH VALDEZ; AMY VALDEZ-FAGAN, GERVES; BRIAN V. WOOD, WIFE SEJAL, DAUGHTERS LEKHA, SAARA; MICHAEL GODING; BRANDON MONTGOMERY; KENNETH VALDEZ, DAUGHTERS JESSICA, NIKI; HEATHER PHIPPS; CHARLIE PHIPPS, WIFE HEATHER, DAUGHTER ALYSSA, SONS MASON, BRAYDEN; DANIELLE VALDEZ; JOE VALDEZ, DAUGHTER SOPHIA, SONS MALACHI, EZEKIEL; TONY SLUGA, ANGELA SLUGA, DAUGHTER AMELIA, SON DEXTER; ALEX SLUGA, WIFE BECKIE, DAUGHTERS HAILEE, HEATHER, SON JACKSON; JAMIE SILER; GREGORY SILER; JACILYN SILER; JENNY SILER.
SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; HER HUSBAND, JOSE SOCORRO VALDEZ DE HERNANDEZ; HER SISTER, JUANITA SANCHEZ DE ANGUIANO, HER BROTHERS, MARGARITO, SIMON, CIPRIANO; HER SON, EFREN VALDEZ DE ANGUIANO AND GRANDSON, CHRISTOPHER JOHN MONTGOMERY; AS WELL AS, COUSINS, AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN TEXAS, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS, AND MEXICO.
MARIA NATIVIDAD, WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF SACRED HEART CHURCH SINCE 1956. MOST RECENTLY, SHE LIVED WITH DAUGHTER EVANGELINA AND FAMILY IN MERRILL, RECUPERATING FROM A WRIST SURGERY, AND FAITHFULLY ATTENDED ST. AUGUSTINE.
WITH A LARGE FAMILY, HER JOB WAS AT HOME. LATER ON, SHE WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME PICKING POTATOES, WEEDING ONIONS, PREPARING POTATO AND GARLIC SEED. DOING SO, IMPROVED HER ENGLISH SKILLS AND NURTURED WHAT BECAME LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS.
CROCHETING WAS A WONDERFUL TALENT AND PAST TIME. SHE LEAVES SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF HANDMADE ART AMONG FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HER FAITH WAS IMPORTANT AND INSTILLED THE SAME IN HER CHILDREN. BUT AS A HUMBLE WOMAN OF MEAGER MEANS, SHE WAS COMPASSIONATE, AND CHARITABLE, DEVOTED TO HER FAITH.
PUBLIC VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 2-3 PM ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, AT O'HAIR-WARDS FUNERAL CHAPEL. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, BEGINNING WITH A ROSARY AT 10:30, FOLLOWED BY A MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT 11:00 AM. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT MT. CALVARY CATHOLIC CEMETERY.