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Christina Armenta
Our loving mother, wife, sister, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother, Christina Martinez Armenta, left this mortal world for a far better place at 3:55 p.m. on Jan. 28, 2016 in her home in Kearny, Arizona.
She was born on July 24, 1942 at her family home in Hayden, Arizona, married Richard Avenetti in 1959 and was widowed in March of 1987. She later married George Armenta in 1988, who will miss her deeply.
Mom was most proud of her children and grandchildren, especially their military service, totaling well over 120 years. She worked hard all her life at various careers, cook, cashier, bus driver, and home-maker, and instilled a deep work ethic in all her children. In her retirement, she took up quilting and produced many beautiful quilts that she gave to all her children, daughters-in-law, sisters, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and friends. She was also devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe, to whom she held a vigil on her saint’s day, a tradition carried on from her sister and her mother.
Many family members await her at the gates of Heaven, including her first husband (Richard), daughter (Valerie), mother and father (Anita and Manuel), brothers, Norberto (Beto), Manuel (Chito), Miguel (Mike) and Frank (Tucky), sisters, Concepcion (Concha), Victoria (Julie), Rita (Negra), Alice (Licha), and baby sister Anita (Candy), and stepson, Keith.
She leaves behind her husband, George; sisters, Dolores (Lola) and Susana (Susie); children, Nick (Erb), Quint (Brenda), Valerie (Pat), Samson (Emma) and Guy (Laura); her stepchildren, Bobby, Cindy, Dorinda, Irma, Georgia and Andrea; her grandchildren, Chris, Nicole, Nick, Katherine, Steven, Quint, Gunner, Cannon, Adam, Travis, Elecia and Marisa; her step-grandchildren, Mandy, Julie, Aaron, Eric, Eddie, Ricky, Albert, Karl, Kyle, Jackie, Veronica, Georgie, Darcie, Dante, Brandon, Brittany, Maria, Carlos, Sylvia and Juan; and many great-grandchildren.
Christina’s remains will rest with those of her daughter Valerie and near her mother and father at Mountain View Cemetery in Hayden, AZ.
Per her wishes, there will be no public services.
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