Juana 'Mama' Enriquez Martinez

Juana Martinez CONESVILLE, Iowa #45;- Juana 'Mama' Enriquez Martinez, 83, Conesville, died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, at the Lone Tree Care Center. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Columbus Junction. Pallbearers are Marvin Hamilton, Darrel Conaway, Lorenzo Marin Jr., Refugio 'Mike' Villagarea, Raul Perez, Javier Martinez, Ignacio Martinez Jr. and Larry Hill Jr. Honorary pallbearers are her grandchildren. Burial will be at the Conesville Cemetery. After the burial, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the home of Raul and Becky Martinez in Conesville. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home, Columbus Junction. Mrs. Martinez was born on April 11, 1920, in Del Rio, Texas, the daughter of Telesforo M. and Mariadel Refugia Vrerta Enriquez. She married Evaristo R. Martinez on Feb. 2, 1935, in Big Spring, Texas. He preceded her in death on Oct. 18, 1987. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She enjoyed gardening, needlework, singing and telling old stories. But most of all, she loved spending time with her family. Survivors i...[more]

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ude two sons, Ramon Martinez and his wife, Berta E., and Raul Martinez and his wife, Becky, all of Conesville; eight grandchildren, Jesse and Javier Martinez, Melissa Ramirez and her husband, Enrique, Raul Martinez Jr., Ignacio Jr., Abel, David and Ubil Martinez; 12 great-grandchildren, Anna, Hector, Damien, Jessica, Robert, Anthony, Derek, and Dezaray Martinez and Ricky Jr., Jose I., Julissa, and Diandria Ramirez; a daughter-in-law, Natalia Martinez of Conesville; a brother, Fred Enriquez of San Antonio, Texas; and three sisters, Isabel Mendez of San Angelo, Texas, Ramona Carnedo of San Antonio and Amalia Guevara and husband Roy of San Angelo. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a daughter, Rachel; a son, Ignacio; and two sisters, Antonia Martinez and Luisa Montejano.