Maria Dolores Martinez
1918 – 2006
We lost our Abuela last Tuesday. She died of a sudden, massive heart attack while sitting on the front porch, watering her flowers in the early morning light. She was a beautiful, elegant and graceful woman who had four children, two of whom are still living. She could make roses grow in the desert and her knowledge of native foods and cures was impressive. She was a tiny woman; at barely five feet, she still commanded everyone and was, in many ways, the queen of her small circle.
