Ermelinda "Linda" Martinez Apadron Obituary (1923 - 2015)

Ermelinda Apadron Ermelinda Apadron, age 92, passed away peacefully to a heavenly realm on December 29, 2015 from natural causes after a ten year history of Alzheimer's. She is survived by her 5 children, Dave Martinez (Olivia Martinez), Bernadette Apadron (Leonardo Lopez), Arthur Apadron, Julia Martinez, and Vicky MagaAa (Ernesto MagaAa); 8 grandchildren; Vaughn Martinez (Michelle Martinez), Ron Martinez (Julie Martinez), Cande Booker (Zeb Booker), Morningstar Begay, Sergio, Carlos, and Mario MagaAa, and Anastasia Apadron; by 7 beautiful great grandchildren; Jake, Cameron, Riley, and Megan Martinez, Kole and Lauren Booker, and Maddison MagaAa. She is also survived by her sister Anne Trujillo and brother Manuel Martinez. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Javier (Victor) Apadron, her sister Albenita, and her brother, Jose Martinez. Ermelinda passed on in the loving care of her family after 6 years of receiving loving, kind, gentle and understanding care from her adopted family, the staff at Rocky Mountain Care Facility in Clearfield, Utah. Her daughter, Bernie, is to be recognized for the time and care she gave to her mother. Her daughter-in-law, Olivia Martinez, her granddaughter Cande Booker, Ermelinda's sons also made her life joyful by their visits and remembering what was important to her. Ermelinda was a kind, loving, funny, feisty, and courageous woman who had a deep love and devotion to her children. Thank you Mom for blessing us up until the last moment of your life. You taught us to be courageous, to forgive, to laugh at ourselves and to stand up for what is right. You taught us to love and understand our children no matter what and to pass away with dignity and peace. Ermelinda was a wonderful mother to the end comforting her daughters through her passage from this life to the next. She touched many lives. We shall be forever grateful to the wonderful and loving staff and administrators as well as her roommate at Rocky Mountain Care Facility. They treated her like their own mother, giving her love and kindness when we could not. We would also like to express our deep and sincere gratitude to Rocky Mountain Hospice for making the last few months of her life more bearable. We will miss our mother tremendously, but we know she is still with us. The best of who we are is our mother and she will forever live in our hearts. A viewing will be held on Monday, January 4, 2016 from 8:30 until 9:15 a.m. with a Rosary beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd. Mass of Christian burial will follow at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2016 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 24th Street and Adams Ave. Interment, Evergreen Memorial Park, 100 N Monroe, Ogden, Utah. VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 January 4, 2016 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM ServiceSt. Joseph's Catholic Church 514 24th Street Ogden, UT 84401 January 4, 2016 10:00 AM CemeteryMyers Evergreen Memorial Park 100 Monroe Blvd. Ogden, UT 84404 January 4, 2016