Gloria Ann Garcia

Gloria Ann (Mabba) Garcia, age 80, a resident of Los Chavez, NM passed away surrounded by her loving and devoted family on October 6, 2022. She was a member of San Clemente Catholic Church. Services will be held on October 14, 2022 at San Clemente Catholic Church. A Public Visitation will take place at 8:30 a.m. with a Rosary to be recited at 9:30 a.m., a Funeral Mass to be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Our Lady of Belen Memorial Gardens. Gloria’s family were her pride and joy, and she was devoted to them and they adored her. She was a Mama Bear when it came to her children and grandchildren. Gloria developed a passion for running in her mid- 30’s and begun racing in 5k’s, 10k’s, marathons, and the La Luz Trail Race for many years. If you are from the Los Chaves area, you probably saw her running and/or biking about the streets of Belen and Los Lunas. Her family believes she is running again now in Heaven. Gloria was also honored to have coached the distance runners for Belen High School Girls Track Team for five years. She developed great relationships with “her girls” and was very proud of them. Gloria was preceded in death by her son, Kenneth; daughter, Gerri Ann Baca; parents, William and Gabrielle Martinez; sister, Nellie Archer; brothers Eddie and Ronnie Martinez; mother and father-in-law, Atanacio and Tomasita Garcia, sister-in-law, Mary Elsa Griego; brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Priscilla Garcia; and son-in-law, Glenn Benavidez. She is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Tomas Garcia, her children Patricia Romero, Marla (Anthony) Carrejo, Tommy Dean (Dolores) Garcia, Randy (Shirley) Garcia, Wayne (Dolores) Garcia, Dwayne (Geraldine) Garcia, and Gabriella Lynn; grandchildren, Glenn Jr, Melanie, Lisa, Jessica, Jemile, Dylan, Josyln, Jerel, Trysten, Jaque, Jonathan, Kevin, Raylene, Cassandra, Thomas, Viviana, Layla, Juliana, Joie, Rhiannon, Apryl Lynn, and Bradley. She is also survived by her 26 great-grandchildren, brothers, Robert (Marie) Martinez, Garry (Denise) Martinez, Michael (Charolette) Martinez, and Andy (Myra) Martinez; sister, Lorraine (Alvin) Baca; sister-in-law’s, Emerlinda Lewis, Mary Ellen (Ernie) Montoya, and Priscilla Knotts; and brother-in-law, Larry Garcia. Pallbearers will be her four sons Tom, Randy, Wayne, and Dwayne Garcia. A special thank you goes to granddaughter, Apryl Lynn Ortega for loving care she provided to our Mom/Grandma during the last weeks of her life. Also, a heartfelt thank you goes to Anita, Monique, Amanda, and Ambercare Hospice, for their dedicated and compassionate support of our Mom and our family during moms last days. Please sign Gloria’s online tribute at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.

Gloria Ann Garcia

February 4, 1942 - October 6, 2022