Sebastine Romero

Sebastine “Sabie” Torres Romero, age 100, a resident of Albuquerque, NM, died peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours on Thursday, May 26, 2022, with her eldest daughter and her granddaughter by her side. She was a true daughter of Belen, NM, born there on February 24, 1922. In 1940, Sabie married Albino “Bing” Romero. They bought a home on Jarales Road down the street from her parents, Juan and Maria Torres. There, Sabie had four children, Frances, Regina, Daniel, and Margaret. Then in 1972, they bought her “dream home” on 4th Street in Belen, where she lived with Bing until his passing in 2006. Indeed, Sabie only moved out of that home in April 2021 to her daughter’s home in Albuquerque, and only after lots of encouragement from her family. She was a Charter Member (1944) of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church. Sabie was active in the organization for more than 70 years, and she was honored as the last living Charter Member by Catholic Daughters at Our Lady of Belen in 2019. She worked for the Public Service Company of New Mexico in Belen for 26 years. Sabie often spoiled her grandchildren with jewelry she bought from Native Americans to help pay their bills. She was also the face of Public Service in the 1950s as the star of the Public Service Co. float in a 4th of July Parade. Sabie also worked for Trembly Jewelry in Belen for 4 years after retiring from Public Service Company. She and Bing were charter members of the Horizon Country Club in Belen often playing golf or bingo and enjoying dinner and drinks with friends. Her neighbors will remember her as a Belen bowling champion who loved to bowl and travel for tournaments, and as the woman with a standing hair appointment every week. Sabie was heartbroken at the premature loss of her daughter Regina in 1998, but she relished watching Regina’s children succeed and be happy in life. She is survived by three of her four children, Frances Woods, Daniel Romero, and Margaret Triano; grandchildren, Jacqueline and John L. Vinaccia, Lisa Epp, Tracey Woods, Melissa and Gary Triano, Juan and Geoff Romero, Gina Hemstreet, and Cynthia; great grandchildren, Stephanie Epp, Michael Boechner, Alexandra and Nicole Celi, Anthony La Scala, Jacob Gulley, Camden and Holland Walsh, Graciela, Isabella, and Riggins Hemstreet, and Nicholas Vinaccia; and great-great granddaughter, Hayden Stump. All services will be held at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church on Wednesday June 1, 2022. A public viewing will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a Rosary to be recited at 9:30 a.m. A Funeral Mass will take place at 10:00 a.m. with Interment to follow at Our Lady of Belen Memorial Gardens where Sabie will be laid to rest next to her husband, Bing. Please sign Sabie’s online tribute at www.romerofuneralhomenm.com Romero Funeral Home, 609 N. Main St., Belen, NM.

Sebastine Romero

February 24, 1922 - May 26, 2022