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Obituary for MAESTAS


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Friday January 30, 2004

Joe A. May 3, 1923-Jan. 30, 2003 Well grandpa, its been one year today that our Lord Jesus Christ took you Home. How is it up there with all the angel's? We miss you so much and wish that you were here with us. Its not the same without you in the house, nobody even sits on your chair! Everytime we pass your gravesite we all wave with hopes that one day you will wave back. I like the thought of you and God looking down at me, I only wish that I could see you. I wish that I could hug you one last time. That morning, January 30, 2003 at 8:30am, for me is one day that I will never, ever forget. I remember you lying in the hospital bed, but not resting, fifteen minutes after I got there you took your last three breaths and you were gone. Yes, just like that!! Its too bad your illness couldn't have gone away with just three breaths. I never really got the chance to thank you for everything, especially for being like a dad to me. Don't worry about grandma, she's doing fine. She still cries when we talk about you. Don't come for her yet, my dad still needs her. This Thanksgiving and Christmas were really hard for all of us. The best gift that I received was the one God gave me: He has made you free from all illnesses and has given you a new healthy, strong body. That's the grandpa I knew, never sick, always strong, joking, laughing and without worries. We love you and miss you so much. Love, Cynthia, Ryan, Cody, Muffen, Bernardo, and Bobby