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MARTINEZ -- Susan McVey (Giese) Martinez, June 10, 1939 - June 2, 2009 First born of Frank Stearns Giese and Jane Walker (also known as Jess McVey); Susan was an avid reader and traveler. She graduated high school in Groton, Massachusetts and attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She retired from Mountain Bell (Qwest) after 30 years of service. She volunteered as a reading tutor at Los Padillas Elementary School Community Center, and for a local food bank delivering food to families on the west side, and volunteered at the South Valley Library. She also volunteered at the South Broadway Community Center preparing tax returns and was a proud and active member of her union the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the South West Organizing Project (SWOP). She gave much of her time to her church, First Congregational United Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Ruben, who will miss his beloved "navigator;" her mother Jess of San Francisco, California; her mother-in-law, Alicia of Chimayo, New Mexico; and her step mother, Jeanne of Portland, Oregon. She is also survived by her siblings, Nancy, Tom, Sam, Ellen, and Leslie; as well as her two children Donna and James; and her grandson, Nicholas. Her family and her many friends will miss her generous spirit and dry sense of humor. Mrs. Martinez was cremated at Riverside Funeral Home and there will be a Service at the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah Witnesses located at 2605 Foothill Drive SW, 87105 at 2 p.m. on June 13, 2009, and a gathering will follow at 4 p.m. No flowers please.
        Published on: Wed June 10, 2009