Ernestina Alaniz Arriaga's Obituary
Ernestina A. Arriaga, born December 2, 1934 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Ernestina Arriaga was a housewife who made life good for her family in any situation, always putting her husband and children before her needs. She was a woman who loved the Lord and raised her family in that same fashion. A mother who was an example, dedicated to her family, loved and supported her husband the late Pastor Guadalupe Arriaga, Sr.
Ernestina is survived by her daughters: Amalia Santamaria, Ernestina Alvarez, Mary Jane Banda and husband Danny and daughter-in-law Vanetta Arriaga; her sons, Guadalupe Arriaga, Jr. and his wife Yolanda Arriaga, David Arriaga and his wife Didia Arriaga; grandchildren Angel Arriaga and wife Maria, Max Arriaga and wife Suky, Melissa Cabrera and husband Erick, Lillian Arriaga, Pedro Santamaria, Maribel Balderas and husband Carlos, Elizabeth Befort and husband Jonathan, Samuel Alvarez, Daniel Michael Alvarez and wife Priscilla, Benjamin Arriaga and wife Anna, Monica Cordoba, and husband Eduardo, Antony Arriaga and Andrew Arriaga; great grandchildren, Angela Alvarez, Anai Alvarez, Ezekiel Arriaga, Celeste Arriaga, Aden Arriaga, Sierra Arriaga, Jacob Cabrera, Lorelei Cabrera, Bethany Befort, Christian Balderas, Penelope Balderas, Valentina Balderas and Jeremiah Arriaga; brothers Efrain Gonzales and Andy Gonzalez and a host of nieces and nephews. Ernestina was preceded in death by her husband Pastor Guadalupe R. Arriaga, Sr; her sons Domingo Arriaga and Daniel Arriaga; her sister Agustina Saldana and her brother Jimmy Gonzalez.
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