Lydia Manriquez, Homemaker/Native American
Saturday, March 1, 2003
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ydia Victoria (Cooke) Manriquez, 97, died on Feb. 25 of natural causes. Manriquez was born May 31, 1905, in Castaic, Ca., and resided in Santa Clarita. She was a volunteer at the SCV Senior Center for more than 20 years and was the oldest member of the San Fernando Band of Mission Indians.
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She is survived by her son, Donald Manriquez of Idaho; daughters Orlena Salinas of Saugus, Elaine Yniguez of Palmdale, and Barbara Allen and Nora Ellerman of Welden; as well as several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Services will be held Sunday, March 2, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. with a vigil service at 7 p.m. at JTOswald Mortuary, San Fernando. A funeral mass will be held Monday, March 3, at 10:30 a.m., at San Fernando Rey Mission Chapel, followed by interment at San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills.
Her family wrote, "We love you and we will miss you." The Signal, Santa Clarita
California, March 1, 2003
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