Margarita Sanchez

Margarita C. Sanchez was born on December 18, 1950 in Crystal City, Texas, to the late Simon and Regina Sanchez. She was the youngest of six children.

She was a graduate of Crystal City High School in 1970, and later
attended SouthWest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas. Margarita worked for the Crystal City Independent School District for over 27 years as a teachers assistant. Following her retirement, she moved to Moorhead, MN, in 2002 to be close to her family.

Margarita died on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Fargo,ND, following a courageous fight with cancer.


Margarita is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Monsanto and Gladys
Sanchez of Moorhead, MN; her daughter and her husband, Erica and Rolando
Bonilla of Crystal City,Tx; five grandchildren Brittany Rae Bonilla, Simon Lee Sanchez, Daniel Jay Sanchez, Sebastian Scott Bonilla and Monsanto Rafael Sanchez Jr; three sisters Yolanda Loera of Crystal City, Tx, Maria and Reynaldo Rivera of Crystal City and Esperanza and Rodolfo Villanueva of Carrizo Springs, TX; two brothers, Gilberto and Chita Sanchez of Crystal City, TX and Rafael and Juana Sanchez of Fort Worth, TX. She is further survived by nephews and nieces, other relatives and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Simon and Regina Sanchez and brother-in-law, Calletano Loera.

Visitation will be on Sunday, August 26, 2007 from 5-8 PM, with a prayer
service at 7:30 PM, at Korsmo Chapel in Moorhead, MN. The funeral mass will be on Monday, August 27, 2007, at 10:30 AM, at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Moorhead, MN. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery, Moorhead.

We've never been cold here in your shadow cause we've had your sunlight on our faces... but you weren't content to shine... You wouldn't dare leave us behind So ...... we've had a part in all of your glories, now we share a part of your strengths. Your beautiful face... for so long. The beautiful smile that hid your pain. It might of appeared have gone unnoticed.. but we've got it all here in our hearts. we want you to know, we know the truth... Of course we know As...We might have been nothing without you. Did you ever know that you were our HERO.You were all of those things we're striving to feel... Now we can climb toward that higher mark... Cause you were the wind beneath our WINGS. WE THANK GOD FOR YOU With much LOVE your
children.