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Continued: From THE CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER TIMES, Page B-11, June 11, 2006:
LUCY A. VARGAS
Born Maria de la Luz Amaya, August 29, 1920, Corpus Christi, TX to Jose Martinez Amaya and Maria Gaytan Amaya. She is preceeded by husband Patricio T. Vargas, two sons, Richard Amaya and Joe Patrick Vargas, one daughter, Barbara Amaya, three siblings Eugenio Amaya, Odelia Amaya Charo and Linda Amaya and three nephews Johnny Amaya of Joe and Rafaela Amaya, Johnny of Bobby and Susana Amaya and Robert Amaya Jr. of Bobby and Susana Amaya. She has one living daughter, Laura V. Salinas, married to Adrian O. Salinas. She has two living siblings Inez Amaya, married to Blaza, and Joe Amaya, married to Rafaela and numerous grandchildren, Phillip Michael Salinas, Trinity Grace Salinas, Adrian “AJ” Salinas, Richard Ariel Salinas, Caleb Jon Salinas and Richard Amaya. She also has numerous nieces and nephews: Robert Amaya (married to Susana), Olivia A Barraz (married to Manuel), Rita Amaya, Ray A. Charo, Irma A Perez, Irene Amaya, Roy Amaya and Norma A. Cano. After a long illness, Lucy A. Vargas expired at a hospice facility in San Antonio, TX on June 8, 2006. Lucy was 85 years old and has now seen the face of God.
Born and raised in Corpus Christi, TX, she also lived in Aransas Pass, TX and Portland, TX. Lucy was a member of what news anchor Tom Brokow termed as “The Greatest Generation”.
Born in 1920, Lucy witnessed the modernization of America. Lucy and her family experienced the hardship of the Great Depression of the 1930s. She dreamed of being a policewoman. She earned the name of “Rosie the Riveter” by working at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station during World War II. This accomplishment was a great departure from the acceptable role of the Mexican American woman of the 1940s. She was a modern woman. Lucy loved music, especially the big band sound of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller, and danced to the music of waltzes, cumbias, and polkas.
She gave birth to her first child, Richard in 1950, and helped raise a nephew. In the 60s, Lucy saw a change in the American society. She dreamed of voting, despite a poll tax that had to be paid to vote and took this on as a responsibility to her nation. She was proud to vote, and never failed to vote. She mourned the death of the Kennedy brothers, and the landing of the first man on the moon. In the 70s, her first born, Richard, fought in the Vietnam War. These personal experiences strenghtened the fiber of her being and helped to prepare her for the passing of this life into the next. Lucy was known for her great cooking, loved the beach, walks and fishing.
In the end, Lucy fought against her illness with great valor. Her strong and loving heart finally tired as she passed through the gates of heaven and is face to face with God. She leaves places in our hearts that will ache for her smile, her laugh, her embrace and the gentleness of her touch. But with great love and pride that for a short while we were graced with, her presence in our lives made us who we are today.
Viewing starts at 5pm at Limbaugh Funeral Home, Portland, TX on Sunday, June 11th followed by a Rosary that will be recited at 7pm. A funeral mass will be said at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Portland, TX on Monday, June 12, 2006. Graveside service will follow at Prairie View Cemetery in Aransas Pass, TX where she will lie next to her departed husband, and near her first-born son, Richard.
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