Mrs. Graciela “Grace” Marquez passed peacefully in University Medical Center on July 9th, 2019 in El Paso, Texas at the age of 62.
Grace is survived by her husband Jorge Marquez, her mother Maria Manriquez, her sister Sylvia Ruiz, daughters Cynthia Palma and Melinda Sanchez, sons Robert Sanchez and Carlos Corrales, son-in-law Juan Palma, and also survived by 13 grand kids and five great-grand kids and uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews, nieces and her beloved German Shepard “Cowboy”.
Grace was born on August 16th, 1956 in El Paso, Texas to Maria Manriquez. She graduated from El Paso High in 1974 and also from El Paso Community College with a degree in Business Administration. She married Jorge Marquez, the love of her life, an oxygen equipment repair technician for Rotech, in 2006. Grace also dedicated more than 20 years working for UPS Supply Chain Solution. She was a very strong, loving, and giving woman whom was loved by so many and will be dearly missed.
A funeral is scheduled for Monday, July 15 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm with a Rosary at 7:00pm at Sunset Funeral Homes (Northeast) 4631 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX, 79904. Mass service will be Tuesday, July 16, from 9:00am – 11:00 with the service beginning at 10:00. Grace will be laid to rest following the mass service at Rest Lawn Memorial Park, located at 4848 Alps Dr., El Paso, TX 79904, at 11:30am. There will be a reception in her honor following at 944 Marlow Rd., El Paso, Texas, 79905. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Grace’s life. Flowers and condolences may be sent to Sunset Funeral Homes at the address above.
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