Mary Armijo

Mary Trina Armijo, 92, died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, in Durango, Colo. Visitation will be at Hood Mortuary on Saturday, May 4, 2013, from noon to 1 p.m., with a funeral service at 1 p.m. at Hood Mortuary. Burial will follow at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield. Mrs. Armijo was born August 29, 1920, in Gulnare, Colo., the daughter of Julio and Lorenza Sanchez. She grew up in Trinidad. She lived in Billings, Mont., as a young adult, and it was there that she met the love of her life, Louis J. Gonazales. They moved to Durango in 1973 and continued to raise their family together. She is survived by her children: Fermin Mascarena, Gloria Larson, Floyd Mascarena, Helen Miller, Jesse Mascarena, Theresa Mydland, and Raymond Mascarena, all of Billings, Mont.; Mary Medina and Dorothy Jabalera of Denver; Sherrie Armijo of Kirtland, N.M., Annie Atencio of Grand Junction, Colo., and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis J. Gonzales, two children, Leo and Sylvester Mascarena, and a sister, Alice.