On Saturday, July 25, 2015, Ruth Perales, “Little Grandma,” 92, was called home to be with our Lord and Savior. We will celebrate the life of Little Grandma today (July 31). The Holy Rosary will be held at 9:30 a.m., with Mass of Christian Burial immediately following at 10 a.m. at Madre De Dios Catholic Church in Winslow. Interment will follow in Desert View Cemetery in Winslow. She was born on Jan. 23, 1923, in La Puente, N.M. Survivors include her children, Maria Perales (Francisco Salazar) and Patricio Gonzales, and her beloved Erlinda Gonzales; her brother, Juan, and sisters-in-law, Frances Gonzales and Sylvia Gonzales; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and godchildren. To many she became grandma, and till this day is known to many as Little Grandma. Little Grandma found great joy in spending time being surrounded by her family, neighbors and friends. Grandma truly defined the meaning of love, and demonstrated it daily throughout her life and welcomed everyone into her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jose M. Perales; her son, Jose A. Perales, her daughter, Ruby, and son-in-law, Ben Thompson; her great-granddaughter, Grace Barber; her parents, Tricio and Pablita Gonzales; her brothers, Tricio and Jose Gonzales; and her sister-in-law, Vicky Gonzales. Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow was in charge of the arrangements.