Christie Lee Sanchez (Nottingham) passed away peacefully in her home on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, after a three-year battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 8, followed by Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Winslow. Gravesite services will be held at Desert View Cemetery. Christie was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1953 to Lois Poglajen (Horne) and John K. Furrow. She moved to Winslow as a young girl and was very active throughout high school where she participated in gymnastics and baton. She moved to Holbrook her senior year and graduated as a Roadrunner in 1971. After graduation she enlisted in the U.S. Army. She sustained an injury and was honorably discharged. In 1981 she met and married the love of her life Robert (Bobby) Sanchez Jr. and remained married to him until she passed. Together they raised five children, two of Christie’s, Jeremy and Heather and Bobby’s three girls, Tessa, Judy and Jodie. Many people knew Sanchez from the jobs she worked in Winslow including Valley National Bank, Denny’s, and as a manager at Factory 2 U and Curves. Christie Sanchez loved the outdoors and had many hobbies and interests including, hunting, fishing, camping, golfing and riding ATVs. Her biggest passion was spending as much time with her grandchildren as possible. She almost never missed her granddaughters dance recitals, plays and beauty pageants. She was rooting on the sidelines for her grandsons at soccer, baseball and football games, and at ATV desert races. She also always had her camera in hand to capture every moment. She leaves behind many people who loved and admired her dearly including, her husband Robert; her son Jeremy (Shannon) Sanchez and their children Neil, Avery and Kaiden of Flagstaff; her daughter Heather (Danny) Martinez and their children, Kylee, Dillon, Hunter, Cash and Lydalis of Pinetop; her daughter Tessa Ferguson and her boys Tristan and Zachary of Lincoln, Neb.; her daughter Judy Schaffer of Lincoln, Neb.; and daughter Jodie (Bill) Owen and their children William, Cooper and Sophia of Thomasville, Ga. She is also survived by her step-father Mike (Helen) Poglajen and her sisters, Lynn Coleman of Magdalena, N.M., and Sharon Furrow of Tampa, Fla. Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow was in charge of the arrangements.
