Rebecca (Woolford-Baca) Garcia Rebecca “Becky” passed away on Oct. 26, 2020, in her home in San Tan Valley surrounded by her family after a long hard battle with diabetes and kidney failure. Becky was born on Feb. 17, 1966, in the old Holbrook Hospital. The daughter of Martha Rose (Gillespie) Baca and James Standly Baca. Becky is survived by her mother, Martha (Gillespie) Baca of Show Low; husband, Pete Navarro Garcia of Gilbert; and four wonderful children, Faith Woolford (Chris) Diaz of Queen Creek, and Nequietta Maria (Manuel) Beccera, Stephan Michael Garcia and Trent Anthony Garcia all of San Tan Valley; and six beautiful grandchildren, which are the light of her life, Zaiden James Diaz, Sadie Mikah Howatt, Elias James Howatt, Makayla Rose Becerra and Sebastian Manuel Becerra. Born the youngest of seven siblings, Teresa (Kaye) Rogers, Patricia (Jason) Larrance, Jacqueline (Donald) Smigiel, John Woolford and Kip Woolford. Becky graduated from Holbrook High in 1984 and then moved to Mesa where she met and married the love of her life Pete. Becky loved life and lived each and every day to the utmost fulfillment. Becky’s biggest enjoyment in life was the celebration of holidays and birthdays. It meant that all of her family would come together on these occasions making for everlasting memories. Becky’s high spirit and humor drew people to gravitate towards her natural beauty and easy demeanor, enabling her to talk to anyone and everyone. This enticed her into a career field of customer service where she began her career working for American Express. She once declared that one of her saddest moments was being on the phone with a co-worker in one of the Twin Towers when the Tower was struck by the first airplane and losing many co-workers on 911. This was a career change for Becky, she needed to be more one on one with the people around her and she took up hotel management where she managed a Hilton Hotel downtown Tempe for numerous years. Eventually finding her dream job at the “La Jolla Cove Suites” in Lo Jolla, Calif. Becky found her serenity in a place she could socialize with people from all around the world. Wanting to be closer to her children and grandchildren, later moving back to Arizona where she found her home to be in San Tan Valley. Becky is preceded in death by her dad, James Standly Baca; biological father, Jack Keith Woolford; brother baby-boy,Woolford; and granddaughter, Ariela Catalina Beccera. At this time a celebration of Becky’s Life is pending for a later date and will be announced to family and friends in the near future.
