Andrea Sanchez Andrea “Andy” Sanchez went home with the Lord on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at the young age of 89. Holy Rosary will be recited at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10 a.m. Interment to follow in Desert View Cemetery. Andrea lived a long faithful life. She was committed to her faith and a devoted Catholic all her life. She never missed Saturday Mass; always getting there early-to pray her rosary. She prayed her rosary faithfully every day. Even during this pandemic her faith never faltered, she didn’t leave her house but that didn’t stop her from watching mass on television every Sunday. Andrea’s loves were bingo, in which she enjoyed going to play bingo with her daughters and bingo buddies. She also enjoyed meeting her bingo buddies for lunch. She loved the Arizona Diamondbacks, whom she watched every televised game she was able to. She loved and collected all and anything John Wayne. Her greatest love of all was her family, her sisters, her brothers, her kids and numerous grandkids. She enjoyed visiting, going to family gatherings and playing games with her family. She was very competitive and showed no mercy. She also loved watching soap operas and doing cross word puzzles. Andrea leaves behind her children, Gloria, Freddie (Karen), Tito (Kathy), Cathy (James) and her baby, Jennifer. She also leaves behind her sisters, Dolores Romero, Carmen Olmstead, and Mary Sandoval; her brothers, Raul and Seferino Hernandez; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren whom will all miss her dearly. Andrea was preceded in death by her parents, Pete and Dolores Hernandez; her sisters, Angie Miller and Ruby Garcia; her brothers, Pete, Alex and Manuel Hernandez; and her daughter, Herlinda Smith.
