Nancy Lorriane Maestas

Writing this is difficult, it means our big sister is gone from our lives. Nancy was the oldest of three girls. She was the typical older sister, always trying to take care of us, and of course bossing us around. Even to the end, she would say “make sure you eat something”.

There aren’t enough words to describe the love and admiration we had for Nancy. We admire her courage through unimaginable grief of losing her children. Her brave fight through the final months of her life, her reassurance that she wasn’t afraid to go home.

We cherish all the good memories of growing up. She would convince MaryAnn to let her cut her hair, or put MaryAnn’s hair in an updo, with so much hairspray and bobby pins, the end results of the new hairstyle weren’t pretty. The awful sugar cookies she would make from scratch, when our parents went out for the evening. With a quarter she would send Karen to buy penny candy, then we would sit in a circle and take turns taking a piece from the pile. These simple things that made us happy.

Unfortunately, at times we let our stubbornness keep us from talking, but our love and loyalty to each other never faltered. In the end it was the three of us together again, to reaffirm our love for one another.

We are so grateful to have had her as our sister. We will miss your bright smile and warm personality.

Rest in peace.

All our love your sisters.

MaryAnn & Karen