Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....ROJO, Carmen (Martin) Martinez  January 13 2002
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“The Daily Democrat,” Thursday, January 17, 2002
Carmen (Martin) Martinez Rojo

Carmen (Martin) Martinez Rojo died in her daughter's home in Sacramento Sunday,
Jan. 13, 2002, at age 86.

Born Sept. 12, 1915, near Putah Creek about five miles east of the City of
Winters, Mrs. Rojo was the daughter of the late Antonio Melendez Martin and
Maria (Gomez) Martin. She grew up on the family farm which was in the Olive
District southwest of Winters in Solano County.  She attended Olive Elementary
School and a 1934 Winters High School graduate. After high school, the then Miss
Martin, became the bookkeeper for and then assisted in operations of the Garcia
and Company grocery store in Main Street in Winters.

In 1942, she married Manual Martinez and together they operated an almond ranch
south west of Arbuckle. Upon Mr. Martinez's death in 1944 she continued to
operate the almond ranch until 1949 at which time she moved back to Winters and
worked at Riley's Variety Store. In 1954, she married Chris Rojo of Winters, and
continued raising her daughter as well as three stepdaughters and one stepson.
She worked along side her husband at their grocery store, The Winters Food
Center from 1954 until it was sold in 1972. Later she worked for the Morgans in
town at their candy factory and then at the Morgan ranch which was located where
her parent's farm had been. According to her family members, “she traveled with
her husband throughout California and much of the United States. They also
traveled to parts of Europe including her heritage country, Spain. In Spain she
met many of her relatives and continued to correspond with them. She participate
in the family gatherings and functions. She was an avid gardener setting the
front yard ablaze in color during the spring, summer and fall, and as a nature
lover could not be kept from the garden even during the winter.  She was a
playful with a great sense of humor. She was quiet, wise and dignified, and was
known for her loving and caring of others. She always had a kind word and
continuously observed and practiced the positives in life.”

Mrs. Rojo is survived by her husband, Chris Rojo of Winters; daughter, Carmen
Parker and husband Dale of Sacramento; stepdaughters, Ann Fischer and husband
Roger of Phoenix, Ariz., Isabel Leduc of Southbridge, Mass., and Mary Coleman
and husband Ray of Sacramento; stepsons, Manual Martinez and wife Aileen of
Sacramento,
and Fred Rojo of Woodland; and numerous stepgranchildren;
stepgreat-greandchildren; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Mary M. Garcia; and brothers, Antonio
G., Frank G., John G., Joe G., Emilio G. and Miguel G. Martin.

A funeral service is scheduled at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 17, at The Winters
Pioneer Presbyterian Church. Interment will be at the Winters Cemetery
immediately following the ceremony.

Davis Funeral Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the “The Daily Democrat,” 711 Main St.,
Woodland, CA 95695. 

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