Memories Team
"Stella M. Trejo, 71 years old , a 35 year resident of South El Monte, CA ,
died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday December 19, 2019 at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
in Santa Monica, CA due to complications related to Kidney Cancer. She was
born Estella Martinez on August 4, 1948 at the Queen of Angels Hospital in
Los Angeles, CA. the youngest of five children to Jesus Martinez of Aguas
Calientes, Mexico and Maria ""Nellie"" Martinez nee Valdez of El Paso, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her parents, an older brother who died in 1963
and sister Gloria Ortega who died in 2019."
"Stella helped everyone that she could. She helped people whenever they
were in need. She encouraged everyone to follow their own dreams and do
their best regardless of their status in life. In her application to the
Famous Artist School she wrote at the time ""I am not a wealthy person, you
might say I am even poor, (as we all are in some manner or another) mine is
financially. But if my dreams come true I'd do it all over again.""
Stella's life was an example of letting go of attitudes (Ephesians
4:22-32), beliefs, and practices that would interfere with becoming ""kind
to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another, just as God also by Christ freely forgave you."""
"Stella is survived by her oldest son Mark Anthony Mack; daughter Stella
Monique Widney and her daughter Kaiulani; son Manuel Trejo and his
daughters Sophia and Samantha; son Michael Trejo and his daughters
Angelina, Hadley and his son Michael Jr. ; and son Christopher Trejo and
his daughters, Valarie and Madeline and his sons Jonathan and Christopher
Jr. Daughter in-laws Nancy and Heather and son in-laws Jon and Larry.
Plus her oldest sister Margaret Lopez and older brother and his wife Chuy
and Valentina Martinez, her many nephews and nieces, and her many dear
friends. All of these she loved and touched deeply."
died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday December 19, 2019 at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
in Santa Monica, CA due to complications related to Kidney Cancer. She was
born Estella Martinez on August 4, 1948 at the Queen of Angels Hospital in
Los Angeles, CA. the youngest of five children to Jesus Martinez of Aguas
Calientes, Mexico and Maria ""Nellie"" Martinez nee Valdez of El Paso, Texas.
She is preceded in death by her parents, an older brother who died in 1963
and sister Gloria Ortega who died in 2019."
"Stella helped everyone that she could. She helped people whenever they
were in need. She encouraged everyone to follow their own dreams and do
their best regardless of their status in life. In her application to the
Famous Artist School she wrote at the time ""I am not a wealthy person, you
might say I am even poor, (as we all are in some manner or another) mine is
financially. But if my dreams come true I'd do it all over again.""
Stella's life was an example of letting go of attitudes (Ephesians
4:22-32), beliefs, and practices that would interfere with becoming ""kind
to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving one another, just as God also by Christ freely forgave you."""
"Stella is survived by her oldest son Mark Anthony Mack; daughter Stella
Monique Widney and her daughter Kaiulani; son Manuel Trejo and his
daughters Sophia and Samantha; son Michael Trejo and his daughters
Angelina, Hadley and his son Michael Jr. ; and son Christopher Trejo and
his daughters, Valarie and Madeline and his sons Jonathan and Christopher
Jr. Daughter in-laws Nancy and Heather and son in-laws Jon and Larry.
Plus her oldest sister Margaret Lopez and older brother and his wife Chuy
and Valentina Martinez, her many nephews and nieces, and her many dear
friends. All of these she loved and touched deeply."
