Micaela TRISTAN Obituary

My mother, Micaela "Micky" Tristan, died on June 26, 2022. She is survived by her son Martin (wife Susan); grandchildren Christian (wife Christina); Emilee (husband Jose) and Noelle; great-granddaughter Valerie; and great-grandson Tristan. She was preceded in death by her husband Victor, son Richard, brothers Ancieto and Pedro; and sisters Maria, Rosario, Saturnina, Andrea, and Sarah.
She was the youngest born to Juan De La Fuente and Angelita Flores in Seguin, Texas on September 29, 1936. In 1956, she met Victor on a dance floor in New Braunfels. This would be the first of many dances they would share. After they married on June 26, 1956, they migrated from Texas to Michigan and California in 1957. They were blessed with sons Richard in 1962 and Martin in 1968. In 1973, they settled in Oxnard, CA and Micky went to work for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M) until her retirement.
Micky will be remembered as a Mother, Grandmother, and Nana. She loved listening and dancing to Ranchera and Tejano music. She enjoyed spending time with family, shopping, traveling with Victor, reading, and writing her letters. She cared deeply for her grandchildren. She enjoyed watching them play sports and spoiling them at every opportunity. When she retired, she joined Victor in helping care for their granddaughters. Both have fond memories of spending time with their Nana every day after school. She also took great joy in being a great-grandmother and one of her final wishes was to meet her newborn great-grandson Tristan, just before she passed.
Micky passed peacefully at home two days after choosing to go on hospice. She will be remembered and missed by all her loved ones. Services for Micky will be a visitation at 4:00 p.m. and Rosary at 6:00 p.m. on July 13, 2022, at Santa Clara Mortuary and a funeral mass at 10 a.m. on July 14, 2022, at Santa Clara Church.