Caritina Ríos Gómez had two passions in her life: sewing and singing.
Last birthday of doña Caritina Ríos Gómez. Photo: Facebook
Alma Serrano (San Juan Cosalá).- Caritina Ríos Gómez de Santiago, the best known seamstress of San Juan Cosalá, passed away on May 21 at the age of 91.
Doña Cari was born in the neighboring municipality of Chapala, where she lived until she was 12 years old. It was in 1942 when she moved to the delegation of San Juan Cosalá where she remained until her death.
Ríos Gómez was the only woman in a small family; she had only two brothers, Jorge and Enrique, who also rested in peace. Caritina married David de Santiago Sánchez in 1952, with whom she had six children: Hortensia, Julio, Jorge, David, Mario and Simón; and she remained married to him until the day of his death.
Her two great passions in life were sewing, an activity she carried out since she was 15 years old, and singing, for which she always shared her voice at parties and family birthdays.
Her only daughter, Hortensia de Santiago, 70 years old, affirmed that her mother had fulfilled her goals and dreams during her life because Doña Cari was a very happy woman, dedicated to her family and to the tasks she set for herself.
Until her last days, Caritina Ríos was remembered as a «very good and strong» woman, by neighbors and relatives, even though she no longer remembered many people and things and, of course, she did not have the same physical condition to move around.
On May 9, 2022, she had surgery, which worsened some health problems.
She was cared for by relatives after the operation, as she no longer ate, drank or got out of bed. They remained that way until Saturday, May 21, at two o’clock in the morning, the moment of her natural death.
She was buried in a grave for nine people, next to her husband, one of her children and her parents, as she had wished.
Doña Cari was a religious, kind, faithful, altruistic and beloved person in the town to which she gave more than 75 years of her life. Most people knew her, not only for being the best-known seamstress in San Juan Cosalá, but also for her infallible and characteristic personality that will remain in memory.
Translated by Kerry Watson
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