Lucinda A. Rodriguez Obituary (1930

Lucinda A. Rodriguez, 85, of Yakima passed away April 8, 2016, at Hospice at the Chaplaincy in Kennewick, WA. Lucinda was born April 25, 1930, in Fort Steele, WY, to Santiago and Estefenita Herrera. Lucinda came to Yakima in 1962 with her two sons. She was a waitress for many years, as well as working at a dry cleaners and in the laundry at Memorial Hospital, at the Greyhound Bus Depot, and also did some field work. Lucinda loved creating arts and crafts, and was a member of the Red Hat Society. Mother Lucinda Rodriguez attended Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Yakima. She was good and faithful over several years, serving as Mother of the Church, Class Leader, Stewardess, Member of the Choir, and was active in the Women's Missionary Society where she received the Good and Faithful Servant Award. She attended and participated in Sunday School and Bible Study. She assisted in the kitchen and visited the sick even when she herself was ill. Sister Lucinda was loved and will be greatly missed by her Bethel family. Surviving family includes her son Rocky Sierra and his family of Kennewick, WA, son Ron Sierra and his family of Yakima, WA, numerous nieces and nephews, and her Christian brothers and sisters and friends. She was preceded in death by her 12 siblings. Viewing will be offered Sunday, April 17, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Shaw & Sons Funeral Directors, 201 N. 2nd Street, Yakima. Funeral Services will take place on Monday, April 18, 2016, at 11 a.m., also at Shaw & Sons, with final committal following at Terrace Heights Memorial Park. Pastor Davis will deliver the eulogy. Thank you to the staff at Wynnwood Columbia Edgewater at Kennewick, WA, Hospice at the Chaplaincy in Kennewick, the Garza family of Pasco, and a special thank you to Dora Martinez of Pasco, WA. We also wish to thank Eustolio Salinas of Richland and Marie and Torsten Kiddoo of Yakima