Lydia M. Martinez, 76, of Stamford passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 23, 2018 at the Ludlowe Rehab Facility in Fairfield. She was born in Puerto Rico on June 7, 1942 to the late Nicomedes and Genoveva Nieves Batista.
She is survived by her children, Awilda Mercado, Lourdes Foster, Lissette Argudo , Maria Norton, Marilyn Martinez and Efrain Martinez, Jr. Also surviving are her siblings, William, Adalina, Milagros, Iris and Gloria, as well as her granddaughters, Natalie and Ashley Lavanda and several other grandchildren.
Besides her parents, Lydia was also predeceased by her husband Efrain Martinez, Sr. in 2000.
Family and friends may call at the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Avenue, Stamford on Wednesday morning, September 26, 2018 from 8:30-10:30 AM, with a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 11:30 AM at St. Benedict RC Church, 1 St. Benedict Circle, Stamford. Interment will follow at Queen of Peace Cemetery, Rockrimmon Road, Stamford.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Lydia’s memory to The American Parkinson Disease Association ( APDA), 135 Parkinson Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305
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