Lucia's Favorite Things/Experiences

One day I interviewed Mom and asked her the following.......


Color of Clothes: Red, especially red dresses (prefers dresses over blouse and skirt)



Color of House Decor: Baby blue, baby pink and mint green



Flowers: For a vase-Lilies, Roses, Baby's Breathe, but she loves all flowers

For her garden-



Food: Young Lucia-Tacos Dorados, Ground Beef

Old Lucia (her words, not mine)-White Rice, Salad, un Gisado, Green Beans



Type of Foods: American, Chinese, Mexican and only one Italian Dish--Fettuccini Alfredo



Resturants: Olive Garden-because of their bread (she can order it w/o salt), Ruby Tuesdays, and salad; Claim Jumper



Accessories: Purses



Animal/Pet: Little Fishes, like a Beta; Pomeranians



Popsicle: Pineapple or coconut



Fruit: Pineapple



Vegetable: Potatoes



Ice cream: Butter Pecan



Cake: Young Lucia: Spice Cake (she made it so good when her children were little)

Old Lucia: Cheese Cake



Hobbies: Gardening, Crochet (although in her later years her arthritis took over her hands), and Reading



Housework:
She likes---Cleaning, washing clothes and ironing
She dislikes---baking and cooking

City preference: She likes small cities over large ones

Vehicles she has been on: car, train and airplane

Dream Vacation/Trip: To go, visit and explore the place of her birth---she always talks about it.

Movies/Videos:
Anything with animals in it, especially dogs, for example: Old Yeller, Air Bud/Anything with Children in it or children's movies, for example: Mundo de Toys (sorry I can't remember how to spell the word "toys" in spanish), she likes the Pedro Infante movies, like Angelitos Negros.

Television:
She does not like to watch it much. She uses it as a sleeping pill, hahaha. However, if she does stop whatever she is doing she will watch home designing shows and gardening shows. If she had cable she would never leave the HGTV channel.

Reading:
Bible, Apostolic Church Magazine, but her favorite book is Paul Bunyon's 'The Pilgrim's Progress'

Music/Songs:
Fuente De Miscericordia
Que Grande Es Dios

Holiday:
Christmas

Jobs:
*Her first job was picking cotton in the fields, but she did not like it at all.
*At age 9, she took her first babysitting job.
*She cleaned homes to furnish her house and help support her family.
*She babysat to support her family and continue funishing her house.
*She worked at a school as a janitor and a lunch lady.
*She worked in the packing plant at REVLON.

List of Children she Babysat:
1. Ruth
2. Martha
3. Daniel
4. Guellermo
5. Sara
6. Ruth
7. Sarah
8. Alexis Martinez
9. Stevie Valverde
10. Lizzie Valverde
11. Brittany
12. Rosie Pierce
13. Daniel (Mara Pierce's son)
14. unknown baby name-Ish's friend TJ
15. Lucas Zuniga
16. Raul
17. Raul's sister-she can't remember her name
18. Raul's brother-can't remember her name
19. Elizabeth
20. Adam
21. Jovanni, her granddaughter
22. Ish, her grandson
23. Meghan, her granddaughter
24. Zaq, her grandson
25. Brittany-Jovanni's friend
26. Chubby baby, who's bottom you had to rub to get him to sleep-she can't remember his name
27. Clara
28. Ashley
29. Tabitha
30. Vincent, her grandson
31. Celeste, her grandaughter

Travels/Places She's Been to: (I still need to get her to tell me this stuff)


Fears:
Closter phobia
Cats rubbing against her legs

Lucia Haro Flores de Villanueva

Born: July 5, 1944

Died:

Place of Birth:
Municipado: Compostela
Ciudad/Poblado: Zacualpan
Estado: Nayarit
Nacion/Nation/Country: Mexico

Place of Death:

Parents:
Father: Jesus DeHaro Aguilar
Mother: Maria Flores Reynosa

Grandparents:
Paternal Grandparents: Francisco DeHaro and Theofila Aguilar
Maternal Grandparents: Francisco Flores and Domitila Reynosa

Married: Francisco Villanueva Andrade on July 9, 1961

Children:
Rodrigo Haro Villanueva--DOB: January 28, 1963
Ismael Haro Villanueva--DOB: June 23, 1964
Steve Haro Villanueva--OB: January 18, 1966
Abel Villanueva--DOB: January 5, 1967
Sergio Haro Villanueva--DOB: April 25, 1968
Suzanna Haro (Villanueva) Salas --DOB: April 22, 1969
(Maria Antonia Villanueva) Zachia Maria-Antonia(Tonie) --DOB: May 21, 1970
Mia-Bianca Lucia Lowry (Lucia/Lucy Haro Villanueva)--DOB: April 14, 1974

Citizenship: Naturalized Citizen of The United States of America on March 1, 1996

Siblings:
Melquiades Beas-unknown if dead or alive
Monica Beas-deceased
Juan DeHaro-unknown if dead or alive

Grandchildren:
Elizabeth Jovanni Villanueva--DOB: June 4, 1989
Ismael Villanueva II--DOB: December 9, 1989
Meghan Louise Villanueva--DOB: May 10, 1994
Josiah Edward Villanueva--DOB: July 2, 1995
Charles Zaqueriah Salas IV--DOB: December 6, 1996
Caleb Anthony Villanueva--DOB: August 19, 1998
Ana-Alicia Salas--DOB: August 29, 2000
Jared Timothy Villanueva--DOB:
Vincent Jovan Lowry--DOB: December 24, 2005
Lianna Celeste Lowry--DOB: May 14, 2007
Scarlett Jade Lowry--DOB: October 1, 2009

Nickname: Lucy/Nana....her brother would call her when they were children...Leedoleea.

Francisco Villanueva Andrade

Born:
October 4, 1926

Died:
August 4, 2009

Place of Birth:
Ciudad/City: San Diego
Estado/State: Jalisco
Municipado/County: Quitupan
Nacion/Country: Mexico

Place of Death:
Hospice of the Valley, Surprise, Maricopy County, Arizona, United States of America

Parents:
Father-Faustino Villanueva
Mother-Antonia Andrade

Grandparents:
Paternal grandparents-
Juan (unknown last name) and Juana (unknown last name-maybe Villanueva)

Maternal grandparents:
(unknown first name) Andrade and Genoveva (unknown last name)

Married to:
Lucia Haro (possible last name spellings are De Haro) Flores or Lucia Villanueva de Haro on July 9, 1961

Children (in birth order):
Rodrigo Haro Villanueva-DOB: January 28, 1963
Ismael Haro Villanueva-DOB: June 23, 1964
Steve Haro Villanueva-DOB: January 18,1966
Abel Villanueva-DOB: January 5, 1967
Sergio Haro Villanueva-DOB: April 25, 1968
Suzanna Haro (Villanueva) Salas-DOB: April 22, 1969
Maria Antonia Villanueva/Zachia Maria-Antonia-DOB: May 21, 1970
Lucia Haro Villanueva/Mia-Bianca Lucia Lowry-DOB: April 14, 1974


Citizenship: Naturalized Citizen of The United States of America on March 1, 1996

Siblings:
Jose Villanueva-deceased
Juan Villanueva-deceased
Bernadino Villanueva-deceased
Amalia Villanueva-deceased

Grandchildren:
Elizabeth Jovanni Villanueva-DOB: June 4, 1989
Ismael Haro Villanueva II-DOB: December 9, 1989
Meghan Louise Villanueva-DOB: May 10, 1994
Josiah Edward Villanueva-DOB: July 2, 1995
Charles Zaqueriah Salas IV-DOB: December 4, 1996
Caleb Anthony Villanueva-DOB: August 19, 1998
Ana-Alicia Marie Salas-DOB: August 29, 2000
Jared Timothy Villanueva-DOB:
Vincent Jovan Lowry-DOB: December 24, 2005
Lianna Celeste Lowry-DOB: May 14, 2007
Scarlett Jade Lowry-DOB: October 1, 2009

Hobbies:
Planting trees, watching television, and reading the Bible. Favorite shows were: Westerns

Nickname:
He liked to be called "Frankie." Quote: "My name is Francisco, but call me Frankie."