- Date Of Birth: November 3, 1932
- Date Of Death: November 11, 2020
- State: Idaho
Merlinda Santana, 88, of Nampa, Idaho went home to be with the Lord on November 11, 2020. She was born in Capulin, Colorado on November 3, 1932. Dad and mom moved to Nampa in July of 1969 with their nine children. Mom worked at Western Idaho Processing Plant from 1969 until the plant closed. Later, she worked for several years in the cafeteria of Centennial Elementary School.
Mom will be remembered as a kind and loving friend, sister, aunt, grandmother of 24, great grandmother of 47, and great great grandmother of 19; with one on the way.
She is survived by her brother Harold Lucero and sister Pat Leach; her sons Mike (Jody) and Alan; her daughters Shirley Santana, Peggy Morin, Connie (Brett) Carlock, Karen Romero, Alva Santana, and Rosalie Santana.
Mom was preceded in death by her husband Adan, her son Ricky, daughter JoAnn; brother and sister in law Lorenzo and Lucy Rodriguez; her brothers in law and sisters in-law, Camilo and Katie Ochoa, Tony and Socorro Martinez, Max and Esperanza Archuleta, Joe and Eva Sandoval, Edward and Margaret Chavez, Clementina Santana, and Dora Sandoval.
