Geronima Amaya De Flores

A Mass for Christian burial for Geronima Amaya de Flores, 84,

Clinton resident will be held at 1:00pm, Wednesday April 3,

2024 at St. Mary’s Catholic church, officiated by Father

Balaswamy Mandagiri. Burial will conclude in the Clinton

Cemetery under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. She

will be laid to rest next to her husband Hilario and close by her

son Andres.

A Rosary service will be held Tuesday April 2, 6:30pm in the

Kiesau-Lee Memorial Chapel.

Geronima Amaya was born October 26, 1939 to Bernardino

Amaya and Francisca Morales, in Animas Rodeo Durango,

Mexico. She went to be with the Lord on March 27, 2024 in her

home surrounded by family and friends.

Geronima was raised and educated in Mexico, on September 11,

1955 she married the love of her life Hilario Flores, where she

blessed him with a large family. There they tended to their land

and farm animals, with the help of the family. In January 1997

they immigrated to the United States and settled in Clinton with

all of their younger children in tow. The older children of the

two were already in the US. Geronima loved spending time with

her family, she loved cooking for them and having them be all

together, she was well known for her delicious tamales. She

loved tending to her garden, going on walks and spoiling her

grandchildren and then her great-grandchildren. She also loved

to listen to music and at times sing karaoke with those boys.

She had a big admiration for the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the

Catholic faith.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Hilario, an

infant daughter Carolina Flores of 8 months and son Paulo

Flores at the age of three, son Andres Flores and wife Hilda

Lopez, Cenovio Flores and wife Angie Flores. Brothers and

sisters Rogelio, Jose Maria, Bernabe, Encarnacion, Alta Gracia,

Joaquin, Monica and Petra Amaya.

She is survived by siblings Espiridion, Nolberto, and Lupe

Amaya Morales and her children; Jose Lino Flores and wife

Aida, Maria Flores and husband Pedro Renteria, Narcizo "Chicho" Flores

and wife Aide, Manuela Flores and husband Ramon Romero,

Teresa Flores and spouse Salvador Martinez, Tomas Flores and

wife Rosa Delia, Ma. De La Cruz Flores and husband Juan

Renteria, Maria Guadalupe Flores and husband Alfonso

Martinez, Jesus “Chuy” Flores and wife Lucero, Hilario “Lalo”

Flores and wife Angelica, Cecilio “Chilo” Flores and wife

Diana. She is also survived by 39 Grand Children, 45

Great-GrandChildren and 7 Great-Great GrandChildren.