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Send FlowersLESLIE MARTINEZ Obituary
February 7, 1971 – November 6, 2025
Leslie Antoinette Martinez (54), of Santa Fe, joined our Lord on November 6, 2025, surrounded by family. Leslie loved to cook (which she did with love), spend time with family, and cheer for the Raiders football team. She could cut a rug and lived life without boundaries. She adored her fur baby, Dobey, and her feather baby, Linus. Leslie ("Smez") will be remembered for her sense of humor and for always giving everyone caria. She will be greatly missed; the void her passing left can never be filled.
She is preceded in death by her son, Kyle Martinez, and her siblings Pamela Cordova, Enrique Martinez IV, and Philip Martinez. She is survived by her mother, Rosalie Martinez; father, Enrique Martinez III; siblings Natalie Martinez, Javier Martinez, and Richard Trujillo; nieces Aubrey Cordova and Carmen Cordova; daughter Melanie Salazar; and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Her life will be celebrated on December 10, 2025 with a viewing at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Rosary at 10:30 a.m. and mass 11:00 a.m. located at Saint Francis Cathedral. A meal will be served after at the Santa Fe American Legion. Pallbearers are Aubrey Cordova, Melanie Salazar, MariaElena Salazar, Cristina Salazar, Crystal Romero, Angela Urban, Marco Ortiz, and Lindsay Romero. Honorary pallbearers are Lucia Salazar, Mercedez Chavez, Yvonne Martinez, and Adelina Martinez.
Her care has been entrusted to Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations of Santa Fe.
Rivera Family Funerals
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417 East Rodeo Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505) 989-7032
riverafamilyfuneralhome.com
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