Mary Rodriguez

>RODRIGUEZ, Mary Noriega "Cuchi," 78, passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Rodriguez Sr.; her mother and father, Cesaria and Fernando Noriega; and sister, Marina Wyrick. She was a devoted mother and grandmother, very proud of all of her children and grand-children, always there to help others with a big pot of her famous "Arroz con Pollo." She was a graduate of Hillsborough High School, class of ' 47, was a hairdresser for more than 20 years and owned Mary' s Beauty Salon in West Tampa. She was a volunteer mom at St. Joseph' s School, Tampa Catholic High School, Jesuit High School and was active in the St. Lawrence Senior' s Program and at Sons of Italy Lodge 1251. She is survived by her daughters, Nury Darrow and husband, Bill, Ania Grever and husband, Dreux, and Jeri Menendez and husband, Robert; son, Jerry Rodriguez Jr., and wife, Sandra; brother, Fernando Noriega Jr., and wife, Margaret; sister-in-law, Licia Sessums, and husband, John; and grand-children R.J., Mark and Brian Menendez, Megan, Melissa and Daniel Grever, Stephen, Kristen and Lauren Darrow, Alejandra, Mariana and Jerry Rodriguez III. She will be greatly missed by her many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Visitation will take place noon-2 p.m. Friday, June 8, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church Chapel, with a funeral Mass at 2 p.m. in the church, followed by interment at Centro Asturiano Cemetery.