Maria "Susie" Jesus Camacho

Maria Jesus Camacho, "Susie", 77, a native of Rosebud, Texas, and long-time resident of Dallas, was born in 1934 and died on Monday, April 30, 2012, at her home after a lengthy illness.Mrs. Camacho was the daughter of the late Valentin Olivo and Isabel Rivera, the sixth of ten children born in the small Texas town of Rosebud. She attended school, grades 1-12, in Lott, TX. We assume that Rosebud was not a big enough community to have its own school system at that time, and she became the first and only one of the ten siblings in her family to graduate from high school. During her school years, she was on the volley ball team and a member of the Future Homemakers of America Club. Shortly after graduation, Susie moved to Dallas where she met her future husband and life-long companion, the late Vincent Camacho, Jr.For the next 48 years, she was a devoted wife and mother of five. In 1970 Vincent decided to start his own family business, Allied Box, Inc., a corrugated box manufacturing and recycling company. In this adventurous undertaking his only assets were his collected knowledge and experience, the emotional and financial support of his wife, Susie, the help of their two oldest (but still young) sons to help them, and an old station wagon to collect boxes. So, in order to support their family financially while Vincent and their sons were starting the business, Susie took a job outside the home. For the next 29 years this Future Homemaker of America put her skills to good use as a loyal employee of the Texas A & M Extension Service. There she worked in the Expanded Nutritional Education Program teaching the principles of good nutritional to low-income families, first in their homes and later in recreational centers until her retirement in late 1999.During this time, while Susie held a full-time job outside the home, she also worked tirelessly with her husband, Vincent, in the office to get the family business off the ground and to keep it going. In addition to the two eldest sons, the three other Camacho children would all eventually work alongside each other for years in this challenging family adventure. Their company, Allied Box, Inc., remained in existence from 1971 until 2010, several years after the death of Mr. Camacho. During the years when the Texas A & M Expanded Nutritional Program for low-income people was threatened for lack of funding, the Camacho family business became a big and frequent contributor to the Program to help keep it stay afloat.In her spare time, Susie liked to browse thrift stores looking for pictures of butterflies, birds, or flowers and for interesting books to read. She also loved to cook and, being a nutritional instructor, she enjoyed discovering and reading old cookbooks for different recipes to try. She enjoyed hosting family dinners, collecting framed scripture verses, and collecting beautiful glassware. She was known as a very genuine and caring person.Survivors include her five children and their spouses: Vincent Camacho III and his wife, Rosalina; Robert Camacho and his spouse, Michelle Martinez; Susan Camacho; Richard Camacho; and Rene' Camacho and his spouse, Tonya Minyard.Other survivors include her grandchildren: Robert Camacho, Jr. and his wife Melissa; Vincent Camacho IV and his fiancé, Lindsey Seawald; D' Anna Camacho; Denise Martinez; Tony Prichett; and Kristy Tullis; great-grandchildren: Madeleine, Rohen, Roselyn, Allie, and Madden; and two surviving sisters: Mary Helen Morales and Herminia Ramos.The viewing visitation period will be open from 11:30 to 12:30 on Monday, May 7, 2012, at The Community at Lake Ridge, 1151 Mansfield Webb Road, in Arlington, TX. Funeral services will be conducted directly afterwards at 12:30, at the same location. Grave-side services will be at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX, at 2:15 p.m.In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests any memorial donations/contributions be given in Maria's Camacho's name to the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) Hospice Care Program at 1440 W. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 500, Dallas, Texas, 75247.

Maria "Susie" Jesus Camacho

September 17, 1934 - April 30, 2012