Maria Christina Salazar

February 12, 1950 - June 24, 2021

Maria Christina Mendoza Salazar, 71, our loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on Thursday evening, June 24, 2021 at a Dallas hospital. Visitation: 5 to 8 pm. Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home, 500 E. Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX, 75050 where Recitation of Rosary will occur at 6 pm. Mass of Christian Burial: 11 am Thursday, July 1, 2021 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Dallas TX. Maria Salazar was born on February 12, 1950 in Carrizo Springs Texas, she was one of eighteen children born to the late Manuel Mendoza and the late Rita Nunez Mendoza in Carrizo Springs, Texas. She retired from the Ford Motor Company after more than thirty years of employment. Her family meant the world to her and she enjoyed hunting,bowling,fishing and playing loteria (bingo). She set the greatest example of what it was to be a great daughter,mother,mother in law,grandmother,sister and friend. She is survived by children, Irene Alfaro (Antonio), David Salazar Jr (Shelley); 9 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and 10 siblings. She will be greatly missed by all of us and this is not goodbye but rather we will see you again. Rest in Peace Our Queen.