REIMER, Alicia Maria

Alicia Maria Reimer born Alicia Melgarejo, died on March 9, 2011 at 89 years old. She was born in Mexico City to a renowned Electrical Engineer and an American mother, where she remembered waiving to Diego Rivera while he was painting in Chapultepec Park. She moved to the United States and settled in her mother's home state of New Jersey, after her father passed away. There she met her husband of 46 years and worked in Manhattan as a secretary. She had one son who she said was the best thing that ever happened to her. Alicia was a woman who had fine taste and manners and took pride in an elegant but modest home. She was active in social organizations and was a member of Daughters of the Revolution. She and her husband retired to Green Valley, Arizona in 1980 where they enjoyed frequent visits to Mexico, and where she worked part time for the local paper. She was an animal lover and always had a pet in her home, including fostering a cat for a serviceman who was deployed. She was interested in the genealogy of her family and traced it back to the first American colonies as well as an avid reader of an eclectic variety of literature. She had a unique sense of humor and enjoyed making people laugh even as her health was failing. She is survived by her son, Paul William Reimer of Brooklyn, New York and granddaughters, Aurora Helm and Violet Reimer. Her family would like to extend their warm thanks to the staff at 100 Palms in Tucson, Arizona, the facility that cared for her and especially to the individual care takers who went above and beyond the call of duty to keep her comfortable and enriched the last year of her life. The family requests that any donations go directly to this facility to honor the caretakers. Arrangements by GREEN VALLEY MORTUARY.