Linda Dolores Diaz

Linda Dolores Diaz, 72, of Amarillo, Texas passed away on December 29, 2022.

Memorial services will be at 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Power Church with Manny De Los Santos officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.

Linda was born in El Paso, Texas on July 27, 1950, to Elena Trujillo and Tomas Estrada. She married Roy Earl Diaz on August 17, 1968.

Linda Delores Diaz retired in 2012 from AISD, she was the cafeteria manager at Bonham Middle School for 25 years and she loved what she did. Linda loved the holidays, she especially enjoyed decorating her home for these occasions. She enjoyed crafts such as painting, making wreaths and floral arrangements. She also enjoyed reading books and watching her shows. She loved to travel in her RV, going camping at Red River, New Mexico and Fun Valley, Colorado. She enjoyed watching and playing softball, she also coached many teams. But most of all she loved spending time with her family.  She was a remarkable woman who welcomed everyone with open arms. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. Linda loved with all her heart; she will be missed dearly.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Tomas and Elena Estrada; sisters, Yvette Estrada and Elizabeth Griego; and brother, Jimmy Estrada.

She is survived by her husband, Roy E. Diaz; sons, Ryan Diaz and wife Yvette, and Thaddeus Diaz and wife Sarina; her beloved best friends, Dallas and Sandie Alford; four brothers, Tomas Estrada and wife Vicki, Raymond Estrada and wife Paula, Reuben Estrada and wife Gwen, and Ulysses Estrada and wife Khristi; three sisters, Yolanda Dominguez and husband Dario, Gina Munoz and husband Ezekiel, and Wanda Estrada and Walley; eleven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.