OBITUARY OF MARY THIESS CORTES ON SEPTEMBER 3RD THE GENTLE HAND OF JESUS EXTENDED TO MARY THIESS CORTES AND LED HER TO HIS BLESSED GLORY. BORN IN THE CITY OF NOGALES, MARY WAS THERE KNOWN AS MARIA THIESS FLORES OR MARY FLORES. UPON COMPLETING CURRICULUM AT NOGALES HIGH SCHOL, SHE MOVED TO TUCSON AND ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WHERE SHE MET HER SPOUSE OF THEIR LIFETIME IN 1957. THEIR VOWS TO ONE ANOTHER, THEN SAID AT SS PETER & PAUL SEPTEMBER 19TH ARE TODAY IN REMEMBRANCE. ONE SEMESTER WORK AT ALCALA DE HENARES, A LOVELY, QUIET SUBURB OF MADRID, LED TO EXPERIENCES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE, OF HUMAN WORK AND ASPIRATIONS, OF HUMAN LOVE AND HUMAN GIVING. MARY WAS PRESENTED WITH LIFE ABROAD IN SCENARIOS OF REALITY AND ENIGMA. ON GRADUATING FROM ARIZONA, WITH ABILITY TO SHARE AND COMPREHEND THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, AND ASSIGNMENT OF HER SPOUSE TO LATIN AMERICA, MARY RECEIVED AND CONTRIBUTED WITH ALL, GODCHILDREN ADOPTED IN CHILE, COLOMBIAN WIFE PRESENTED TO RELATIVE, AND LIFETIME FRIENDS FROM ARGENTINA TO OUR BORDERS. BEFORE CONCLUDING THIS 12 YEAR STAY ABROAD, MARY GIFTED OUR FAMILY WITH TWO LITTLE JEWELS WE SEE AS IMAGE OF THEIR MOTHER. MARY RETURNED TO HER BELOVED LAND SINCE 1966 AND HAS SEEN BOTH HER CHILDREN, STEPHANIE AND VICTOR, MATURE INTO ABLE AMERICANS. SHE HERSELF RETIRED, SEVERAL YEARS BACK, AS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF A BRANCH OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. REMEMBER HER.