Esmeralda I. Martinez

September 20, 1938 - February 21, 2016

Esmeralda I. Gonzalez Martinez, 77, of Garfield, passed away Sunday, February 21st, 2016. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, she lived there and came to the United States in 1968, living in Hackensack before moving to Garfield over 30 years ago. Esmeralda was a seamstress for Camlock Company in South Hackensack for the past 14 years. Previously she worked for the Presto Lock Company in Garfield, and was a nurse in Ecuador before coming to the United States. She was a member of the Iglesia Cristina Pentecostal Asamblea de Dios Church in Paterson. Esmeralda was the beloved wife of Jose Martinez, devoted mother of Jose E. Saltos of Garfield, Gladys Dumes of Garfield, Monica Blum of Clifton, Sandra Saltos, and her husband Guillermo, of Garfield, Carmelina Campo of Garfield, and the late Ellis Pallo, loving grandmother of Luis, Gio, Mariel, Bernadette, Nicole, Junior, Lina, Jose, Michael, Vanessa, Diego, Joel, Jasmine, great-grandchildren Jenny, Ashley, Javi, Lexi, Javon, Jasleen, Xavier, Isaiah, Mason, Penelope, Ryan, and great-great-grandson Joel. Dear sister of Josefina Arizaga of Hackensack, Yolanda Gonzalez and Fanny Gonzalez, both in Ecuador, Sonia Lugo in Puerto Rico, and the late Lastenia Arias cherished aunt of Maria, and her sons Marcelo and Jerry, Martha and her sons Christian and Byron, Patricia, and her husband Mark, and children Anthony and Tiffany, Diana, and her daughter Denise, and Charles and his sons Charles and Jacob.