Dorothy T. Soto

SOTO, Dorothy T., passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at her home in Green Valley, Arizona after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dorothy was born in Richfield, Kansas on March 30, 1926, the sixth of nine children, and was raised on the family farm outside of Grand Junction, Colorado. She moved to Nogales, Arizona in 1944 after her marriage to Frank R. Soto. She was preceded in death by her daughters, Margie Ann Soto Stipanuk and Cynthia Sue Soto and her granddaughter, Lauren Michelle Soto. She is survived by five children, Thomas Frank Soto of Green Valley, Arizona, James Alan (Sallie) Soto and Robert Michael (Lorraine) Soto of Nogales, Arizona, Barbara Jean (Oscar) Diaz De Leon of Tucson, Arizona and Christopher David (Kristie) Soto of Gilbert, Arizona, as well as 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her long time companion, Sherman Montgomery. Dorothy was the owner and operator of the Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream store in Nogales, Arizona for nearly 30 years where hundreds of teenage boys and girls held their first job and enjoyed the delights of ice cream. In her spare time, Dorothy enjoyed volleyball and bowling, but her greatest passion other than family was her love of playing bridge with friends and family. Friends of Dorothy and her family are invited to visit and share stories of Dorothy with the family at MARTINEZ FUNERAL HOME, 891 W. Mariposa Rd., Nogales, Arizona on Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Services for Dorothy at the Green Valley Community Church will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, a contribution in Dorothy's name be made to the St. Andrew's Children's Clinic or the Crossroad's Mission in Nogales, Arizona.