Our Heartfelt Condolences

Saturday, October 24, 2009
According to PolitickerNJ.com:

Mother of Sen. Robert Menendez Dies
 
Evangelina Menendez, who fled Cuba in search of democracy and economic opportunity and watched her son become a United States Senator, died last night. Mrs. Menendez and her husband, Mario, fled Cuba in 1953 and worked as a seamstress while raising her family in Union City.