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Portrait of Ernestina “Tina” Renteria

In loving memory of Ernestina Renteria

Ernestina “Tina” Renteria

May 8, 1948 – November 23, 2022

Lived 74 years

Amarillo, Texas

Life story

I Made It Home

I just wanted to let you know I made it home.

Everything is so pretty here, so fresh, so new.

I wish that you could close your eyes so you could see it too.

Please try not to be sad for me. Try to understand.

God is taking care of me....

I'm in the shelter of His hands.

Here there is no sadness, and no sorrow, and no pain.

Here there is no crying, and I'll never hurt again.

Here it is so peaceful, when all the angels sing. I really have to go now... I've just got to try my wings.

PS... I'll be the first face you see when you get here

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1948

Born May 8

1949

Ernestina was 1 when Gene Autry recorded "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"

1957

Ernestina was 9 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik

1963

Ernestina was 15 when Texan Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president

1976

Ernestina was 28 when America celebrated its Bicentennial

1989

Ernestina was 41 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series

1997

Ernestina was 49 when "Titanic" opened in theaters

2005

Ernestina was 57 when the first video was posted to YouTube

2014

Ernestina was 66 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral

2020

Ernestina was 72 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time

2022

Passed away November 23, age 74

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