Maxine boarded this life's destination when Portuguese Immigrant John George and Lillian Teixeira stamped her birth passport on 10-14-1936 in Santa Clara, California.

Maxine started her journey with a short layover in Sunnyvale, California where she spent time growing up being a West Coast girl. Maxine had one older brother, Johnny, two younger sisters, Carol Ann, and Rosemary, and a younger brother, Larry. Maxine attended and graduated from Fremont High School. Wasn't long before the traveling bug bit her. Time to fly!

Maxine became an instant first-class traveler by stamping that passport to worldwide destinations. She traveled from California to Yokohama, Japan. She was thrilled to be there and ended up staying there for a minute, soaking up all the sites to see and eating all that exquisite food in Japan.

From there, she was off for another of life's adventure in Hawaii. Aloha! While there, on February 14, 1957, a handsome gentleman passenger by the name of Ronald Wilson joined her in first class and both were set to fly off together. But first, they wanted to soak up the sand, sun, and sea. Ron and Maxine settled in a small bungalow in the village of Ewa Beach, Oahu. Yes, Hawaii was a territory and not yet adopted by the USA. Maxine lived in country number three!

While in Hawaii, Maxine would be upgrading and getting a family boarding pass with the arrival of Debora and Renee.

Well, you just can't keep a good woman down, the traveling bug hit Maxine in the early 60s and her, Ron, and the girls headed off the islands to a little known destination of Rocky Ford, Colorado.

Once there, Maxine became a swim mom, a cheer mom, a let's hang out at Deb and Renee's mom's house, and of course a Mighty Meloneers Fanatic mom. So many trips to Denver for State Wrestling!

While flying slowed down, the traveling never did. Maxine and the family packed in the family's favorite car, Timmy Chrysler, and began a USA/Mexico world tour. The family traveled to Juarez, Mexico where they brought home a variety of "one of a kind" velvet paintings.

They continued their USA World tour for Maxine to get her passport stamped at the Grand Canyon, Cave of The Winds, Four Corners, and back to California. I think Maxine threatened to leave Deb and Renee at a couple of undisclosed places due to some vicious slug bug shenanigans.

Ron, Maxine, and the girls remained traveling partners until 1985, when Ron boarded his final destination to Heaven.

Maxine remained in Rocky Ford enjoying her lifetime friends and finding time for herself. She never missed a Broncos game or a Rockies game. She even managed to see both in person. She was never without her Cokes and Marlboro lights as she yelled, cheered, and cussed at them throughout losses, victories, and Super Bowls.

Maxine stayed in Colorado until it was time for her to come back to California to spend time with her sister, Carol Ann and to help take care of her aging mom. As a bonus, she also got to hang out with her West Coast grandson, Bradon and youngest daughter, Renee.

Maxine enjoyed traveling, but wanted to settle down and be next to Deb, Ross, all her grandkids, and great grandkids. She boarded first class to South Dakota and landed in Sturgis, where she enjoyed spending time with Grant, Heather, Ryan (Madison), Lisa, Gage, Chay, Maverick, Miles, Everett, Ellie, and Palmer! (Phew) oh and Deb, and Ross.

Maxine cheered each one of those grandkids on be it at a soccer game, a baseball game, a football game, or a Christmas recital. Rumors have it she gave some of her famous Portuguese opinions to the refs/umps in a couple of those games. Let's just say, everyone knew when Maxine was in the crowd.

Maxine was fortunate enough to travel to Montana for the birth of Miles, to Alabama for Ryan and Madison's wedding, and back to California for Bradon's wedding. She was blessed to be at several of the births of her grandkids and great grandkids.

As the frequent flyer miles added up, so did the many great memories that Maxine brought to her family and friends.

As Maxine boards for Heaven, we want you to know, this will not be her final destination, as her desire was to continue to see the world. Her final wish was to be cremated and her ashes to go back to the places where all her memories started, from California, to Japan, to the beaches of Hawaii, and even back to Rocky Ford.

So, with this wish, Deb, Ross, Renee, Grant, Bradon, Heather, Ryan (Madison), Gage, Chay, Maverick, Miles, Everett, Ellie, and Palmer will continue to stamp Maxine's passport as they travel the world leaving a little bit of Maxine's memory wherever they visit.

As in life, we know there's a beginning, a middle, and an end, but to have someone like Maxine to share any of those, makes life just a little bit better! As Maxine would say,
"Good God Almighty! Sweet Dreams, love you bunches."

Fly High Maxine, Fly High! We Love You! "Amen".

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Wounded Warriors Foundation.