People

: Maria Angela "Mary" (Mendocino) Cardman; She was born Maria Angela Cardamone in Naples, Italy. She came to the United States with her children in 1915, and joined her husband, who was already living in the country, in Minneapolis. The family soon moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, where she and her husband Santo “Sam” Cardman ran Cardman’s Candy Store. They later moved to New York City, where several of their children had already relocated. According to her daughter Cecilia Cardman, she highly valued higher education, and all five of her children received college degrees.

: Maria Angeles Elizondo; She was born in Sumbilla, Spain to Basque parents Jose Antonio Elizondo and Juana Martina Errandonea Elizondo. She was one of ten children. She immigrated to the United States. Grand Junction City Directories show her living with her brother, sheep rancher Emmett Elizondo, in Grand Junction, Colorado in the 1950’s and 60’s. She attended school at Mesa College and became a registered nurse. She died at the age of 77 and is buried in the St. Anthony Cemetery in Grand Junction.