Amelia

Santos

At 78 years of age Amelia passed away on Saturday April 7 ^th at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers surrounded by her loving family. A resident of Chelsea for most of her life Amelia was born and raised in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. She was one of seven children of the late Henio Cordero and Hermenia Santiago. As a young lady in Puerto Rico she married Jose Juan Santos. Together they settled in Chelsea raising their own family of nine children. She became widowed in 2004 after sharing 46 years of love and devotion with her beloved Jose. Her life's dedication was to her family and home. Amelia took great pleasure in knitting, sewing and cooking for family. She enjoyed arts and crafts and was an all-around "Handy-Mom". With her hard-working hands she would paint the interior and exterior of her home, she would wallpaper rooms and would tackle carpentry projects and even assist her son working to repair his cars. In addition to her parents and beloved husband, Amelia was also predeceased by an infant son Aduein, two adult sons; Jose Santos, Jr. and Freddy Santos, and one brother Miguel Torres. She is survived by her loving children; Brenda Cotto, Tommy Santos, Aduein Santos, Miguel Santos, Milagros Diaz, Minerba Santos. She was the cherished grandmother of Miguel Jr., Marcus, and Daunte Santos, Michael Diaz, Marisel, Willie and Wilfredo Cotto, Nicholas and Rayna Santos-Wright, A.J. Santos, Caitlynn White, Tamara, Todd, Tanya and Timothy Santos. She was the dear sister of Lydia Anaya, Carmen Crespo, Anastasia Torres, Esperanza Torres and Hector Torres.