Milagros Maria

Feliciano

At 72 years of age, Milagros passed away on Tuesday Sept 19 ^th at Genesis Health Care Center at Wakefield where she has been receiving supportive care for the past 10 years.  Born and raised Aquadilla, Puerto Rico.  She was the only daughter of the late Jesus Feliciano Martiz and Maria C. Millet.  At 18 years of age, she first came to Brooklyn NY and later settled in Boston as a young lady.  She was the former wife of the late Carlos Sanchez.  They resided in Chelsea for a time raising their blended family of four.  Milagros had a strong work ethic and with her hard working hands she was employed locally with at different times for Native Poultry, Sweetheart Paper and Beacon Wiper Co.  1n 1975 Milagros returned to the Mission Hill neighborhood in Boston and was an active and devoted parishioner at the Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.  She was a giving and caring individual who perpetually opened her home to feed family and neighbors alike.  She opened her heart to be a foster mom, she never needed to be asked for help she just did whatever she felt needed to be done, as in the onetime she cut her daughters lawn by hand while the family was at work.  She would always be there caring for anyone, whether in need or illness she would be there.  In addition to her parents and late husband, she was also predeceased by her three brothers.  She is survived by her beloved children; Maria Sanchez Lopez and her husband Lyle of Foxboro, Jeanette Velez and her husband Jay of Chelsea, Lourdes Sanchez and German "Pete" Sanchez.  She was the forever cherished grandmother of Jose Santiago and Adriana Santiago, Felicia Torres, Jazzian "Jazz" Velez and Javany Velez and she was the adored great grandmother of Jeremiah and Noah Campbell.