Maria Lopera: God’s sweetest angel

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Maria Lopera: God’s sweetest angel

On Feb. 2, my grandmother passed away at 94 years old. Maria Lopera, whom I called “Mamita” or “Mita,” died peacefully in her sleep that Sunday morning after battling stage four pancreatic cancer. She was diagnosed in October 2024, and while I know she’s in a better place now, I miss her terribly. She was one of the kindest, most hardworking humans I will ever know. Mita immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia in 1958 with the help of the Conley fa…