Madeline Margaret Madrazo

Madeline Margaret Madrazo, 90, entered into rest Sept. 7, 2023. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday, Oct. 14, at 11:30 a.m. at Riverhead Cemetery, Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead. The Rev. Dr. Philip F. Hardt, from Riverhead United Methodist Church, will officiate. 

Madeline Madrazo (Watson) was born Nov. 22, 1932, to the late Edward D. Tunstall and Madeline V. Tunstall of Freeport. She moved to Riverhead with her first husband, George W. Watson, and raised five children. They were former owners of the LeValley Press ­print shop on Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead.

She later moved to Springhill, Fla., with her second husband, Raymond Madrazo. She was a member of the Riverhead United Methodist Church and later and active member of Springhill United Methodist Church and Methodist Women Ministry. She later moved to Augusta, Ga., to be closer to her youngest daughter and family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, George W. Watson; her second husband, Raymond Madrazo; brother, Mortimer H. Tunstall; a grandson, Christopher E. Fisher; and a stepson, Bruce P. Madrazo.

Surviving family members left to cherish her memory include daughters, Deborah A. Lamendola (Jerry), Virginia W. Fisher (Robert), and Florence W. Tucker; sons, Charles W. Watson (Michelle) and Edward D. Watson (April); a stepson, Raymond Madrazo (Teresa); five grandchildren, Jessica Tucker, Kristyn Smith (Trey), Eric Fisher, Cecilia Watson (Teddy), and Christina Rindone (Giancarlo); two step-grandchildren, Thalia Osbourn (Michael), and Bruce Madrazo (Marisa), and nine great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are entrusted to McLaughlin-Heppner Funeral Home in Riverhead.

This is a paid notice.