Flaviana "Ana" Sanchez Steere

Ana Steere was a gregarious and loving wife, mother, friend, and resident of Mesa, Arizona. Ana passed away Friday evening, September 30, 2016, from a brain aneurysm. Ana was the youngest of four children born in Manila, Phillipines in 1943, to Pablo and Eriberta Sanchez-Apay. She is survived by her daughter, Maria Jones, granddaughter Lisa Gonzales, and great-grandson Taylor, of Ventura, California; son James Steere II and his two children, Melanie and Chaz of Portland, Oregon; son Howard Steere and his wife Kristin and their three children, Elizabeth, Abigail, and Nicholas, of Gilbert, Arizona, and daughter Dawn (Nadia) Steere-Mobley, her husband Benny, and daughter Sydney of Bellevue, Washington. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Steere. A memorial service is planned for Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 2:00PM at Falconer Funeral Home, 251 W. Juniper Avenue Gilbert, Arizona 85233.