Ana Marie Baez Bruenger
June 20, 1923 - March 28, 2011
Ana Marie Baez Bruenger died Monday, March 28, 2011 at Mendocino Coast District Hospital in Fort Bragg. She was born on June 20, 1923 in Mexico City. She was the second daughter of The Rev. Alfonso and Teresa Camargo Baez. Ana Marie came to the United States with her family while she was a child. She attended schools throughout the Southwest and graduated from Menaul School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was one of the first Hispanic graduates of the Native American Navajo Nation's nursing program at the Sage Memorial Hospital under Presbyterian auspices in Ganado, Ariz. She worked as a nurse for 66 years.