Zobeida Mahiquez

Benson, NC:  Mrs. Zobeida Fernandez Mahiquez, age 87, of 1078 North Lincoln Street died Friday, June 27, 2014, at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.  Funeral Mass will be Monday, June 30, 2014, at 11:00 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn. Officiating will be Father Paul Parkerson.   Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery.      Mrs. Mahiquez was born January 1, 1927 in Cuba to the late Facundo and Corina Alvarez Fernandez.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Luis F. Mahiquez.  She and her husband moved to Benson in 1967 and she was the  bookkeeper and office manager for her husband's medical practice until their retirement in 1987.  Mrs. Mahiquez was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn.      Surviving are daughters & sons-in-law, Zobeida M. & Gary T. Podgorski of Columbia, TN, Esther M. & Bueno Prades of Orlando, FL, and Rosa Maria Mahiquez of Benson; sons & daughters-in-law, Luis F. & Flora Mahiquez, Jr. of Palmetto, FL and Jose F. & Sandra Mahiquez of Benson; sisters, Zoila Del-Rio of Miami Fl,  and Zora Fernandez of Miami, FL; 9 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren.         The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Sunday, June 29, 2014.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN  38105.