She was born April 22, 1921, in McFarland, the daughter of Eufracio and Rosa (GalVan) Jaimez.

Mrs. Mendoza was a homemaker and a volunteer at Penn House for 12 years. She was an active member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.

She married Manuel S. Mendoza on Sept. 12, 1938, in Crookston, Minn. He survives of the home.

Other survivors include 10 daughters, Isabel Mendoza Vargas, Ernestina Mendoza Guerrero, Anita Mendoza Coyote, all of Topeka, Corina Mendoza Bermudez, Rose Mendoza Carmona, Hope Mendoza Sutton, Jenny Mendoza Pantoja, Gloria Mendoza Ming, Rita Mendoza Melendez, all of Lawrence, and Mary Mendoza, Rivera, Miss.; three sons, Richard M., Topeka, and Luis and Ruben, both of Lawrence; a sister, Georgia Broadwell, Coffeyville; six brothers, Joe Jaimez, Pete Jaimez, Edward Jaimez, all of Lawrence, John Jaimez, Topeka, Alex Jaimez, Coffeyville, and Bernard Jaimez, of Colorado; 41 grandchildren; and 58 great-grandchildren.

A son, Tony, died in 1959, and a son, Robert, died in 1997.

A rosary prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the church.

The family suggests memorials to American Diabetes Foundation, sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, which is handling arrangements.