Blanca Alvarado

July 6, 1936 – February 4, 2022

Blanca Alvarado, longtime resident of Moses Lake, passed away at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane on Friday Feb. 4, 2022. Blanca was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She was born on July 6, 1936, in Linares, Nuevo León, Mexico, to her parents Julio and María de Jesús Platas. In her young age, along with her five siblings, her parents migrated north and made their home in Coachella, California, where she was raised. She married the love of her life, Alfredo Alvarado, in Riverside, California, on Nov. 4, 1961. Shortly thereafter, the newlywed couple moved north to Mabton, Washington, but in 1972 Freddie and Blanca moved to Moses Lake, Washington.

In 1962, they had their first child David and in 1967 they had their daughter Lisa.

Blanca enjoyed being a mother to her children and especially a grandmother to her three grandchildren, Brandon, Bryan and Mariah.

She was very much involved in her church, El Sendero de la Cruz, as a Missionette teacher, a Sunday school teacher, part of the women’s ministry and a strong supporter of her nephew Mike when he became the pastor of the church. She loved to do crafts and make quilts and was a world-famous tortilla maker! She also loved making apple pies, tamales and her famous banana nut bundt cake for church fundraisers.

For many years she worked at Samaritan Hospital as a housekeeper and eventually retired in 2002. She loved family outings and road trips with her children and with her extended family.

Blanca is preceded in death by her wonderful husband of 59 years Alfredo, her parents Julio and María de Jesús Platas and her sisters Guadalupe Aranda and Rebecca Platas. She is survived by her children David (Natalie) Alvarado and Lisa (Larry) Sanchez and her three grandchildren, Brandon, Bryan and Mariah. She is also survived by her siblings Juan Pablo Platas, Dolores Medina and Jose “Rito” Platas.

There will be a funeral service held on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Restore City Church in Moses Lake, Washington followed by a graveside service at Guarding Angels Cemetery.

The family would like to especially thank the wonderful nurses, doctors and staff at Sacred Heart for their compassionate care while Blanca was in the hospital.

Blanca will be missed greatly by all of her family and friends but we rejoice that because of her great faith, she is now in the presence of her Savior, Jesus Christ.