Tammy Valdivia (Luera)

05/13/1964 – 11/09/2023

Tammy Janine Valdivia, 59, of Santa Maria, Calif., passed away on Nov. 9, 2023. Tammy was born on May 13, 1964, at St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara, Calif. She grew up in Carpinteria, Calif., where she attended grade school all the way through high school.

After high school, she met the love of her life Robert Valdivia and shortly thereafter moved to Santa Maria, Calif. after starting a family. Tammy spent the last 25-plus years working retail as a cashier for FoodMaxx and Food4Less in Santa Maria. 

Tammy loved listening to her music, especially Nirvana. You knew when Nirvana was on the stereo that it was time to get things done around the house. Tammy also enjoyed watching her classic movies. She could watch the same ones over and over and never get bored with them. 

Tammy is survived by her three children, Matthew (Carla) Valdivia, Mark (Jeanette) Valdivia and Megan Valdivia. She is survived by her four grandchildren Victoria, Micco, Milena and Robert. She is also survived by her sister Michelle Luera of Carpinteria, Calif., along with her nephew Mike (Nidia) Flores and their daughter Olivia.

Tammy was preceded in death and now reunited in paradise with her mother Betty Luera (Castor), her sister Josie Sanchez and the love of her life, her husband Robert John Valdivia. Services and visitation will be at a later date and time. Funeral arrangements are handled by Dudley Hoffman Mortuary in Santa Maria.